According to reports, Chernin Entertainment and King Features are developing a new ‘patriotic’, live-action “Popeye the Sailor” feature, to be scripted by Michael Caleo (“The Sopranos”):
"...created by cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar, ‘Popeye’ debuted in the 1929 comic strip “Thimble Theater”.
“The comic was then turned into a series of theatrical cartoon shorts by Fleischer Studios for Paramount Pictures…
“…and featured in comic books, video games, advertisements and a whole lot more.
“Robert Altman directed a live-action ‘Popeye’ movie in 1980. Produced by Robert Evans for Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions, it starred Robin Willams as Popeye, Shelley Duvall as ‘Olive Oyl’, Paul L. Smith as ‘Bluto’, Paul Dooley as ‘J. Wellington Wimpy’, Richard Libertini as ‘George W. Geezil’ and Ray Walston as ‘Poopfeck Pappy’…”
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"...created by cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar, ‘Popeye’ debuted in the 1929 comic strip “Thimble Theater”.
“The comic was then turned into a series of theatrical cartoon shorts by Fleischer Studios for Paramount Pictures…
“…and featured in comic books, video games, advertisements and a whole lot more.
“Robert Altman directed a live-action ‘Popeye’ movie in 1980. Produced by Robert Evans for Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions, it starred Robin Willams as Popeye, Shelley Duvall as ‘Olive Oyl’, Paul L. Smith as ‘Bluto’, Paul Dooley as ‘J. Wellington Wimpy’, Richard Libertini as ‘George W. Geezil’ and Ray Walston as ‘Poopfeck Pappy’…”
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- 3/20/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Legendary comic book and cartoon character Popeye the Sailor is once again coming to the big screen, as Chernin Entertainment and King Features officially confirm that a big-budged live-action adaptation is in the works. This will be the first time that the character has been revisited in a live-action format since the late Robin Williams played Popeye in the 1980 movie. This has been confirmed exclusively by Variety, as the magazine reported on the movie being in the works.
As stated, Chernin Entertainment and King Features are working on the movie and will probably be in charge of its production and distribution, securing a worldwide theatrical distribution. So far, there aren’t many details available, but the movie is supposedly going to be a big-budget feature with Michael Caleo attached as the screenwriter as of the time of writing. No casting rumors have been revealed either, and the movie doesn’t...
As stated, Chernin Entertainment and King Features are working on the movie and will probably be in charge of its production and distribution, securing a worldwide theatrical distribution. So far, there aren’t many details available, but the movie is supposedly going to be a big-budget feature with Michael Caleo attached as the screenwriter as of the time of writing. No casting rumors have been revealed either, and the movie doesn’t...
- 3/19/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
For years, Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net has been about two things only – awesome art and the artists that create it. With that in mind, we thought why not take the first week of the month to showcase these awesome artists even more? Welcome to “Awesome Artist We’ve Found Around The Net.” In this column, we are focusing on one artist and the awesome art that they create, whether they be amateur, up and coming, or well established. The goal is to uncover these artists so even more people become familiar with them. We ask these artists a few questions to see their origins, influences, and more. If you are an awesome artist or know someone that should be featured, feel free to contact me at any time at theodorebond@joblo.com.This month we are very pleased to bring you the awesome art of…
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- 5/6/2023
- by Theodore Bond
- JoBlo.com
If you cast your mind back to the 1980s, you may recall a time when movies based on characters from comic books and comic strips weren't as popular as they are now. There were notable exceptions like "Superman," but for the most part, the genre was still a bit on the sidelines. When "Popeye" came out in 1980, the beginning of the Marvel Cinematic Universe was almost three decades away, and Tim Burton's "Batman" was still nine years out.
"Popeye" starred the late Robin Williams as the titular character based on the comic strip and cartoon character created by E.C. Segar. It was directed by five-time Academy Award-nominee Robert Altman, who was responsible for films like "M*A*S*H" and "The Long Goodbye." For a young actor like Williams, that was a big deal. His work on the TV series "Mork and Mindy" was getting him noticed, but he'd only done a...
"Popeye" starred the late Robin Williams as the titular character based on the comic strip and cartoon character created by E.C. Segar. It was directed by five-time Academy Award-nominee Robert Altman, who was responsible for films like "M*A*S*H" and "The Long Goodbye." For a young actor like Williams, that was a big deal. His work on the TV series "Mork and Mindy" was getting him noticed, but he'd only done a...
- 9/14/2022
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
Popeye The Sailor: The 1940s Volume 1
Blu ray
Warner Archive
1943 – 45 / 1.33:1 / Street Date – December 11, 2018
Starring Jack Mercer, Harry Foster Welch (Popeye), Margie Hines , Mae Questel (Olive Oyl), William Pennell, Jackson Beck (Bluto)
Directed by Dan Gordon, I. Sparber, Seymour Kneitel
The most animated of the great philosophers, Popeye relied on his fists to express his unapologetic mantra – “I am what I am.” Created by newspaper cartoonist E.C. Segar in 1929, the cantankerous but big-hearted sailor was brought to the screen by Max Fleischer and his brother Dave in a series of blissfully rowdy cartoons running from 1933 till 1942 – which is when everything went south.
