Board Thread:Speculation, Theories, and Rumors/@comment-24893759-20150221024726/@comment-24714013-20150614003314

Umbe Nicky wrote: MaskedKitsune wrote: We're not getting another mass-scale cast change.

The first one was replaced because SEGA wanted the characters to sound the same in all continuities.

The second one was replaced because 4Kids went bankrupt.

Now, they just use the same voice actors every one else uses, like Roger Craig Smith for Sonic, Troy Baker for Espio, and Laura Bailey for Blaze. Okay, but... just a curiosity: couldn't Sega have given the former 4kids voice actors (and not only Mike Pollock) the chance to renew their contracts before replacing them with the current cast? I'm pretty sure also some of them like Lisa Ortiz deserved another chance to stay after 4kids' bankrupt... :| To continue this conversation. Despite contracts and money in the comfort zone when it comes to these voice actors. SEGA does have a good reason to replace the cast - fan complaints. We can all agree (or at least a majority) can agree that overall this isn't the greatest voice cast for the games. The fan-favored one is from what I've seen, the original one with Ryan Dummond and co.

Knowing SEGA, they are totally not gonna listen to the fans. Generally, they don't plus if the voice actors stayed this long and we haven't gotten any word about a new voice cast, we're keeping this. But I stand by my word that well temporarily have a new cast for the movie exclusively. If the current cast is kept for the movie, the celebrity cast will probably be humans, or if naw, it'll be relatively low-budget as they can't afford celebrities (assuming that we'll have celebrities at all)