Idris Elba will voice Knuckles in the Sonic 2 movie

The power of the great Emerald makes us feel extremely excited about the fact that Idris Elba will play Knuckles in the next sequel to Sonic the movie (the film). At least, this is what it looks like from his semi-cryptic tweet of a fist:

This probably sounds crazy, but we took a closer look at the hashtags and yeah - #Knuckles. Those are Knuckles' knuckles. Does this mean that Sonic's friend echidna will be… English?

Sonic's second film, currently titled “Sonic Movie 2,” according to Elba's hashtags, began production earlier this year. The film will be released in 2022, according to Paramount. We already know that Ben Schwartz will reprise his role as Sonic, plus Jim Carrey as Dr. Eggman and James Marsden as Sonic's adoptive father.

Technically we have already seen Knuckles, in these photos taken on the set of the second film, even if they are just doubles. The design is likely to be relatively prop-like, though, and you don't… you know… that.