The last Popeye movie was released in 1980 and was directed by Robert Altman. Since then more than four decades have passed and Popeye is set to release as an animated family action comedy film. Filmmaker Genndy Tartakovsky was attached to Sony Pictures Popeye but he exited that project back in 2015.
It has been confirmed that Sony Pictures Animation is no longer developing a Popeye movie and Genndy Tartakovsky (Hotel Transylvania trilogy with credits from Star Wars: Clone Wars, Dexter’s Laboratory, and Samurai Jack) instead has teamed up with King Features to develop the Popeye movie.
King Features also own several other classic cartoons and comic strips such as Flash Gordon, Beetle Bailey, The Phantom, Betty Boop, and Mandrake the Magician along with Popeye.
What is The Plot of Popeye?
Who Will Be in The Cast of Popeye?
In this movie we will hear the voices of Tom Kenny as Popeye, Grey DeLisle as Olive Oyl, Alec Baldwin as Bluto, Frank Welker as Eugune the Jeep, William Baldwin as J. Wellington Wimpy, Billy West as Poppydeck Pappy and finally Zac Efron as General Jogan Salvegler.
When is Popeye Set to Release?
Is there a Trailer That We Can Watch?
The answer to this simple question is a no, but there’s test footage that is still available on Sony Pictures Animations YouTube page titled, “Genndy Tartakovsky’s POPEYE Animation Test”.
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