Paramount has big plans for the Sonic the Hedgehog movie franchise, as producer Toby Ascher has said the idea is to create a “Sonic cinematic universe.” Ascher said this in the production notes for Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

Ascher, who also produced the 2020 original Sonic the Hedgehog film, said (via VGC), “We’re creating a Sonic cinematic universe, so we knew we were going to add characters, like Tails and Knuckles; new to the films but beloved by gamers all over the world.”

Earlier this year, Paramount and Sega announced a third Sonic feature film alongside a new live-action Sonic TV show to air in 2023. Nothing is known about the third movie, but Paramount and Sega confirmed that the TV series for Paramount+ will focus on Knuckles, with Idris Elba voicing the character.

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In Australia and the casino regulator for the state of New South Wales has reportedly appointed prominent local lawyer Adam Bell to lead the body that will conduct an upcoming regulatory review into the 351-room The Star Sydney property.

According to a report from Inside Asian Gaming, the naming of the equity, commercial and administrative law specialist comes after he served as a senior counsel assisting last year’s official enquiry into the casino license suitability of Crown Resorts Limited. The source detailed that this examination led by former New South Wales Supreme Court Judge Patricia Bergin determined that the operator was not fit to offer gambling within its new Crown Sydney venue owing to the potential that the firm may have been complicit in a s…