The animated Popeye film sails towards theaters

[adrotate banner=”1″]A while back we reported on an animated Popeye film hitting production. Well, production has continued forward much like some sort of spinach metaphor I don’t have the time to think of. Thus, Genndy Tartakovsky is now attached to develop and direct it (he’s also working on a feature film version of his Samurai Jack series!) Sony Pictures Animation is in charge of this project, with Avi and Ari Arad producing via their Arad Productions. David Ronn and Jay Scherick wrote the script back in November and there is no new names for writing yet. No word on the plot, but you can bet it involves spinach in some sort of minor way, probably some violence, and nautical humor.

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Popeye and Baywatch movies are meant to be together!

[adrotate banner=”1″]So two of the scribes of The Smurfs – Jay Scherick and David Ronn – are writing more movies, including the upcoming animated Popeye film, and the rumored Baywatch movies (which they’ve completed the script.) No word on what happens in the Baywatch movie, or if it is connected to Popeye in some sort of weird way. But i can’t really see Olive Oyl running on the beach in a red swimsuit, because she doesn’t have the equipment required. They’re also writing Smurfs 2: The Smurf of Smurf’s Smurf.

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Take this, Altman!


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