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Also, they already made a Popeye movie back in the 1980s with Robin Williams. It tanked at the box office (despite not being completely awful - it had charm, talented character actors and impressive art direction.) If they were to make a Popeye movie today, it would probably be low-budget CG, filled with fart jokes, and do about as well as that Woody Woodpecker movie that was made recently. And this is BEFORE it gets crammed with preachy, pro-health boilerplate that no kid has ever wanted to watch, ever.
IIRC Genndy Tartakovsky was supposed to make a Popeye movie that was cancelled in favor of more Hotel Transylvania movies.
Gendy Tartakovsky I recall actually pitched a Popeye film to Sony Pictures, but for whatever reason it didn’t get the green light and they went with The Emoji Movie instead. I can’t speak for Tartakovsky’s recent work since I haven’t seen it, but from what I’ve heard in the Sony leaks, his work would be infinitely more entertaining than whatever Bob has in mind.
Pokemonquistador, I only rated you late because of this.
And actually it was believed that the Emoji Movie killed Popeye.
Turns out it seems that this was coming out in the midst of the Sony Hack and all the other troubles Sony was going through and it ended up dropping between the cracks.
Midnight's Edge has all the details.