Maps of Movies
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Where Sonic the Hedgehog says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A Montana town, a San Francisco skyscraper and Egyptian dunes: none of them were shot where the film says
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The ambush that sends Sonic to Earth (2020)
A young Sonic is ambushed by an echidna tribe that wants his speed. His guardian Longclaw gives him a bag of rings and sends him to Earth.
Set in Sonic's home world — A young Sonic is ambushed by an echidna tribe and sent to Earth through a ring portal.
An invented world with no real-world location; no filming place is documented for this scene.
Sonic's secret cave above Green Hills (2020)
Ten years on, Sonic lives alone in a forest cave, watching the town below and longing for friends. He idolizes the local sheriff, Tom Wachowski.
Set in Green Hills, Montana (fictional) — A forest cave near the rural town of Green Hills, Montana, where Sonic lives in secret.
Green Hills is a fictional Montana town; the forest scenes are placed in British Columbia by a single source.
Filmed at Pitt Lake area, British Columbia — One film-news site lists Pitt Meadows among the shooting locations; which scene was shot there is not confirmed. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Green Hills main street (2020)
Tom serves as the town's sheriff and Sonic idolizes him from afar. Tom and his wife Maddie are quietly planning to move to San Francisco.
Set in Green Hills, Montana (fictional) — The small Montana town where Tom is sheriff and where Sonic watches the locals.
A fictional Montana town; the actual set is in Canada.
Filmed at Ladysmith, British Columbia — The Vancouver Island town of Ladysmith stood in for Green Hills; one blog names 1st Avenue as the street. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The shed, the dart and the portal (2020)
Sonic is caught in Tom's shed and darted. In a panic he opens a portal and the bag of rings falls through it.
Set in The Wachowskis' shed, Green Hills — Tom finds Sonic in his shed and shoots him with a tranquilizer dart; Sonic's portal drops his bag of rings in San Francisco.
A set piece in the fictional Green Hills; no filming place for this scene is documented.
The highway chase with Robotnik's drones (2020)
Tom, who has just shot Sonic, now has to protect him. The two bond on the road while Robotnik's drones close in.
Set in Road to San Francisco — Tom and Sonic flee in Tom's truck with Robotnik's drones after them.
The chase is staged on a Vancouver Island highway standing in for the road west.
Filmed at Highway near Campbell River, British Columbia — A local paper reports a highway near Campbell River was closed for a chase scene; that this is the Sonic and Tom chase is inferred. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The bucket list in the western bar (2020)
Sonic writes a bucket list and Tom helps him tick items off, from games to dancing. The night ends in a full bar fight.
Set in Western-themed bar (bucket list) — Sonic writes a bucket list in a western-themed bar and Tom helps him tick items off.
The bar is unnamed in the film; blogs mention pubs in Ladysmith but no source ties one to this scene.
The battle with the drones (2020)
Sonic and Tom hold off waves of Robotnik's drones. Sonic wins the fight but is hurt, and Tom has to carry him on to San Francisco.
Set in Green Hills (fictional) — Sonic and Tom fight off a wave of mechanized drones sent by Robotnik.
The fight is shot in the same Vancouver Island town as the Green Hills set.
Filmed at Ladysmith, British Columbia — A local paper names Ladysmith as the site of a battle scene between Sonic and robotic drones. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Transamerica Pyramid rooftop (2020)
The rings Sonic lost land on a San Francisco skyscraper roof. Sonic, Tom and Maddie must go up and get them back before Robotnik arrives.
Set in Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco — The rings land on the roof of the Transamerica Pyramid; Sonic, Tom and Maddie later go back to recover them. Google Maps · Apple Maps
San Francisco's tallest pyramid-shaped tower; no source says the roof scenes were filmed there.
The world chase through the desert (2020)
Robotnik's hovercraft now matches Sonic's speed. They race across the world, and the pyramids and sphinx flash past in the desert.
Set in Pyramids and Sphinx of Egypt — Sonic races across the world with Robotnik in pursuit, past Egypt's pyramids and sphinx.
The Egyptian dunes were actually shot in the Liwa Desert of Abu Dhabi.
Filmed at Liwa Desert, Abu Dhabi, UAE — The Liwa Desert doubled as the dunes around Egypt's pyramids and sphinx. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- Sonic — A blue hedgehog who runs at supersonic speed and hides on Earth for ten years.
- Tom Wachowski — The sheriff of Green Hills who ends up helping Sonic.
- Doctor Robotnik — An eccentric roboticist hired by the military to find the cause of a power outage.