Sonic the Hedgehog 4 director Jeff Fowler has published a first look at Metal Sonic as filming on the latest movie comes to an end.
The filmmaker took to social media to share a behind-the-scenes picture of a life-sized version of the iconic Sega villain today. It comes with the news that filming for the next chapter in Paramount Pictures and Sega’s series of game-to-movie adaptations wrapped with a little less than one year to go before its March 19, 2027, theatrical release date.
This sneak peek at Metal Sonic mostly serves to further entice Sonic fans rather than offer any sort of big reveal. If the sleek antagonist’s presence in the last film’s mid-credits scene wasn’t enough of a tease, fans already figured he’d play some sort of role in Sonic the Hedgehog 4 after bringing his menacing aura to the teaser trailer published in March.
