Sonic Redesign
Bigger eyes. No human teeth. No muscular legs. The Sonic redesign.
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Will this Sonic satisfy the haters? The unprecedented backlash against the movie version of the Sega game’s Sonic the Hedgehog forced a redesign of the title character.
Online reaction a year ago to the first movie poster with the human proportions was negative.
Related: First Look at Animated Sonic the Hedgehog in Movie Poster
Then the online reaction to Sonic’s human teeth in the first trailer pushed the backlash to a whole other level.
Related: New Look at Sonic the Hedgehog in Movie Adaption Filmed in B.C.
Director Jeff Fowler acknowledged the criticism in May and promised that Paramount and Sega would fix it fast.
Thank you for the support. And the criticism. The message is loud and clear… you aren’t happy with the design & you want changes. It’s going to happen. Everyone at Paramount & Sega are fully committed to making this character the BEST he can be… #sonicmovie #gottafixfast 🔧✌️
— Jeff Fowler (@fowltown) May 2, 2019
Honored to have been brought in to lead the design on the new Movie Sonic. Working with Jeff and the modelers, riggers, texture/fur artists and animators in LA, London, and Vancouver was a thrill I’ll never forget. #SonicMovie pic.twitter.com/HhcVIxAhXB
— Tyson Hesse (@tyson_hesse) November 12, 2019