Cartoon icon Popeye the Sailor Man is being developed as a live-action movie, 45 years after Robin Williams played him.

Popeye’s Animated Movie Attempt. The last time Popeye fans got their hopes up was around Genndy Tartakovsky’s animated movie from around 2014.

This new movie is not Hollywood’s first attempt to bring Popeye back to the big screen since the 1980 film. Sony Pictures was set to release an animated film based on the iconic character in the ...

Over six years ago Sony Pictures Animation announced that animator Genndy Tartakovsky would be taking a crack at a classic property, reviving Popeye the Sailor for a CG animated feature film.The ...

1933: Bluto, Popeye’s brutish rival, debuts in the Fleischer animated shorts, battling Popeye for Olive Oyl’s affection. (Bluto does not appear in Segar’s original comics.) Advertisement ...

Variety reports that Tartakovsky has been hired by the studio to helm a new, animated 3D version of Popeye.The project has been in development for a while now, starting in March 2010, and last ...

Director Genndy Tartakovsky discusses his passion for the animated film. By Hugh Armitage Published: 19 September 2014 Sony Pictures has offered a first look at Popeye .

Sony Pictures has announced plans to turn E.C. Segar's Popeye into an animated 3D movie.. Avi Arad (Spider-Man) will produce the project, while Mike Jones is in talks to provide the screenplay."I ...

Genndy Tartakovsky's animated Popeye movie isn't dead yet. The award-winning creator is working with King Features to give the project a serving of spinach.

Long before any talk of this movie reboot, Popeye first appeared in 1929, only a year after Mickey Mouse debuted. In his heyday, he was just as successful as Mickey, too.