1942 was the year that Max’s relationships with both Dave and Paramount fell apart – leading to the brothers’ exit and the beginning of Famous Studios, an in-house animation factory at Paramount staffed by Fleischer’s former creative team. But it may have been the sailor at the...
Blu ray
Warner Archive
1943 – 45 / 1.33:1 / Street Date – December 11, 2018
Starring Jack Mercer, Harry Foster Welch (Popeye), Margie Hines , Mae Questel (Olive Oyl), William Pennell, Jackson Beck (Bluto)
Directed by Dan Gordon, I. Sparber, Seymour Kneitel
The most animated of the great philosophers, Popeye relied on his fists to express his unapologetic mantra – “I am what I am.” Created by newspaper cartoonist E.C. Segar in 1929, the cantankerous but big-hearted sailor was brought to the screen by Max Fleischer and his brother Dave in a series of blissfully rowdy cartoons running from 1933 till 1942 – which is when everything went south.
1942 was the year that Max’s relationships with both Dave and Paramount fell apart – leading to the brothers’ exit and the beginning of Famous Studios, an in-house animation factory at Paramount staffed by Fleischer’s former creative team. But it may have been the sailor at the...
- 1/14/2019
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Burbank, CA – One of the biggest animated stars in American history returns to prominence in a specially remastered Blu-ray & DVD presentation with the Warner Archive Collection (Wac) release of Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s, Volume 1, a 14-cartoon set that includes many shorts unseen in their original form for more than 60 years. In stunning 1080p high definition created from 4K scans of the original nitrate Technicolor negatives, and never before officially released for home entertainment, the single-disc Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s, Volume 1 will be available December 11, 2018 through wb.com/warnerarchive and your favorite online retailer.
Produced especially for the adult animation collector, Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s, Volume 1 features the first two Technicolor® seasons of Popeye’s animated theatrical shorts (1943-44 and 1944-45) produced by Famous Studios, Paramount’s revered New York-based cartoon studio.
Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s, Volume 1, the first authorized Blu-ray release of the color cartoons,...
Produced especially for the adult animation collector, Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s, Volume 1 features the first two Technicolor® seasons of Popeye’s animated theatrical shorts (1943-44 and 1944-45) produced by Famous Studios, Paramount’s revered New York-based cartoon studio.
Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s, Volume 1, the first authorized Blu-ray release of the color cartoons,...
- 11/30/2018
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
It's pretty amazing that after 89 years, Popeye is still a franchise that people love. Well, the spinach-fueled sea mariner is about to make a comeback! The digital kid's network and studio, Wildbrain, is teaming up with Hearst’s King Features Syndicate, to create new animated content for the brand's YouTube channel.
WildBrain will take over management of the "Popeye and Friends Official" channel on YouTube. They plan on boosting its audience by producing new compilations of Popeye classic cartoons, drawing from shows including Popeye, Popeye and Son, and The Continuing Adventures of Popeye. The style of animation is said to consist of the classic "squash-and-stretch" style of Popeye.
King Features president C.J. Kettler had this to say in a statement:
"WildBrain has the secret sauce that will help Popeye connect with his audience of millions around the world while growing his fan base exponentially through fresh new animation as...
WildBrain will take over management of the "Popeye and Friends Official" channel on YouTube. They plan on boosting its audience by producing new compilations of Popeye classic cartoons, drawing from shows including Popeye, Popeye and Son, and The Continuing Adventures of Popeye. The style of animation is said to consist of the classic "squash-and-stretch" style of Popeye.
King Features president C.J. Kettler had this to say in a statement:
"WildBrain has the secret sauce that will help Popeye connect with his audience of millions around the world while growing his fan base exponentially through fresh new animation as...
- 5/23/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Popeye, the 89-year-old spinach-powered mariner, will be launching his first new adventures in more than a decade in new animated originals slated to debut on the brand’s YouTube channel.
The new material will come under a pact between WildBrain, a digital kids’ network and studio, and Hearst’s King Features Syndicate, which handles licensing for the Popeye franchise. WildBrain will create new animated content in the “squash-and-stretch” animation style of Popeye, in collaboration with King Features.
Also under the agreement, WildBrain will take over management of the “Popeye and Friends Official” channel on YouTube, launched in January 2017, with an eye toward boosting its audience. Initially, WildBrain plans to produce new compilations of Popeye classic cartoons, drawing from shows including “Popeye,” “Popeye and Son,” and “The Continuing Adventures of Popeye.”
It’s worth noting that King Features is focusing on YouTube and digital platforms to serve as Popeye’s anchor — not TV.
The new material will come under a pact between WildBrain, a digital kids’ network and studio, and Hearst’s King Features Syndicate, which handles licensing for the Popeye franchise. WildBrain will create new animated content in the “squash-and-stretch” animation style of Popeye, in collaboration with King Features.
