Sonic the Hedgehog 2

DNEG delivered 185 shots for ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’, which picks up where the first film left off, with Dr. Robotnik banished to the Mushroom Planet.

Our VFX team was tasked with the environment build for the Mushroom Planet, the interior of the giant robot Mech Head, and the massive shockwave.

Key work for our teams included the creation of two large-scale CG environments that were visually opposite - an organic mushroom planet and a hard surface robot head interior. Both environments required a lot of detail to showcase their scale and depth. We procedurally scattered smaller elements such as mushrooms, plants and rocks for the Mushroom Planet and lots of bolts and panels for the mechanical head, and strategically placed larger elements to break up the look of the environments from different angles. 

For the Mushroom Planet, we also created Robotnik’s multiple Rube Goldberg traps including a mushroom catapult and the rotating mushroom slab. Our teams were challenged to come up with some out of the box ideas for the styling of the contraptions, but also ensure that the physics for how they would work was grounded in reality.

THE RETURN OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG! 

'Sonic the Hedgehog 2' | Trailer

Welcome to the next level!

Ethereal

environment concepts

We all made 
it happen

 'Sonic the Hedgehog 2': Kunal Ghosh Dastider – VFX Supervisor – DNEG

DNEG Delivers Mushrooming VFX on 'Sonic the Hedgehog 2'

VFX: 'Sonic the Hedgehog 2'

Jim Carrey in the middle of mushrooms