Back in May the first trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog, a movie based on the SEGA video game character of the same name, was released by Paramount Pictures. The response could not have been worse. The response was so overwhelmingly negative, in fact, that the movie instantly became the internet’s favorite subject for jokes and memes galore. It was a disaster.

The reason for this wildfire of negativity was the design of the title character. It was…poor, to put it nicely. The damage was so great that Paramount was forced to throw away a significant amount of time, effort, and money that had gone into designing and animating the character, and start over in hopes of stopping the bleeding before it was too late.

Now, after deleting the first trailer, poster, and more (though the internet never forgets, of course), Paramount has released another trailer with the newly designed Sonic. You can check it out below.

SYNOPSIS:

Based on the global blockbuster videogame franchise from Sega, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG tells the story of the world’s speediest hedgehog as he embraces his new home on Earth. In this live-action adventure comedy, Sonic and his new best friend Tom (James Marsden) team up to defend the planet from the evil genius Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) and his plans for world domination. The family-friendly film also stars Tika Sumpter and Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic.

The cast also includes Neal McDonough, Adam Pally, Debs Howard, and Michael Hogan.

The movie is directed by Jeff Fowler, and Josh Miller, Patrick Casey, and Oren Uziel wrote the screenplay.

Sonic the Hedgehog will be released in theaters on February 14th.

Trailer

Sonic The Hedgehog is speeding to theatres for a big screen adventure for the whole family! Watch the new Sonic Movie trailer now, and Catch Sonic in theatres February 14!

Sonic The Hedgehog paints the town blue in the brand new #SonicMovie poster! #CatchSonic in theatres February 14! pic.twitter.com/qoWZlznxpS

— Sonic The Hedgehog (@SonicMovie) November 12, 2019

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