Also under the agreement, WildBrain will take over management of the “Popeye and Friends Official” channel on YouTube, launched in January 2017, with an eye toward boosting its audience. Initially, WildBrain plans to produce new compilations of Popeye classic cartoons, drawing from shows including “Popeye,” “Popeye and Son,” and “The Continuing Adventures of Popeye.”
It’s worth noting that King Features is focusing on YouTube and digital platforms to serve as Popeye’s anchor — not TV.
- 5/22/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
People have been arguing the “who was comics’ first costumed hero” question for decades. Some feel it was Mandrake the Magician, by Lee Falk and Phil Davis (1934), others cite the truly obscure Red Knight created by John Welch and Jack McGuire, and still others prefer to credit E.C. Segar’s Popeye (1929). But I think it’s safe to say that most comics fans and scholars bestow that honor upon The Phantom, created by Lee Falk and Ray Moore 80 years ago this past week.
Neither Mandrake nor Popeye are “costumed heroes.” They perform their feats of daring in their regular work clothes. Whereas the Red Knight got his start in 1934 as a guy named Bullet Benton, he did not don the Red Knight costume and, therefore, the costumed hero persona until April of 1940. I suspect somebody at the Register and Tribune Syndicate took a gander at the McClure Syndicate’s success with Superman.
Neither Mandrake nor Popeye are “costumed heroes.” They perform their feats of daring in their regular work clothes. Whereas the Red Knight got his start in 1934 as a guy named Bullet Benton, he did not don the Red Knight costume and, therefore, the costumed hero persona until April of 1940. I suspect somebody at the Register and Tribune Syndicate took a gander at the McClure Syndicate’s success with Superman.
- 2/24/2016
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Exclusive: Looks like somebody has been eating his spinach. Sony Pictures Animation is bringing in T.J. Fixman to write Popeye, the latest adaptation of the beloved sailor man. First appearing some 87 years ago in a comic strip by the cartoonist Elzie Segar, Popeye has appeared in numerous comics, cartoons, ads and, in one instance, a live-action feature film. Directed, somewhat surreally, by Robert Altman and starring a then-29-year-old Robin Williams, the 1980 film was…...
- 1/22/2016
- Deadline
I'm not certain a CG-animated Popeye movie, or any Popeye movie for that matter, would be much of a hit with today's movie-going audience. Yet, Sony Animation seemed to be all aboard to the point they hired Genndy Tartakovsky (Hotel Transylvania) to direct and even released a sizzle reel back in September, offering a first look at the film as you see above. Now, in an interview with Moviefone, Tartakovsky reveals all isn't well with the film: Popeye, at least, we put up a great screening, everybody really liked that sizzle, we got a positive reaction. I was in love with what we were doing, but I think the studio is going through changes and I don't know if they want to make the Popeye that I want to make. So they've got to make a decision. Right now, I'm off Popeye and moving on to the other one that we soft-announced,...
- 3/13/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Director Genndy Tartakovsky is back in the animator’s chair with the new video test from his upcoming film, Popeye.
Popeye the Sailor Man was created by Elzie Crisler Segar and first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929 and hit the silver screen first in 1934 in a series of Paramount animated shorts produced by the Fleischer Brothers and later with a live-action feature film, Popeye, directed by Robert Altman with Robin Williams in the lead role in 1980.
Sony Pictures Animation’s film is the CG adaptation of the famous sailor man’s origin story.
In addition to Popeye, Tartakovsky is also returning to the director’s chair for Hotel Transylvania 2, scheduled for September 2015, which will bring back Adam Sandler’s Dracula.
Tartakovsky himself says, “It’s good to be back at the Hotel Transylvania, and I’m very excited to work on Popeye,...
Popeye the Sailor Man was created by Elzie Crisler Segar and first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929 and hit the silver screen first in 1934 in a series of Paramount animated shorts produced by the Fleischer Brothers and later with a live-action feature film, Popeye, directed by Robert Altman with Robin Williams in the lead role in 1980.
Sony Pictures Animation’s film is the CG adaptation of the famous sailor man’s origin story.
In addition to Popeye, Tartakovsky is also returning to the director’s chair for Hotel Transylvania 2, scheduled for September 2015, which will bring back Adam Sandler’s Dracula.
Tartakovsky himself says, “It’s good to be back at the Hotel Transylvania, and I’m very excited to work on Popeye,...
- 9/18/2014
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Sony Pictures Animation has released test footage from Genndy Tartakovsky's “Popeye,” which won't flex its muscles in theaters until 2016. The studio is giving impatient fans a spinach-free taste of the CGI sailor, who must save his beloved Olive Oyl from the villainous Bluto. Also read: Sony Overhauls ‘Smurfs’ Franchise, Plans ‘Popeye’ Movie Tartakovsky directed “Hotel Transylvania” for Sony Animation and has been fascinated by “Popeye” since he was a boy. David Ronn and Jay Scherick wrote the script based on E.C. Segar's popular comic strip, which first debuted in 1929. Also read: Sony Pictures Animation Developing Faith-Based Movie About...
