Screenshots of test footage from the first Sonic the Hedgehog movie have leaked online, offering a new look at "ugly Sonic." ...

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

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.