Following the redesign, Sonic the Hedgehog went on to gross more than $320 million at the global box office. The movie proved so successful that it spawned two sequels and a live-action spin-off ...

Early test footage of the first Sonic movie shows how the original design could have been even worse than what we saw. News. By Mireia Mullor published 30 June 2025 Luckily for us, ...

In a bid to drum up excitement for the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie, Paramount Pictures is resurrecting the original, ill-fated Sonic design for an ugly sweater that you can potentially win.

The decision to redesign Sonic resulted in a three-month delay for the film, pushing it from November 2019 to February 2020. But when the new-and-improved Sonic was unveiled in a trailer around ...

Test footage of the original 2020 “Ugly Sonic” design has surfaced, reigniting discussion around one of Hollywood’s most ...

Sonic is a perfect example of character design evolution. Story by Joe Foley • 1w. S onic is everywhere at the moment thanks the success of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 on the big screen.

On the left, the new Sonic the Hedgehog design. On the right, Sonic the Hedgehog as he appeared in the first movie trailer. Paramount Pictures / Sega Games Co.

The original movie design for Sonic the Hedgehog saw the eponymous hero given human-like features, including a unsettling set of teeth. Many fans commented that the character looked like a ...

Sonic the Hedgehog has had a redesign for the new live-action movie, but that backlash was never the movie's biggest challenge.

Paramount Pictures. The Sonic the Hedgehog movie just might be getting some last-minute edits thanks to the loud outcry of opposition from fans a few months ahead of the titular character’s film ...

How was the Sonic design changed? In May 2019, it was announced that Sonic The Hedgehog had been pushed back from its original release date in November to a Valentine's Day spot in 2020.

The Sonic redesign for the upcoming live-action movie is here, and fans seem overall quite pleased. The design looks much more like the stylized, wide-eyed look that anyone who’s played a modern ...