The awardwinning creator is working with king features to give the project a. Smith, ray walston the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 54 min, and received a score of 64 out of 100 on metacritic. Genndy tartakovsky signs overall deal with sony pictures. Smith as bluto, ray walston as poopdeck pappy, and shelley duvall as olive oyl. Arad told variety that the new film will cover the themes of. And yet popeye nevertheless remains true to its origin on the comic page, and in those classic cartoons by max fleischer. However, the movie doesnt seem coherent at all and appears like a series of random action sequences. Popeye movie gets new life as genndy tartakovsky teams. Tartakovsky was previously attached to direct sony pictures animations. Popeye was robin williams first starring role in a feature film, and he inhabits the character perfectly.
Some of these films were, or still are, in development limbo. He is usually aided in his matches by his cheating mother mrs. Brand new popeye animated series launches on youtube. Popeye s voice actor jack mercer was married to margie hines, one of olives voice actors. Despite being wellreceived, in march of 2015, he announced that he was no longer working on the project and he instead went on to direct hotel. Popeye, the 89yearold spinachpowered mariner, will be launching his first new adventures in more than a decade in new animated originals slated to debut on the brands youtube channel. Contentsshow character history creation and development in thimble theatre bullo oxheart was created by e. The logline is being kept under wraps, but popeyes love interest olive oyl, nemesis bluto and adopted child sweepea will be part of the ad. Its story follows popeye s adventures as he arrives in the town of sweethaven. First new popeye official content in 10 years coming to.
Sony pictures animations allnew popeye cg feature animation test and. But popeye was really something special for genndy tartakovsky, as he once. In march 2010, it was reported that sony pictures animation is developing a 3d computeranimated popeye film, with avi arad producing it. Genndy tartakovskys popeye movie back in development nerdist. Genndy tartakovskys popeye movie has been stuck in. Last year, the company announced development of an animated series based. If you are not a current alpha member, stay tuned for more news on where you can watch.
Filmmaker genndy tartakovskys longgestating cganimated popeye movie is reportedly in development at king features. This movie, more than any other that i can remember, is the best example of a live action cartoon, in the best sense of the term. Genndy tartakovsky confirms popeye movie in development, reveals why sony. Popeye is a 1980 musical movie based on the characters and concepts created in e. This time, tartakovsky is working with king features and the new project will reportedly see him start afresh with ideas for a popeye film and not see him go down the same route which led to the ditched development of that previous attempt. Clone wars creator genndy tartakovsky to work on a new animated popeye movie, five years after he abandoned his first attempt to develop.
In june 2012, it was reported that genndy tartakovsky had been set to. The prolific ken jacobs, whose avantgarde epics transform archival footage into anaglyphs to create stunning simulations of depth, has often made his work freely available to the public, usually in the form of short gifs on his twitter and excerpts of his films. Genndy tartakovskys animated movie reportedly back in. It was the darkest thing youve popeye movie gets new life as genndy tartakovsky teams up. Tartakovsky admits that creative problems werent the only thing standing in the way of sonys popeye movie at the time, as focus was lost during development on the project as. Segar for the 1933 thimble theatre comic strip popeye fights bullo oxheart. This week, king features announced a new animated series titled popeye s island adventures, which will air on youtube to kick off popeye s 90th anniversary celebration in. Filmmaker genndy tartakovskys longgestating cganimated popeye movie is reportedly back in development at a new home. See the best complete schedule of new bluray and dvd releases. Popeye animated movie is back on track with samurai jack. Genndy tartakovskys popeye movie is back in development. If playback doesnt begin shortly, try restarting your device.
Popeye original soundtrack original soundtrack songs. Hey sony, reward genndy tartakovsky by giving him popeye again. Released 1980, popeye stars robin williams, shelley duvall, paul l. Sam strike may play the title character in leatherface.