- 9/18/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Sony Animation is currently at work on a new CG-animated Popeye from director Genndy Tartakovsky (Hotel Transylvania) and today we get a first look at an animation test for the film based on E.C. Segar's character. Popeye first appeared in the already established "Thimble Theater" comic strip in 1929. Introduced as a walk-on character, Popeye eventually became the strip's star. In 1933, The Fleischers produced animated Popeye cartoons through the 1940s. The film adaptation will be released in 3D and while no plot details are available, Olive Oyl, Bluto, Sea Hag and Pappy will all have an appearance while Swee'Pea will not be showing up in this film. Give the first look a peek below. yt id="M1lzJuwJD9k" width="640"...
- 9/18/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
(Cbr) The world was saddened to learn of Robin Williams’ passing on Monday, and the circumstances surrounding his death only made it more tragic. Most of us, however, prefer to remember the comedy legend through the times he made us smile. Perhaps it was his goofy silliness as the alien Mork, or his stellar voice work in "Aladdin," or the way he managed to fill out the form of an old lady in "Mrs. Doubtfire." He had loads of dramatic roles as well, from "The Fisher King" to "Dead Poets Society." Williams could make you empathize with the hurting soul underneath the clown, the man behind the facade. For all his versatility — from playing a cartoon bat trying to save the rainforest to a frightening stalker working at a photo booth — it’s a shame Williams was never in a superhero movie, especially in an era when the likes of Robert Redford,...
- 8/13/2014
- by Larry Cruz, Comic Book Resources
- Hitfix
Having spent the past four days in Baltimore attending my favorite comics convention – the one that’s actually about comics – I had the opportunity to spend some serious conversation time with a lot of my friends. However, because the show is a four-hour-plus drive from La Casa Del Oro, the best conversation is with my daughter and ComicMix cohort Adriane Nash. Whereas much of her work is behind the scenes, Adriane is the one who kills here each year on April Fool’s Day and at least one of her hoaxes has graduated to the level of Urban Myth.
As her dad, this makes me very proud. But (sing along, folks), I digress.
After returning from Baltimore Monday night, while cuing TiVo for Ricky Gervais’ appearance on David Letterman, we had one of those “let’s tie-up everything we’ve been talking about” conversations. This one was about how, given time,...
As her dad, this makes me very proud. But (sing along, folks), I digress.
After returning from Baltimore Monday night, while cuing TiVo for Ricky Gervais’ appearance on David Letterman, we had one of those “let’s tie-up everything we’ve been talking about” conversations. This one was about how, given time,...
- 9/11/2013
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
January 1929 was a very good month for comic strip readers. On the 7th they got to see the arrival of Tarzan and Buck Rogers while ten days later, fans of Thimble Theater met a brand new character named Popeye. The sailor was never intended to take over the strip but his popularity with readers encouraged E.C. Segar to keep him around until he finally shoved the Oyl family from the spotlight.
Burnishing his reputation were the brilliantly execute black and white theatrical shorts produced by Max and Dave Fleischer. After they shuttered operations, others took over the cartoon production, keeping Popeye a mainstay for generations of fans. Many of my generation were treated to the somewhat inferior Associated Artists Productions cartoons which completed their run in 1957. Not to be undone, King Features Syndicate hired Al Brodax to oversee a new round of cartoons aimed for the burgeoning television syndication market.
Burnishing his reputation were the brilliantly execute black and white theatrical shorts produced by Max and Dave Fleischer. After they shuttered operations, others took over the cartoon production, keeping Popeye a mainstay for generations of fans. Many of my generation were treated to the somewhat inferior Associated Artists Productions cartoons which completed their run in 1957. Not to be undone, King Features Syndicate hired Al Brodax to oversee a new round of cartoons aimed for the burgeoning television syndication market.
- 5/18/2013
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
It used to be, when I was about to go home from the San Diego Comic-Con or some other show that required a stupidly long plane ride, I’d drop by the dealer’s area (you know, that ever-shrinking portion of the main floor where people would actually sell comic books at a “comic book convention”) and I’d blow about twenty bucks on stuff to read on the return trip. These purchases were almost exclusively of “funny” comic books.
Sadly, we have come to the point where, in the world of contemporary comics, the phrase “funny comic books” has evolved from a redundancy to an oxymoron and the funniest comic around these days is Deadpool – a title with a death count high on the Tarantino scale.
No, the funny books I’m referring to were, well, funny. One of my favorites was Bud Sagendorf’s Popeye, a somewhat maligned...
Sadly, we have come to the point where, in the world of contemporary comics, the phrase “funny comic books” has evolved from a redundancy to an oxymoron and the funniest comic around these days is Deadpool – a title with a death count high on the Tarantino scale.
No, the funny books I’m referring to were, well, funny. One of my favorites was Bud Sagendorf’s Popeye, a somewhat maligned...
- 1/9/2013
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Samurai Jack creator and Hotel Transylvania director Genndy Tartakovsky is officially attached to bring Popeye the sailor man to life on the big screen for Sony Pictures Animation.
