Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Director Says Sonic Will be Redesigned - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 October 2019 / 4,183 Views
The director for the live action Sonic the Hedgehog movie, Jeff Fowler, in a Tweet revealed the studio will be redesigning the look of Sonic in the movie following backlash from fans.
Here is an overview of the movie:
Sonic the Hedgehog is a live-action adventure comedy based on the global blockbuster video game franchise from Sega that centers on the infamously brash bright blue hedgehog. The film follows the (mis)adventures of Sonic as he navigates the complexities of life on Earth with his newfound – human – best friend Tom Wachowski (James Marsden). Sonic and Tom join forces to try and stop the villainous Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) from capturing Sonic and using his immense powers for world domination. The film also stars Tika Sumpter and Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic.
Sonic the Hedgehog will release in theaters on November 8, 2019.
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I may have to see it on principal now. It'll cost them to make such a change, but it takes a strong man to look at what you've sunk a lot of time and hard work into, hear some harsh feedback, and respond with "You know what, you're right." and then take the steps to fix what your mess.
Or maybe this was a feint? Show a terrible design for the premiere and then unveil the actual design in the next trailer which doesn't look like crap? Either way, I hope the design is improved.
I can't imagine its that difficult to fix, I mean its CGI. They just swap it out or something, makes sense in my head. It shouldn't require reshoots.
@KLAMarine - That seems very plausible - could've been a sneaky PR stunt the entire time!
@Klam: wouldnt it have been more profiitable to just get things right from the start? There's plenty of people who wont see the movie now, even if the changes happen. We've seen this happen with games where the first impression has an immediate impact on sales.
@MrPuggsly: they'll have to pay cg artists which wont be cheap and it's safe to assume Sonic's in a large portion of the movie. Did i miss something?
I had a feeling this would happen with all the criticism from Youtubers and the comments, plus even the creator of Sonic even criticised the proportions of Sonic lol. The trailer got so much thumbs down in so little time with 20+ million views in just a few days, it must have broke records contesting with the likes of Rebecca Black's Friday.
I'd say Diablo Immortal got a similar hateful reaction.
That stretch in the trailer is actually disturbing.
Idiots. This is why when you finalize the design way in advance you should post it online right away to get feedback as a teaser image. Not wait til the movie is 100% done to release the trailer and the look of him. Whoever approved the design of Sonic should be fired lol Lots of time and money will be wasted to fix this that shouldn't have had to to begin with.
Sounds good. It basically comes down to a new model that would adhere to the rig to cut down on reanimating the entire film, and re render it in post. Good decision.
The pressure is on their hands now.
This iteration of Sonic died for our memes.
That's actually really cool that they will invest in changing Sonics look when the movie looks almost complete.
NOOOOOOOOOO!!! HE WAS PERFECT!
Does this mean we'll actually see some quality Sonic memes, instead of the film itself being one giant meme?
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