Paramount Needed Only $5 Million to Change Sonic’s Design While WB Needed $25 Million to Remove Henry Cavill’s Mustache in Justice League
Paramount could’ve almost ruined one of their best franchises with a small mistake at the beginning. While adapting Sega Games’ popular character Sonic the Hedgehog, the studio initially went for a more realistic design. It looked awful and nothing like the adorable character from the video games. A little design change later, Sonic the Hedgehog looked more like its video game counterpart.
A still from Sonic the Hedgehog | Credits: Paramount Pictures
It was truly a make-or-break moment for the character and the film. Interestingly, all the studio needed to spend was just $5 million in extra costs for the design change. It should be considered a huge win, given how Warner Bros. spent $25 million for the horrible work of removing Henry Cavill’s mustache in Justice League.
Paramount spent $5 million in course correction that made Sonic the Hedgehog a huge hit The old design of Sonic the Hedgehog that fans...
A still from Sonic the Hedgehog | Credits: Paramount Pictures
It was truly a make-or-break moment for the character and the film. Interestingly, all the studio needed to spend was just $5 million in extra costs for the design change. It should be considered a huge win, given how Warner Bros. spent $25 million for the horrible work of removing Henry Cavill’s mustache in Justice League.
Paramount spent $5 million in course correction that made Sonic the Hedgehog a huge hit The old design of Sonic the Hedgehog that fans...
- 12/27/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
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