Popeye has already been in the big screen since the 1980 feature film of robert altman, starring robin williams as popeye and shelley duvall as olive. Tartakovskys new overall deal includes development of his original concepts, as well as an all new take on popeye, based on the popular hearstowned king. All new popeye full episodes popeye and friends official. In the live action film, sweepea is played by wesley ivan hurt robert altmans grandson. Still not over the fact that it was canceled because of sony replacing it with the emoji movie. Production of the film was canceled in favor of producing the emoji movie. Genndy tartakovskys popeye movie back in development. Ive been bombarded in the last 24 hours by folks telling me how upset they are over news that sony has cancelled the popeye movie. Genndy tartakovskys popeye movie reportedly finds new.
It was written by jules feiffer and stars robin williams as popeye the sailor man and shelley duvall as olive oyl. Genndy tartakovskys popeye movie is back in development film. Everything you need to know about popeye movie development. Genndy tartakovskys popeye movie afloat with king features.
Is popeye the sailor coming soon to the big screens for. Sony developing popeye computer animated 3d movie film. Genndy tartakovskys animated popeye movie isnt dead yet. The new material will come under a pact between wildbrain, a digital kids network and studio, and hearsts king features syndicate. Genndy tartakovskys popeye back in development with king. Genndy tartakovsky hotel transylvania was working on a popeye movie several years ago, and it fell apart. Feature film, popeye, in march 2010, it was reported that sony pictures animation was. Popeye is the best movie robin williams ever made vanity.
Dvds release dates latest info on new dvd releases. The logline is being kept under wraps, but popeyes love interest olive oyl, nemesis bluto and adopted child sweepea will be part of the ad popeye is in development. Popeye movie gets new life as genndy tartakovsky teams up with king features. This time, tartakovsky is working with king features and the new project will reportedly see him start afresh with ideas for a popeye film and. The studios films are distributed worldwide by sony pictures releasing under their columbia pictures label, while all directtovideo releases are released by sony pictures home entertainment.
This is a list of unmade and unreleased animated projects by sony pictures animation. Luca guadagnino takes on scarface remake written by coen. Tartakovsky was previously attached to direct sony pictures animations feature film version of the classic comic strip character but exited the project in 2015 ign has confirmed that sony pictures animation is no longer developing a popeye animated movie. And find out what films are leaving so you can catch them before they disappear. Animation aficionado genndy tartakovsky was originally set to direct a feature centered on the classic. The awardwinning creator is working with king features to give the project a serving of spinach. Possible development issues may have caused this film to be cancelled. We do know that popeye s love interest olive oyl, arch nemesis bluto and adopted child sweepea will be featured in the movie. Make the most of your hbo subscription and check out what new shows, seasons, blockbuster movies and hidden gems are coming to hbo now, hbo go and hbo on demand this month.
Tartakovsky admits that creative problems werent the only thing standing in the way of sonys popeye movie at the time, as focus was lost during development on the project as a result of the. Smart people arent supposed to like popeye, because its universally acknowledged as a hot mess and terrible filmmaking. The popeye cartoon character was one of my favorite during my childhood. Everything old is new again, as the longgestating popeye animated movie has found new life. In november 2011, sony pictures animation announced that jay scherick and david ronn, the writers of the smurfs, are writing the screenplay for the film. Also new bluray and dvd release date announcements and estimates for all the upcoming and latest releases, plus movie stats, cast, trailers, movie posters and more. Its been about a year since the debacle known as the emoji movie.
Bullo oxheart, also known as oxblood oxheart or simply ox, is a heavyweight boxer who has fought popeye in the ring. The project was initially set at sony pictures animation. Popeye is a computeranimated feature film starring popeye the sailor, from sony pictures animation. This version of popeye is a visual feast excellent set decorations. Hey sony, reward genndy tartakovsky by giving him popeye. Popeye was first released as a comic strip in 1929 but as time went by, his popularity grew into different forms of media such as a cartoon series and. Popeye is a 1980 american musical comedy film directed by robert altman and distributed by paramount pictures. The tale follows a misguided safecracker from new orleans through his life lessons. The movie starred robin williams his movie debut as popeye, paul dooley as wimpy, paul l. Joe carnahan will direct action thriller motorcade. Animation aficionado genndy tartakovsky was originally set to direct a. List of unproduced sony pictures animation projects wikipedia. A new popeye movie is back in development russianborn animator and director genndy tartakovsky made the transition to feature films in 2012 with the first hotel transylvania after already.
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