Paramount Pictures has officially released the trailer for the Sonic The Hedgehog Hollywood Film on Tuesday, April 30th. The film is slated to premiere in theaters in November.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvvZaBf9QQI
The trailer had more than 243,000 dislikes on Youtube, with likes at around 157,000. Netizens have expressed disappointment over the design of Sonic of this adaptation and say that he is quite different from his original video game design that everyone is quite familiar with it. Some of the comments have said they are giving this movie a chance but keeping their expectations low.
This live-action comedy adventure film is centered on Sonic (voiced by Ben Schwartz), the brash bright blue hedgehog as he navigates through Earth with his new human best friend Tom Wachowski (played by James Marsden). Both Tom and Sonic team up to stop the evil Robotnik (played by Jim Carey) from capturing Sonic and using his speedy powers and abilities for world domination.
The film, in which was originally scheduled to be released in the United States on November 15, 2019, but Paramount Pictures moved it to November 8 instead. It is also scheduled to premiere on November 28, 2019, in Australia and on December 26, 2019, in the United Kingdom. In Japan, the movie is titled as Sonic the Movie and as of this time, the premiere date has not been announced. It will be directed by Jeff Fowler and it will be his first time in directing a film.
Previously, the film design of Sonic was briefly leaked in a branding deck in the website of Hamagami/Caroll, Inc., an advertising agency. The design that was seen in the leaks match the same design of Sonic in the released trailer.
Sonic The Hedgehog’s movie producer Tim Miller previously mentioned and addressed on the design of the titular character’s fur, saying that his quills are different from the quills of actual hedgehogs.
“It would be weird and it would feel like he was running around nude if he was some sort of otter-like thing. It was always, for us, fur, and we never considered anything different. It’s part of what integrates him into the real world and makes him a real creature.” Miller said,
Producer Neal Moritz also stated about Sonic shoes saying:
“We looked at every different variation of what shoes he’s worn and we’re trying to pay homage to that and also make it current and present day in what we think a Sonic of today would wear.”
November is still a bit far away. However, we can only hope if this would be a full house blockbuster hit as it hits theaters worldwide.
Source: Polygon