This is a film that's been trying to get made for years, but with Tartakovsky on board, I'm sure it will actually gain some traction. I love the stuff Tartakovsky has worked on that also includes Star Wars: Clone Wars and Dexter's Laboratory. His first feature film, Hotel Transylvania, looks like it will be a lot of fun as well. The artist just has a cool style. He's also attached to direct a feature film version of Samurai Jack, and I hope that movie gets made before Popeye.
Avi and Ari Arad are producing the CGI 3D film with Sony Pictures Animation. David Ronn and Jay Scherick were attached to pen the script, which doesn't spark much confidence. These are the guys that wrote The Smurfs movies,...
This is a film that's been trying to get made for years, but with Tartakovsky on board, I'm sure it will actually gain some traction. I love the stuff Tartakovsky has worked on that also includes Star Wars: Clone Wars and Dexter's Laboratory. His first feature film, Hotel Transylvania, looks like it will be a lot of fun as well. The artist just has a cool style. He's also attached to direct a feature film version of Samurai Jack, and I hope that movie gets made before Popeye.
Avi and Ari Arad are producing the CGI 3D film with Sony Pictures Animation. David Ronn and Jay Scherick were attached to pen the script, which doesn't spark much confidence. These are the guys that wrote The Smurfs movies,...
- 6/26/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
The previously announced the Popeye feature is moving forward, reports Variety. Genndy Tartakovsky has been engaged to develop and direct Popeye, Sony Pictures Animation's 3D movie.
Tartakovsky recently directed the Hotel Transylvania feature film which will hit theaters on September 12th. An animator, director and producer, he previously created shows like Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, and Sym-Bionic Titan. He's also attached to direct a feature version of Samurai Jack.
Avi and Ari Arad will produce the Popeye adaptation via their Arad Productions banner with Sony Pictures Animation. Writers David Ronn and Jay Scherick were most recently attached to author the project.
Popeye first appeared in E. C. Segar's Thimble Theater comic strip in 1929 and soon became the strip's most popular character. He's spawned numerous comic books, animated TV shows and shorts. A live-action motion picture was released in 1980 starring Robin...
Tartakovsky recently directed the Hotel Transylvania feature film which will hit theaters on September 12th. An animator, director and producer, he previously created shows like Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, and Sym-Bionic Titan. He's also attached to direct a feature version of Samurai Jack.
Avi and Ari Arad will produce the Popeye adaptation via their Arad Productions banner with Sony Pictures Animation. Writers David Ronn and Jay Scherick were most recently attached to author the project.
Popeye first appeared in E. C. Segar's Thimble Theater comic strip in 1929 and soon became the strip's most popular character. He's spawned numerous comic books, animated TV shows and shorts. A live-action motion picture was released in 1980 starring Robin...
- 6/26/2012
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Announced for development late last year , Sony Pictures Animation is moving forward with a CGI take on Popeye . Today, Variety reveals that they've landed Genndy Tartakovsky to helm the adaptation. Created by E.C. Segar, Popeye first appeared in the already established "Thimble Theater" comic strip in 1929. Introduced as a walk-on character, Popeye eventually became the strip's star. In 1933, The Fleischers began to produce animated Popeye cartoons which through the 1940s. The sailor man also came to the big screen in 1980 with Robert Altman directing and Robin Williams in the lead. Tartakovsky is best known for creating "Powerpuff Girls," "Dexter's Laboratory" and for his work on the traditional animation "Star Wars: The Clone Wars"...
- 6/25/2012
- Comingsoon.net
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
12 Gauge Comics
I.C.E. #4 (Of 4)(not verified by Diamond), $3.99
215 Ink
Footprints Gn, $11.99
3D Total Publishing
ZBrush Character Sculpting Volume 1 Sc, $49.99
47North
Star Wars Book Of Sith Secrets From The Dark Side Hc, $99.99
Amryl Entertainment
Cavewoman Feeding Grounds #2 (Budd Root Special Edition), $13.99
Antarctic Press
Airboy Deadeye #1 (Of 5), $3.50
Last Zombie Neverland #3 (Of 5), $3.99
Nazi Zombies #2, $3.99
Ape Entertainment
Dream Reavers Tp, $14.99
Penguins Of Madagascar Volume 1 Wonder From Down Under Tp (Direct Market Edition), $14.95
Richie Rich Gems #47, $3.99
Archaia Entertainment
I’m Not A Plastic Bag Hc, $19.95
Secret History #18, $5.95
Secret History #19, $5.95
Archie Comics
Archie #632, $2.99
Archie And Friends Double Digest #15, $3.99
Jugheads Double Digest #180, $3.99
Sonic Super Special Magazine #3, $9.99
Sonic The Hedgehog Select Volume 5 Tp, $11.99
Aspen Mlt
Michael Turner’s Soulfire The Definitive Edition Volume 1 Tp,...
