The latest entry in Sega and Paramount's video game adaptation hits theaters December 20.

"It's really special to be side by side," Reeves, who voices Shadow in the new animated film, told 'Entertainment Tonight' of Grant at the premiere

Reeves chatted with PEOPLE at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles ahead of the premiere of 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3'

Paramount Pictures' latest family film based on Sega's hit video game series opens December 20.

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Some lucky folks got a heads-up last week that a trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was about to drop when Paramount Pictures released a playable Sega Genesis gaming cartridge to select individuals. Hidden among a mini-game and character posters and accessible by entering a cheat code was the trailer release date. True to its word, Paramount just dropped the final trailer for the third film in the successful franchise. All our favorite characters are back, as well as a couple of new ones, most notably a new villain familiar to fans of the games: Shadow, voiced by Keanu Reeves.

(Spoilers for the first two films below.)

As previously reported, in the first film, Sonic (Ben Schwartz) teamed up with local town sheriff Tom Wachowski (James Marsden) to stop the sinister mad scientist Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey). Robotnik wanted to catch and experiment on the hedgehog, and if he could also frame Tom as a domestic terrorist, even better.

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Sonic fans saw the trailer was coming thanks to a cool bit of Sega Genesis marketing.