Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is currently filming in Metro 鶹ýӳand Canada-born actor Jim Carrey was spotted on set this week.
The funnyman stars as Robotnik in the film franchise's second instalment. The first film, Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), was about a "small-town police officer" who teams up with a blue, lightning-fast, extraterrestrial hedgehog to "defeat an evil genius who wants to do experiments" on the space critter, according to .
The film also stars James Marsden, Ben Schwartz, Lee Majdoub and Tika Sumpter.
Filming takes place this week in Fort Langley and a Metro Vancouverite took to Twitter Monday (April 19) to say that Jim Carrey was on set filming a stunt scene.
Sonic the Hedgehog filming in Fort Langley. Jim Carey on set and filming a stunt scene!
— courtneyekkert (@courtneyekkert)
Katia Stano tells 鶹ýӳ that the film set has taken over Fort Langley's Glover Road. She adds that it "looks like a military invasion with helicopter and tanks included!"
Stano also shared some photos of the set.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 filming in Metro Vancouver
Other people are sharing photos and videos of the film set and stunt scenes on social media. In one of the videos, a person hanging in a harness is lifted multiple feet in the air.
Sonic the hedgehog 2 movie filming in Fort Langley
— kaila (@a_kailaa)
Fort Langley Community Hall dressed as Green Hills Town Hall for Sonic 2... also “once” known as Storybrooke Town Hall.
— Kenneth Chan (@kchan_twit)
Another footage of the Sonic movie sequel filming today.
— Kitsuoi🚗🚘🚖🚙 (@Kitsuoi1)
(Footage recorded by jimbogusz from Instagram.)