After ongoing backlash from fans, last week it was revealed the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog movie had been delayed. The director Jeff Fowler made this announcement over on Twitter with the above image, showing Sonic's gloved hand holding up a sign, with the movie's new release date and a classic logo below it. Compared to what we saw in the recent trailer, the artwork on display here appeared to be a step in the right direction.
So, who is responsible for the makeover? There's a rumour it might be Tyson Hesse, after fans started comparing his existing art to the above image. If you're not familiar with the name, Hesse is the talented individual who worked on the cutscenes in Sonic Mania, the Sonic Archie Comics line and was also the director of the animated series, Sonic Mania Adventures.
The comparisons, of course, led to Sonic fans asking Hesse on social media if he was responsible for the art in Fowler's announcement. Instead of providing a definitive answer, he simply tweeted the following image:
https://twitter.com/tyson_hesse/status/1132095399462727680
As GoNintendo explains, it's a scene from the original Iron Man movie, where Tony Stark reveals his true identity to the world. If Hesse is involved in Sonic's movie makeover, we're in safe hands.
What do you think about this? Leave your comments below.
[source gonintendo.com]
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Yes, yes please.
That's all I have to say on that.
One way or another...
will end up a pretty supersonic disaster of a film. Glad they're trying to please people though, hopefully the CG artists get good pay (they won't).
I feel... conflicted. Sonic's design was just part of a laundry list of problems I felt from the trailer. I don't think a redesign will be enough to save things. Bringing in Tyson Hesse would be a good sign design wise, but I'd feel really bad for him being tied to this trainwreck waiting to happen.
Good to hear, but at this point unless there are MAJOR re-shoots and editing, it will be nothing more than polishing a turd.
It's not just the CGI that worries me. The story based on the trailer sounds like it will be a trainwreck.
@JHDK You can't polish a turd... But you can cover it in glitter!
I'm not so sure anymore about a redesign, after all if it ends up looking like Sonic it would still mean he gets darted and knocked out ridiculously, and it also won't magically change the fact that he says 'Gotta go fast!' so not looking like Sonic would be a blessing in disguise.
At the same time not respecting the original design should be the bigger offense. It's a loss either way.
This should have just come out when they originally planned. The whole “not my Sonic” thing, has just allocated resources and time to a project that doesn’t deserve it. I also thought the design looked terrible, but if the other aspects of the trailer looked more promising than certainly people wouldn’t be giving it as much flack as they did.
@NotTelevision Oh, they definitely would. The gravest offense you can possibly commit regarding a video game character is to botch their iconic design.
Tossing them in a trainwreck movie is just par for the course. People don't really expect better.
@JHDK @SpookyPotato Ah, but you can glaze a turkey
He and his directorial work on Sonic Mania Adventures were nothing short of brilliance, but...I'll believe it when I see it.
This fiasco (along with Sega’s long history of average to bad Sonic games) shows, yet again, how out of touch Sega is with their fans. As somebody else pointed out, a redesigned Sonic won’t save this movie. Hopefully Tyson will see the story they put together and give them some notes that they take to heart.
I like the drawing it looks much better. Also, can you already tell from the trailer what the movie is like? I can't, and I'm still optimistic that this will be a fun movie.
@TheInvisibleTor why do people say nonsense like this when they haven't even seen it yet? People spout such rubbish, that's why i stay away from IMDB, both for overrated and underrated stuff.
As above i think it might be a fun film, can't go much wrong with Jim Carrey.
@FlyingFoxy Yeah but it's meant to be a Sonic film, not a eggman one.
sure Jim might be good in this.. but you still gotta put up with all the other rubbish in this film
I'm a big fan of Hesse way before all the Sonic stuff. I wish he had the time to work on his old webcomic Boxer Hockey
That reminds me I've got to read Diesel some of these days. The guy's writing is as sound as his art. Fun times
@SpookyPotato Mythbusters busted that myth. You CAN polish a turd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiJ9fy1qSFI
throw out the whole movie and let him direct a full length anime.
What. A. Boss. That tweet response is amazing.
Should've put Hesse in charge to begin with. The man understands Sonic.
Wow so they wouldn't use the original Sonic's design or dreamcasts design but they go with this artist? Why didn't their entire art staff come up with something more like Sonic in the first place?
RIP Boxer Hockey...
Better Hesse than Patrick "Spaz" Spaziante. He was #notverygood. But then again, Sonic in that pic looks like a monkey so...?
If they’re using the same model for every scene, they might only need to tweak that one model and then adjust each scene individually.
@NotTelevision You would be surprised, literally everyone I know said the trailer was fine EXCEPT the design but they still jumped on the hate bandwagon cause the design alone, so yes people will give flack to a trailer merely based on design and completely ignore the rest because they hate the design that much.
Good news to hear - no doubt the movie will still be pants, but Carrey seems like a good fit and if Sonic's design is "fixed" then I'd be a little more inclined to see it.
Even he can't stop the disaster that's bound to happen. The movie will be trash nonetheless.
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