Colliders ownSteve Weintraubhad the distinct pleasure of spending a little extra time with Schwartz.
COLLIDER:Do you feel likeParks and Recreationis more popularnowthan it’s ever been because of streaming?
Now, all of a sudden, I’m getting a lot of, The worst!
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all over the place.
And then I play a Muppet in it.
It’s very exciting, very exciting.
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I love the show.
The first season’s okay, and the second season is a masterpiece.
SCHWARTZ: But then think about it, there’s only like six episodes in that first season.
Usually, people get twenty episodes to figure it out, and [Michael Schur] got six.
I love the show.
I’ve recommended it a thousand times.
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance.
SCHWARTZ: One of my favorite things I’ve ever been a part of.
So you wroteDNAand it got picked up by Searchlight.
You have the Lonely Island…
SCHWARTZ: We do!
Two different studios told me we cannot make that movie, and I understand why.
I sat her down two weeks later, pitched the whole thing.
I met with some producers.
I picked Ali Bell and the Party Over Here guys.
Then we had to pick a director.
He’s an incredible director.
This team is bananas.
Icannot waitto make this movie.
For the people watching, do you wanna say genre?
Do you wanna say one word about it?
I want to make the movie so bad.
I’m just very excited.
You know how good Jorma is.
Also, I don’t think you would expect [this].
I wonder if that’s the reason why it’s getting close to being made.
I’m really happy for you.
SCHWARTZ: Thank you, brother.
This Is the Biggest Sonic Yet!
Some of the best sequences in any of our trilogy.
Jumping intoSonic,I think this is the best one yet.
Do you think it’s the best one yet?
SCHWARTZ: I love this movie.
I think it’s the biggest one yet.
The first one will always hold a place in my heart because, I mean, we’realwaysthe underdogs.
Even in our opening weekend, we’re against a huge franchise.
They’re like, Oh, yeah, and alsoSonicscoming out that day.
We were such the underdog.
That trailer was obviously a thing that we talked about in interviews, you and I.
To come from there and make that movie andsucceedand break numbers for video games is amazing.
Now we’ve grown with [Sonic 2],and this one isenormous.
I love that you think it’s the best one because then maybe we’ll get a fourth.
There’s no doubt.
This team-up has been a long time in the making.
Did you think about calling itOceans Sonic, as anOcean’s 11, because of the amount of people?
SCHWARTZ: [Laughs] Slowly, its gonna be 100 CG characters.
No, you have a ridiculous cast in this!
SCHWARTZ: Oh, you mean because it’s all the top brass.
It would be bananas to have another elite star who can really understand what that role is.
It would be amazing.
Sonic the Hedgehogis now playing in theaters.
With their abilities outmatched, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance.
