{"id":92746,"date":"2019-04-29T19:10:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T19:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/04\/rumour_is_this_our_first_look_at_jim_carrey_as_doctor_robonik_in_the_sonic_movie"},"modified":"2019-04-29T19:10:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T19:10:00","slug":"rumour-is-this-our-first-look-at-jim-carrey-as-doctor-robonik-in-the-sonic-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/04\/29\/rumour-is-this-our-first-look-at-jim-carrey-as-doctor-robonik-in-the-sonic-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumour: Is This Our First Look At Jim Carrey As Doctor Robonik In The Sonic Movie?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c44882ae4189e\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c44882ae4189e\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"73A0F662 24A9 4BE3 A6B0 20E437C4990F\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c44882ae4189e\/73a0f662-24a9-4be3-a6b0-20e437c4990f.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c44882ae4189e\/73a0f662-24a9-4be3-a6b0-20e437c4990f.900x.jpg\" alt=\"73A0F662 24A9 4BE3 A6B0 20E437C4990F\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s fair to say that the upcoming <strong>Sonic<\/strong> live-action movie has divided fans thus far. First, there was the lukewarm response to the news that rubber-faced superstar <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/jim_carrey_confirms_he_will_be_playing_dr_robotnik_in_upcoming_sonic_movie\">Jim Carrey<\/a> was set to play Doctor Robonik, then came the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/12\/sonic_movie_writer_tells_everyone_to_relax_after_poster_backlash\">relatively hostile reaction to the movie\u2019s posters<\/a>, which appeared to show a rather <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/03\/this_is_what_sonic_the_hedgehog_probably_looks_like_in_his_upcoming_movie\">human-like hedgehog hero.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, we\u2019re seeing what appears to be the first image of Carrey as Sonic\u2019s famous nemesis, and we imagine it will meet with a frosty reception from some faithful Sonic fans.<\/p>\n<p>The photo \u2014 found by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SEGAbits\/status\/1122921386027171841\">Sega Bits<\/a> \u2014 shows Carrey with a full head of hair, which pretty much goes against Sonic canon. He appears to be sitting inside some kind of machine, which matches with on-set photos that have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SEGAbits\/status\/1122923861673238528?s=20\">previously leaked online<\/a>, so we\u2019re willing to assume this is legit.<\/p>\n<p>Sega Bits has also stated that the first trailer for the movie will air tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Could Robotnik\u2019s haircut be due to this being an origin story of sorts, featuring a younger Doctor? Or did Carrey simply refuse to shave it all off? What do you make of the character\u2019s look, assuming this is the real deal? Let us know with a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s fair to say that the upcoming Sonic live-action movie has divided fans thus far. First, there was the lukewarm response to the news that rubber-faced superstar Jim Carrey was set to play Doctor Robonik, then came the relatively hostile reaction to the movie\u2019s posters, which appeared to show a rather human-like hedgehog hero. Now, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}