12 Gauge Comics
I.C.E. #4 (Of 4)(not verified by Diamond), $3.99
215 Ink
Footprints Gn, $11.99
3D Total Publishing
ZBrush Character Sculpting Volume 1 Sc, $49.99
47North
Star Wars Book Of Sith Secrets From The Dark Side Hc, $99.99
Amryl Entertainment
Cavewoman Feeding Grounds #2 (Budd Root Special Edition), $13.99
Antarctic Press
Airboy Deadeye #1 (Of 5), $3.50
Last Zombie Neverland #3 (Of 5), $3.99
Nazi Zombies #2, $3.99
Ape Entertainment
Dream Reavers Tp, $14.99
Penguins Of Madagascar Volume 1 Wonder From Down Under Tp (Direct Market Edition), $14.95
Richie Rich Gems #47, $3.99
Archaia Entertainment
I’m Not A Plastic Bag Hc, $19.95
Secret History #18, $5.95
Secret History #19, $5.95
Archie Comics
Archie #632, $2.99
Archie And Friends Double Digest #15, $3.99
Jugheads Double Digest #180, $3.99
Sonic Super Special Magazine #3, $9.99
Sonic The Hedgehog Select Volume 5 Tp, $11.99
Aspen Mlt
Michael Turner’s Soulfire The Definitive Edition Volume 1 Tp,...
- 4/23/2012
- by GeekRest
- GeekRest
Idw Publishing reports that writer Roger Langridge and illustrator Bruce Ozella are the creative team behind Idw's new "Popeye" comic book series, debuting April 2012.
"Popeye" #1 will feature a cover from Ozella, as well as a special variant edition, with a cover by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer.
The monthly series will be co-edited by Idw's co-founder, chief executive officer, Ted Adams and Craig Yoe.
"Ever since I was a kid, the two cartoonists who have had the biggest influence on me have been Carl Barks ("Donald Duck") and E.C. Segar," said Langridge, "so getting a chance to write Popeye is quite a thrill. I'm especially pleased that Idw have decided to go with a Segar-flavored interpretation. As much as I like some of the later versions of the character, for me, it's those early strips where the magic really happened."
'Popeye the Sailor' was created by Elzie Crisler (E.
"Popeye" #1 will feature a cover from Ozella, as well as a special variant edition, with a cover by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer.
The monthly series will be co-edited by Idw's co-founder, chief executive officer, Ted Adams and Craig Yoe.
"Ever since I was a kid, the two cartoonists who have had the biggest influence on me have been Carl Barks ("Donald Duck") and E.C. Segar," said Langridge, "so getting a chance to write Popeye is quite a thrill. I'm especially pleased that Idw have decided to go with a Segar-flavored interpretation. As much as I like some of the later versions of the character, for me, it's those early strips where the magic really happened."
'Popeye the Sailor' was created by Elzie Crisler (E.
- 1/19/2012
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Roger Langridge has been announced as the writer on Popeye. The Snarked! writer is working on Idw Publishing's new licensed title with artist Bruce Ozella. "Ever since I was a kid, the two cartoonists who have had the biggest influence on me have been Carl Barks and EC Segar, so getting a chance to write Popeye is quite a thrill," said Langridge. "I'm especially pleased that Idw have decided to go with a Segar-flavored interpretation. As much as I like some of the later versions of (more)...
- 1/19/2012
- by By Hugh Armitage
- Digital Spy
Roger Langridge has been announced as the writer on Popeye. The Snarked! writer is working on Idw Publishing's new licensed title with artist Bruce Ozella. "Ever since I was a kid, the two cartoonists who have had the biggest influence on me have been Carl Barks and EC Segar, so getting a chance to write Popeye is quite a thrill," said Langridge. "I'm especially pleased that Idw have decided to go with a Segar-flavored interpretation. As much as I like some of the later versions of (more)...
- 1/19/2012
- by By Hugh Armitage
- Digital Spy
Sony Pictures Animation and Arad Productions, report they have hired screenwriters Jay Scherick and David Ronn ("The Smurfs") to write a script for a new "Popeye" stereoscopic 3D animated feature, based on the comic strip and cartoon characters.
"Scherick & Ronn have a remarkable talent in re-energizing beloved characters," said Bob Osher, president of Sony Pictures Digital Productions. "As they demonstrated with 'The Smurfs,' they embrace the iconic characteristics of these timeless characters and craft a story that really engages moviegoers today."
"We're thrilled that Jay and Dave are helping us reintroduce 'Popeye' to a new generation," said Michelle Raimo Kouyate, president of production for Sony Pictures Animation. "Their take on the world of 'Popeye' has just the right blend of comedy, adventure and heart..."
'Popeye the Sailor' was created by Elzie Crisler (E.C.) Segar, debuting in the daily King Features comic strip 'Thimble Theatre',...
"Scherick & Ronn have a remarkable talent in re-energizing beloved characters," said Bob Osher, president of Sony Pictures Digital Productions. "As they demonstrated with 'The Smurfs,' they embrace the iconic characteristics of these timeless characters and craft a story that really engages moviegoers today."
