The whole situation has prompted a larger conversation about fandom, criticism, and the way visual effects artists are treated in the industry. We recently talked with some VFX artists about what it would take to do a resign of the Sonic the Hedgehog character. Based on suggested changes that have been supported by fans, they said it could take somewhere up to three months to get the character ready to put back into the movie.

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Delaying the movie four months might still make things tight, but it seems like it would give the artists more room to work with. Although I feel Fowler’s joking hashtag about his VFX artists was a little, well, gauche.

Sonic the Hedgehog is now coming out on February 14, 2020. No better way to celebrate true love than by watching a running hedgehog, right?


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