{"id":239122,"date":"2020-02-20T10:40:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T15:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/sonic-star-tika-sumpter-says-redesign-was-worth-it-numbers-dont-lie"},"modified":"2020-02-20T10:40:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T15:40:54","slug":"sonic-star-tika-sumpter-says-redesign-was-worth-it-numbers-dont-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/sonic-star-tika-sumpter-says-redesign-was-worth-it-numbers-dont-lie","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Sonic&#039; Star Tika Sumpter Says Redesign Was Worth It, Numbers Don&#039;t Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-144222\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"30.0559552358\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"54.5913461538\">\n<section id=\"cb-47ed0f4d4332d35efc75eaefcbfabab9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-f1cb5f75-9ff4-5bad-9958-9f4325a739cf-1649861829-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder\">\n       <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-f1cb5f75-9ff4-5bad-9958-9f4325a739cf-1649861829-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"actress\" alt=\"actress\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/039Sonic039-Star-Tika-Sumpter-Says-Redesign-Was-Worth-It-Numbers-Don039t-Lie.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span class=\"media-swipe video-block__media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>       <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e8dabc98d403160a5d5bae7b42df0b37\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>\u2018Sonic the Hedgehog\u2019 took a cue from the fan base \u2014 and rightly so, because the movie\u2019s rolling in the dough as a result \u2026 so says one of the film\u2019s stars.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5227db569ef66c13d507e9a1fd83cfc2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"37\">\n<p>Actress <strong>Tika Sumpter<\/strong> was leaving Craig\u2019s in WeHo Tuesday night, and she weighed in on the massive box office haul her new flick pulled in over the weekend \u2014 upwards of $70 million here at home, and projected to make a lot more than its estimated $85 mil budget.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2e377ad6228819effb70daca98e2ed40\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n       <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ai\" alt=\"Ai\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sonic-the-Hedgehog-Gets-Bigger-Eyes-Smaller-Teeth-After-Backlash.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Paramount Studios \/ SEGA<\/span>\n         <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9c17b77dba0b2c32ffadf2f6c0d3644c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"37\">\n<p>According to her, the secret formula for success here was the fact Paramount Studios listened to the feedback from potential viewers on social media earlier last year \u2026 when everyone ripped Sonic\u2019s original look, and his eery human-like teeth that nobody seemed to like.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-345fd40c04a795c94db89fc5e4973a0e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"29.1775147929\">\n<p>Tika says the proof is in the pudding in terms of Paramount\u2019s reward for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/11\/12\/sonic-the-hedgehog-bigger-eyes-smaller-teeth-new-trailer-design\/\"><strong>taking note<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 and it sounds like she thinks other studios may follow suit with future projects.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-94227daf40c97b25c1bf3b5ab857cf3b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink \"\/>\n<section id=\"cb-1f99ab67c0c3d5d46bc527736342fc99\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"37\">\n<p>Funny enough, Tika invokes another animated classic with teeth issues of its own. She says we\u2019ve advanced beyond the one-block denture depiction, but aren\u2019t quite ready to see cavities, it seems.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9bec878df500ace7682bffc410fc692a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \">\n<p>Ain\u2019t that the truth!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/02\/19\/sonic-the-hedgehog-tika-sumpter-teeth-redesign-box-office-money\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/sonic-star-tika-sumpter-says-redesign-was-worth-it-numbers-dont-lie\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video contentExclusive TMZ.com \u2018Sonic the Hedgehog\u2019 took a cue from the fan base \u2014 and rightly so, because the movie\u2019s rolling in the dough [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}