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.

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 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 ...

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 ...

Sonic The Hedgehog: A classic video game franchise and soon to be Paramount movie. But it's been a long road getting here, one filled with delays, backlash and a lot of memes.

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.

Sonic games might be hit or miss, but now that the movies are a billion dollar franchise, we can easily assume they're here to stay That's a lot of zeroes! Image credit: Paramount Pictures ...