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.

via Variety