https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2019/12/12/sonic-movie-redesign-vfx-studio-shuts-down-after-crunch-to-push-new-design-through/

"But...but the redesign was planned out the whole time! They put out the shitty design on purpose! It couldn't possibly be that these movie studios don't know what the fuck they are doing with their IPs and didn't actually give a shit"