This is an experiment, to show how developed the concept of Sonic Freedom Fighters is and express, using the artwork of the finest matte painters and concept artists I know of, how the story might look in a movie. – Hopefully this mood reel will interest people in someday compiling a true project or at least go to show I’m actually serious about developing this idea. If you know of people in the industry, if you are a person in the industry, if you’re an independent filmmaker with the drive, please contact me. I’d love to one day pull these threads together and makes something for real. – To see more fantastic art go to: www.mattepainting.org conceptartworld.com – I do not own the artwork or the intellectual property. The vision of a Sonic story with an epic quality, an edge of integrity, told as science fiction first and foremost is however one that hasn’t really been tried, and has endless potential. – In my opinion Sonic is fertile ground for a faithful but daring re-imagining. Consider Batman, a franchise thought dead until director Christopher Nolan both returned it to form and brought it up to date. Gone was the silliness, overblown effects, and camp. Humor was subtler, more character driven. The series went darker without becoming depressing, expanded on the universe, and gave integrity to character’s motivations and weight to their personalities and decisions. Sonic as a franchise has existed too long for my tastes to have not experienced a similar rebirth …