Sonic the Hedgehog (Sony Pictures) (Susser and Robichaux's Version)

Sonic the Hedgehog was a planned live-action/animated crossover based on the Sega video game franchise of the same name that was announced in June 2014, and was originally going to be made by Columbia Pictures and Marza Animation Planet, as a lucrative joint venture. Surprisingly, Van Robichaux originally wanted to go for a PG-13 rating, which sounded like a bad idea, given that the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise is usually meant to be aimed at kids. Even if this movie would have been nowhere near as good as the games, it probably would have had potential back then.

Plot
Unknown, but probably would have been far more faithful than the final product.

Why It Was Cancelled

 * 1) Two words. Executive Meddling: The director treated Susser and Robichaux in the film's production completely unnecessarily and fired them from the Sonic movie production crew.
 * 2) Jeff Fowler came up with an arguably bad excuse saying "it didn't make sense to obviously bring in the Super Sonic thing just yet." Even if the director felt so, he certainly didn't have to throw the concept anyway.

What Would Have Been Better Than The Undermentioned Results

 * It would have been nice for Sony Pictures Entertainment, to delay it a couple of times (not only to 2018, but also to July 2019) just so that they could take the time to remove attempts to aim for a PG-13 rating, in order to make it more for younger kids (especially kids aged 6 and over).
 * Jeff Fowler should have treated Susser and Robichaux respectively, and shouldn't have scrapped their drafts.
 * Even if Passengers didn't do well in the box office, Sony would have probably kept the rights with them. The trouble was: Sony had financing issues back in 2017, which is surprising for the fans of Sony.
 * Starting in February 2016 to October 2nd 2017, Susser and Robichaux should have began re-writing the story, and eventually began filming in March 2018 and finish at June 2018.
 * Next, the visual effects would have been provided by Moving Picture Company (MPC), Marza Animation Planet, Blur Studio, Trixter, and Digital Domain, and you guessed it, Sony Pictures Imageworks.
 * Believe it or not, the team would have probably hired Tyson Hesse as the art director, and it would have pretty much made perfect sense for Tyson Hesse to treat the artists respectively. Plus, it probably would have been Allen Battino in charge of the character design.
 * Eventually, the movie would have supposedly been released on June 23rd 2019, and would have become such a big hit in the box office, that it would have spawned a sequel pretty much the year after.

Results

 * It was confirmed that the movie would have no inspiration from the plot of the games at all, and instead would be a wholly original story, but still feature what fans like about the character.
 * In February 2016, Sega delayed the film to 2018.

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