"We're thrilled that Jay and Dave are helping us reintroduce 'Popeye' to a new generation," said Michelle Raimo Kouyate, president of production for Sony Pictures Animation. "Their take on the world of 'Popeye' has just the right blend of comedy, adventure and heart..."
'Popeye the Sailor' was created by Elzie Crisler (E.C.) Segar, debuting in the daily King Features comic strip 'Thimble Theatre',...
- 11/3/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sony Animation, who brought us this year's animated movie take on "The Smurfs" are now concentrating on bringing another classic property back to big screen, with "Popeye" ready to set sail. Not wanting to ruin a winning formula, the studio has lined up Jay Scherick and David Ronn, who co-wrote "Smurfs," as screenwriters of the 3D CG film. The spinach-powered, muscle-bound hero "Popeye," along with his gal pal Olive Oyl and the villainous Bluto, was created for the comic strips by E.C. Segar, and later gained famed in animated form at Fleischer Studios from the 1930's through the '50s. In 1980,...
- 11/3/2011
- by Dave Lewis
- Hitfix
The last time we saw Popeye on the screen was the live-action version directed by Robert Altman and starred Robin Williams as the sailor with a spinach addiction. The fictional cartoon character was created by Elzie Crisler Segar, and first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre in 1929. In later years Popeye became the strip's title. The usual plot of a Popeye story is that Olive Oyl is kidnapped, usually by Bluto, and Popeye must figure out who did the deed. Once he figures it out he gets into a slug fest with the villain, and uses the power of spinach to overcome his enemy. Sony Pictures Animation has turned to its The Smurfs scribes, Jay Scherick & David Ronn to script Popeye, the animated adaptation of the comic book. Spa and Avi Arad are producing Popeye, which will be a 3D stereoscopic effort. “Scherick & Ronn have a...
- 11/3/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
Avi Arad, producer of the live-action "Spider-Man" movies, continues to develop Sony Pictures Animation's 3D "Popeye" feature film, rendered in CG by Sony Pictures ImageWorks.
Arad confirmed that the new film will highlight themes of friendship, love, greed and life, focusing on human strengths and human frailties.
"Popeye has become one of the most enduring and iconic cartoon characters of all time and indelibly linked to the evolution of animation," said Hannah Minghella, president of production, Sony Pictures Animation.
'Popeye the Sailor' was created by Elzie Crisler (E.C.) Segar, debuting in the daily King Features comic strip 'Thimble Theatre', January 17, 1929. Thimble Theatre was carried on after Segar's death in 1938 by several writers and artists, most notably Segar's assistant Bud Sagendorf.
Retitled "Popeye", the comic strip continues to appear in first-run installments in a Sunday edition, written/illustrated by Hy Eisman, with daily strip reprints of Sagendorf's original stories.
Arad confirmed that the new film will highlight themes of friendship, love, greed and life, focusing on human strengths and human frailties.
"Popeye has become one of the most enduring and iconic cartoon characters of all time and indelibly linked to the evolution of animation," said Hannah Minghella, president of production, Sony Pictures Animation.
'Popeye the Sailor' was created by Elzie Crisler (E.C.) Segar, debuting in the daily King Features comic strip 'Thimble Theatre', January 17, 1929. Thimble Theatre was carried on after Segar's death in 1938 by several writers and artists, most notably Segar's assistant Bud Sagendorf.
Retitled "Popeye", the comic strip continues to appear in first-run installments in a Sunday edition, written/illustrated by Hy Eisman, with daily strip reprints of Sagendorf's original stories.
- 6/14/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Fred Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…
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I had worries that The King’s Speech (Anchor Bay, Rated R, Blu-Ray-$39.99 Srp) wouldn’t live up to all of the kudos that had been thrown its way, but I was pleasantly surprised to find a genuinely enjoyable cinematic experience about a very personal struggles of a very private figure, held together by a genuinely stellar cast. Bonus materials include a behind-the-scenes featurette, a cast and director Q&A,...
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I had worries that The King’s Speech (Anchor Bay, Rated R, Blu-Ray-$39.99 Srp) wouldn’t live up to all of the kudos that had been thrown its way, but I was pleasantly surprised to find a genuinely enjoyable cinematic experience about a very personal struggles of a very private figure, held together by a genuinely stellar cast. Bonus materials include a behind-the-scenes featurette, a cast and director Q&A,...
- 4/22/2011
- by UncaScroogeMcD
Who all loves them some Popeye! I do too and Idw Publishing does too and has released something really cool this week fr all of us fans!
A Compilation Of The Best of Bud Sagendorf's Comic Book Genius
San Diego, CA (March 17, 2011) - Idw Publishing and famed comics historian CraigYoe are pleased to announce the release ofPOPEYE: The Great Comic Book Stories Of Bud Sagendorf, a beautiful hardcover collection offering the very best of creator Bud Sagendorg's hilarious tales.
In Popeye: The Great Comic Book Stories Of Bud Sagendorf, the world's most famous One-Eyed Sailor is joined by the Sea Hag, Bluto, Olive Oyl and many other fan-favorite characters for some of his most thrilling and funny adventures. These reproduced stories from the 1940s and '50s are beautifully edited, designed, and packaged by creator Yoe, who provides a profusely illustrated biography of Sagendorf with many rare photos and art,...
