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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

MOVIES. There are hundreds of similarities and nods to the original source material in the Sonic movies, most notably Sonic’s fun-loving attitude and mischievous spirit of adventure (voiced ...

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 ...

The executive producer of Sonic the Hedgehog responds to movie's delay after fan backlash forces redesign Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 ...

Everything about Sonic’s original movie design screams a misguided desire to make something that looked “realistic” as opposed to the final, much more cartoony and game-accurate design.

However, by the end of the movie, Robotnik is stranded on a mushroom-filled planet, where he shaves his head, and has his iconic mustache, setting up his appearance in Sonic the Hedgehog 2.