Sonic the Hedgehog' films have introduced a number of characters, but the previous sequel nearly included a cameo of the infamous Big the Cat.

During the Siberia sequence in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, one draft included a riff on Raiders of the Lost Ark, specifically the moment from the opening where Indiana Jones springs a trap and reveals the corpse of a rival adventurer. Only, instead of a human body, Sonic would have been confronted by the skeleton of a cat. A big cat.

In the wake of Sonic 3‘s theatrical release, director Jeff Fowler has come out to share his two cents on the franchise’s future. The film series kickstarted in 2020 and instantly managed to attract fans’ attention due to its captivating narrative.

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Sonic the Hedgehog film co-writers Pat Casey and Josh Miller to talk about everything Sonic the Hedgehog 3. We’ve already published stories from this interview about Big the Cat’s almost-cameo in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Casey and Miller’s dreams of making a The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker film,