It was only four years ago that Jim Carrey revealed he was considering retiring from acting. The multi-talented actor and comedian has been lighting up the screen for over four decades now, proving himself capable of making people laugh in classics like Dumb & Dumber, The Mask, and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, as well as stirring emotions in compelling dramas like The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. Yet, after doing just about everything cinematically under the sun, from superhero films to animated Dr. Seuss adaptations, he felt, succinctly, “I have enough. I’ve done enough. I am enough.” So far, though, he’s stuck around in the business and is gearing up for a return to theaters next year.
Carrey has become beloved all over again by a new generation of moviegoers for his role as the villainous Dr. Ivo Robotnik in the Sonic the Hedgehog movies, which he’ll soon reprise in Sonic the Hedgehog 4. Although the blue blur’s previous outing seemingly saw Eggman sacrifice himself to save Earth when the Eclipse Cannon exploded, the scientist will once again find his way back to Green Hills in some form alongside Shadow the Hedgehog (Keanu Reeves), who was further confirmed to have survived the blast in the post-credits scene. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Sonic the Hedgehog 3 ended with Sonic (Ben Schwartz) and pals being confronted by an army of Metal Sonic robots, confirming the new film will pull from Sonic CD. It’ll also mark the official introduction of Kristen Bell as Amy Rose when it arrives on March 19.
Sonic 4 will have a tough act to follow, after the third film not only introduced the fan favorite Shadow, but raised the stakes and gave viewers a double dose of Carrey through Robotnik’s grandfather, Gerald. It was also the highest-grossing of all the Sonic films to date, raking in over $492 million worldwide. Before the characters of Sega’s classic video game franchise race back into theaters, though, the original $405 million sequel is having a moment on Netflix. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has soared up to #5 overall on the streamer’s U.S. charts and #2 among children’s movies, surpassing the recent smash-hit Swapped and trailing only GOAT on the latter list.
Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
👑Game of Thrones
🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
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How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
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Who do you want beside you when things get difficult? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
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What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
What Happened in ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’?
After the rousing success of the first film, director Jeff Fowler‘s follow-up gives Sonic the perfect chance to step up and be a real hero when Dr. Robotnik returns with a new sidekick in tow — Knuckles the Echidna (Idris Elba). The duo forms an alliance to find the legendary Master Emerald, an all-powerful artifact capable of granting its wielder immense power and the ability to shape reality to their whims. Teaming up with his own new pal, Tails (Colleen O’Shaughnessey), Sonic begins journeying the globe in search of the Emerald before it falls into the wrong hands. James Marsden and Tika Sumpter also star once again as the hedgehog’s adoptive family, the Wachowskis, while Lee Majdoub returns as Eggman’s dear right-hand man, Agent Stone.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is now available on Netflix. Stay tuned here at Collider for more on the franchise as it gears up for its fourth installment next year.
