By HARKIRAT RANDHAWA
Staff Writer
In February of 2018, Sega, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Marza Animation Planet announced that they will be making a new Sonic: The Hedgehog movie. When the animation studio released the first teaser of the film, they received serious backlash from the public. The production team released/created a realistic version of Sonic, adding fur, new running shoes (which turn out to be the Puma Speed 500’s in Red), two separate eyes and a more human-like body. Most of the public was not impressed with how the character looked like. On May 2, 2019, the animation team then agreed with the public and worked on refining the features. Six days ago, Paramount revealed the new and improved look of Sonic. They changed the eye size, color, and teeth. They made the eyes appear larger, they enhanced the blue in his fur, and minimized the number of teeth so it would resemble how Sonic looked like in the video games. This also caused the overall budget to be increased by $5 million. So, the budget for the film is now $95 million. Also, this made the official release to be delayed onto February 14, 2020. In total, this movie has been delayed three times. It was supposed to be released sometime in 2018, but due to some unfortunate circumstances, the movie is now being released on February 14, 2020. This also caused the overall budget to be increased by $5 million. So, the budget for the film is now $95 million.
Sonic is about a creature that possesses supersonic speed. The voice actor for Sonic is Ben Schwartz. The antagonist is Mr. Robotnik who is hungry for world domination and is desperate to steal Sonic’s speed. The actor that plays Robotnik is Jim Carrey. Sonic is helped by a retired sheriff named Tom Wachowski.
Sonic the Hedgehog is a Japanese video game series and a franchise owned by Sega. This is based on a creature with supersonic speed fighting against Dr. Eggman, a mad scientist. The first Sonic game was released in 1991. Sega introduced Sonic to the public in order to trump Mario. By March of 2011, the game series had sold over 89 million copies.