You might recall that a Sonic The Hedgehog movie is releasing later this year and you might also recall that its promotional posters were the subject of many memes and controversies due to the "realistic" nature of the protagonist's CGI. However, no full reveal was made regarding the full form of the character, that is until now. Behold as you get your first look at what the producers of the movie envision Sonic to look like:

The image comes from advertising agency Hamagami / Carroll, Inc. 's website page for the Hollywood movie (which has since been taken down). The page notes that the character's design is “a new modern take on the brand without abandoning its core essence”. In addition to several images of movie CGI Sonic's character, the page further gave more information regarding Sonic's “brand personality” noting that he is "heroic and adventurous", "mischievous but not malicious" but also "chill and likable".

While these images have been taken down from the company's website and not confirmed, do note that Hamagami / Carroll, Inc. has worked with both games and movies before, so they are not totally new to the medium. But you can nevertheless take this news with a pinch of salt.

Would you be seeing Sonic the Hedgehog in theatres on November 15, 2019 when it airs? What are your thoughts about the design and "realistic" take?

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[KingVamp]

Yeah, the branded shoes and the white hands is what bothers me the most.

I wish it was like that:
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That's all they needed to do.

As much as I detest the sonic OC... movement and find it utterly incongruous with Sonic as a general concept I shall indulge a bit in this case with a 5 minute effort.

What if said CG monstrosity was actually shadow the hedgehog.

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Reasonably compelling villain there.

Not Shadow. He is smiling.

 

[DKB]

God dammit, I hope this is a bad joke. Why the absolute fuck make it half live-action and half CGI? Just make the whole thing animated and I'm sure more people will like it.

No, you see, it being completely animated is a good idea. So, that won't work. Because, you know, companies hate money.

 

[Deleted member 388531]

Look at how they massacred my poor boy.

 

[bandithedoge]

No, you see, it being completely animated is a good idea. So, that won't work. Because, you know, companies hate money.

They hate money, yet they're doing such cashgrabs. Kinda weird, but hey, I ain't a big corporation.

 

[gman666]

Sanic is that you?

 

[MiiJack]

I would prefer if they had based their model from his Werehog transformation.

 

[Jacklack3]

WhErE's My BaRf BuCkEt!?

 

[Mnecraft368]

I feel like I've seen that model before, in my nightmares.

 

[Silent_Gunner]

I'm honestly frightened of the pr0n that will be generated from this nightmare.

*looks at Chris-Chan doing something with this*

 

[DarkCoffe64]

Imo he looks better than the uncanney valley stuff in detective pikachu.
Could've been much worse, I will accept this.

 

[ScarletDreamz]

 

[The Real Jdbye]

This looks like if a kid with decent drawing skills was to try to draw Sonic, and they made an exact recreation of it as CGI. It just looks amateurish.
The poster looked better honestly.

 

[gnmmarechal]

By the gods.... Just kill it with fire.

 

[chrisrlink]

dear god and I thought Ugandan knuckles was bad

 

[AdenTheThird]

OH MY EYES!

 

[CORE]

From the producer of The Fast And The Furious that is what gets me lol.

 

[asnka]

 

[TheZander]

I like it, it reminds me of Sonic on the cartridge. It's very cool and I'm highly impressed. I really cannot wait to see tails.

I just wish they went closer to the sonic boom style character, it's the one most people prefer and adore.

 

[Clydefrosch]

no, the eyes are wrong and his arms aren't furred :/

 

[Mama Looigi]

If this movie is anything like the mario movie *shudders*, Sonic is a dead man/hedgehog/Hollywood star/game character