Update (12/5) - Official Nickelodeon and WildBrain press release:
WILDBRAIN AND PARAMOUNT TEAM UP TO BRING HIT SERIES
SONIC PRIME TO NICKELODEON
First batch of episodes of the CG-animated adventure series to launch December 7
Toronto, ON – December 5, 2024 – WildBrain, a global leader in kids’ and family entertainment, has signed a partnership with Paramount to bring the hit series Sonic Prime to top kids’ entertainment channel Nickelodeon. The agreement will see 22 half-hour episodes and one hour-long special of Sonic Prime come to Nickelodeon in the US and Australia on December 7, followed by Italy* on December 23. The series will then launch in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the UK and Ireland in 2025.
Katie Wilson, VP Global Sales and Acquisitions at WildBrain, said: “SEGA’s Sonic the Hedgehog is one of today’s most popular entertainment brands. Sonic Prime is a huge hit with fans and a terrific example of how, at WildBrain, we are able to partner with IP owners to drive engagement for brands. With their strong track record of Sonic content across highly popular live-action feature films and their Knuckles series, Paramount is the ideal partner to extend Sonic Prime’s popularity with new audiences around the world on Nickelodeon.”
Layla Lewis, Senior Vice President, Global Acquisitions and Content Partnerships at Nickelodeon, said: “The Sonic the Hedgehog universe has captivated the hearts of millions around the globe. We are thrilled to partner with WildBrain to bring the series to life on Nickelodeon channels, delivering an action-packed experience that will enthrall audiences around the world.”
Ivo Gerscovich, Senior Vice President and Chief Business and Brand Officer of Sonic, Head of SEGA® Brands, said: “Sonic Prime captivated the Sonic community and audiences worldwide when it was released. Making our content as accessible as possible to our dedicated fanbase is something we always strive for and being able to bring Sonic Prime to more viewers worldwide is the perfect way to make that come to fruition.”
In Sonic Prime, the action-packed adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog go into overdrive when a run-in with Dr. Eggman results in a literal universe-shattering event. Desperate to piece his prime reality back together and save his old friends, Sonic races through the Shatterverse, discovering strange worlds and enlisting new friends in an epic adventure of a lifetime.
Co-produced by SEGA and WildBrain, Sonic Prime was animated at WildBrain’s Vancouver studio, with SEGA and WildBrain jointly participating across production, distribution and licensing. SEGA represents licensing for Sonic Prime in North America, LatAm and Japan, while WildBrain CPLG represents the brand in the rest of the world.
*In Italy, the series will premiere on FTA kids’ channel “Super!”
About WildBrain
At WildBrain we inspire imaginations through the wonder of storytelling. As a leader in 360° franchise
management, we are experts in content creation, audience engagement and global licensing, cultivating and growing love for our own and partner brands around the world. With approximately 14,000 half-hours of kids’ and family content in our library—one of the world’s most extensive—we are home to such treasured franchises as Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Inspector Gadget and Degrassi.
WildBrain’s mission is to create exceptional entertainment experiences that captivate and delight fans both young and young at heart.
Our studios produce such award-winning series as The Snoopy Show; Snoopy in Space; Camp Snoopy;
Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City; Sonic Prime; Chip and Potato; Teletubbies Let’s Go! and many more. Enjoyed in more than 150 countries on over 500 platforms, our content is everywhere kids and families view entertainment, including YouTube, where our network has garnered approximately 1.5 trillion minutes of watch time. Our television group owns and operates some of Canada’s most loved family entertainment channels. WildBrain CPLG, our leading consumer-products and location-based entertainment agency, represents our owned and partner properties in every major territory worldwide.
WildBrain is headquartered in Canada with offices worldwide and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). Visit us at wildbrain.com.
About Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon, now in its 45th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse,
global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The brand includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, location-based experiences, publishing and feature films. Nickelodeon is a part of Paramount's (Nasdaq: PARA, PARAA) global portfolio of multimedia entertainment brands.
About SEGA of America, Inc.
SEGA of America, Inc. is the American arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA CORPORATION, a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment. Established in 1986, SEGA of America publishes innovative interactive entertainment experiences for console, PC, mobile and emerging platforms. In 2020, SEGA ranked #1 among Metacritic's Annual Game Publisher Rankings. Its globally beloved franchises include Sonic the Hedgehog, Like a Dragon™, Virtua Fighter™, Super Monkey Ball™, and Phantasy Star Online™, along with Atlus' Persona™ and Shin Megami Tensei™ series. Since its debut more than three decades ago, Sonic has become a pop culture icon featured in dozens of games, TV series, and movies. SEGA of America has offices in Irvine and Burbank, California. Visit www.sega.com.
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Original post:
Sonic the Hedgehog is set to race back onto the big screen in his brand new movie, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, set to be released in theatres on December 20, and Nickelodeon is celebrating the return of our favorite blue hedgehog by airing the hit Netflix animated series, Sonic Prime, which will make it's Nickelodeon debut on Saturday, December 7 at 9:00 a.m. (ET/PT)!
In the series, the action-packed adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog go into overdrive when a run-in with Dr. Eggman results in a literal universe-shattering event. Desperate to piece his prime reality back together and save his old friends, Sonic races through the Shatterverse, discovering strange worlds and enlisting new friends in an epic adventure of a lifetime! It’s a journey of self-discovery and redemption.
It’s the Sonic you know and love until an incredible twist thrusts the 'blue blur' into a new adventure featuring a reinvented cast and Sonic like you’ve never seen him before, where the fate of the multiverse rests in his gloved hands. Sonic’s adventure is about more than a race to save the universe from the evil machinations of his longtime nemesis Dr. Eggman and his army of badnik robots, it’s a race to save his friends, friends that he took for granted.
In the series premiere episode, "Shattered," a collision with the Paradox Prism sends Sonic to a parallel world called New Yoke City.
Co-produced by SEGA of America, Inc. (“SEGA”) and WildBrain Ltd., the CG-animated Sonic Prime series premiered worldwide on Netflix in December 2022 and immediately captured the hearts and imaginations of fans, racing to the number one spot in kids’ content worldwide on the platform. The series ran for 23 episodes across three seasons on Netflix between December 15, 2022 – January 11, 2024.
The series was animated at WildBrain’s Vancouver studio, andand WildBrain jointly participate across production, distribution and licensing. Man of Action Entertainment, creators of Ben 10 and the characters and team in the Academy Award-winning feature Big Hero 6, were brought on as showrunners and Executive Producers for the series.
Sonic Prime features the voices of: Deven Mack, Brian Drummond, Ashleigh Ball, Adam Nurada, Shannon Chan-Kent, Ian Hanlin, Kazumi Evans, and Vincent Tong.
Erik Wiese, Anne Loi, Josh Scherba, Stephanie Betts, Logan McPherson, Haruki Satomi, Yukio Sugino, Shuji Utsumi, and Toru Nakahara serve as executive producers, with Melissa Beery (season 1), Morgana Duque (season 1), Nikki Eckstein (season 3), Denise Tanchanco, Hitoshi Okuno, and Mayumi Tachikawa serving as producers.
