Dec. 5-8 is Comic Con Experience, the largest fan convention and entertainment expo in Brazil, and the event is guaranteed to feature a whole host of announcements and exclusives.
Ahead of the event, the official CCXP exclusive poster for the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog film has been unveiled on Reddit. Unlike the live-action and CG imagery straight from the movie itself, this poster features gorgeous original artwork by Brazilian artist Eduardo Vieira that features Sonic racing through the video game's signature rolling hills as Doctor Ivo Robotnik ominously towers over the landscape in the background. Notably, the artwork is highly evocative of the franchise's roots on the Sega Genesis/MegaDrive.
Vieira himself will be at the convention's artist alley for the weekend at table A02, though it's unknown if the upcoming video game adaptation will have a larger presence at the event.
Sonic the Hedgehog was originally slated to be released in November of this year. However, after the initial trailer received widespread backlash for the design of the eponymous speedster, additional post-production time to allow for a quick redesign pushed the film back to February. The new look for the classic video game character has since been warmly received by fans ahead of the film's release.
Opening Feb. 14, director Jeff Fowler's Sonic the Hedgehog stars Ben Schwartz as Sonic and Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik, with James Marsden, Neal McDonald, Tika Sumpter, Adam Pally and Natasha Rothwell.