A Compilation Of The Best of Bud Sagendorf's Comic Book Genius
San Diego, CA (March 17, 2011) - Idw Publishing and famed comics historian CraigYoe are pleased to announce the release ofPOPEYE: The Great Comic Book Stories Of Bud Sagendorf, a beautiful hardcover collection offering the very best of creator Bud Sagendorg's hilarious tales.
In Popeye: The Great Comic Book Stories Of Bud Sagendorf, the world's most famous One-Eyed Sailor is joined by the Sea Hag, Bluto, Olive Oyl and many other fan-favorite characters for some of his most thrilling and funny adventures. These reproduced stories from the 1940s and '50s are beautifully edited, designed, and packaged by creator Yoe, who provides a profusely illustrated biography of Sagendorf with many rare photos and art,...
- 3/17/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
Idw Publishing's upcoming, illustrated hard cover book, "Popeye: The Best Comic Book Stories Of Bud Sagendorf", will be available February 2011, written and illustrated by Sagendorf :
"...The three genius incarnations of 'Popeye', include the original newspaper comic strip by illustrator E.C. Segar, the animated cartoons by Max Fleischer, and -- unknown to many -- the brilliant 1940s and 1950's comic book stories by Bud Sagendorf..."
Comics historian Craig Yoe collects the best of Sagendorf's comic book stories featuring 'Popeye', the spinach-eating, two-fisted sailor man, the 'Sea Hag', 'Bluto', 'Olive Oyl', 'Wimpy' and 'Sweepea'.
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"...The three genius incarnations of 'Popeye', include the original newspaper comic strip by illustrator E.C. Segar, the animated cartoons by Max Fleischer, and -- unknown to many -- the brilliant 1940s and 1950's comic book stories by Bud Sagendorf..."
Comics historian Craig Yoe collects the best of Sagendorf's comic book stories featuring 'Popeye', the spinach-eating, two-fisted sailor man, the 'Sea Hag', 'Bluto', 'Olive Oyl', 'Wimpy' and 'Sweepea'.
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- 11/22/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Babies can come as quite a surprise… especially if you aren’t pregnant! In honor of Life As We Know It, which comes to theaters on Friday, we are dedicating our list to the joys of inheriting a child!
Top Ten Unexpected Child Movies
Honorable Mention: Superman The Movie
The Old Testament has inspired many works of art. Perhaps there’s none more famous than Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Superman. Borrowing from the story of Moses, baby Superman (known on Krypton as Kal-El) floats thru the cosmos in a spaceship instead of a basket drifting down a stream. The first scenes of Richard Donner’s 1978 Superman The Movie are set on the aforementioned planet Krypton as noted scientist Jor-El and his wife, Lara, decide to place their only child in an experimental space ship directed at the planet Earth. Marlon Brando and Suzanne York are heartbreaking as the...
Top Ten Unexpected Child Movies
Honorable Mention: Superman The Movie
The Old Testament has inspired many works of art. Perhaps there’s none more famous than Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Superman. Borrowing from the story of Moses, baby Superman (known on Krypton as Kal-El) floats thru the cosmos in a spaceship instead of a basket drifting down a stream. The first scenes of Richard Donner’s 1978 Superman The Movie are set on the aforementioned planet Krypton as noted scientist Jor-El and his wife, Lara, decide to place their only child in an experimental space ship directed at the planet Earth. Marlon Brando and Suzanne York are heartbreaking as the...
- 10/7/2010
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
# 240 (Vol. 2 #12): Wimpy In Love
In his introduction to one of Fantagraphics Books’ earlier set of volumes reprinting E. C. Segar’s Popeye comic strips, comics historian Rick Marschall argues that Popeye’s supporting player J. Wellington Wimpy is a “scoundrel” with a “lack of conscience” who can and does “betray” everyone. But in reviewing the Sunday strips in Volume 3 of Fantagraphics’ current series of Segar Popeye reprints, I’ve discovered that Wimpy is more complex than that. He does indeed have a conscience, though it is repeatedly overwhelmed by his animalistic appetite for hamburgers.
There are a month of 1933 Sunday strips about Popeye’s boxing match with the enormous Bullo Oxheart, in which Wimpy acts as referee, though he keeps being distracted from the fight by his efforts to mooch a meal off a friend, Eddie, who is sitting in the audience off-panel. But Popeye is the central character of this sequence of Sundays,...
In his introduction to one of Fantagraphics Books’ earlier set of volumes reprinting E. C. Segar’s Popeye comic strips, comics historian Rick Marschall argues that Popeye’s supporting player J. Wellington Wimpy is a “scoundrel” with a “lack of conscience” who can and does “betray” everyone. But in reviewing the Sunday strips in Volume 3 of Fantagraphics’ current series of Segar Popeye reprints, I’ve discovered that Wimpy is more complex than that. He does indeed have a conscience, though it is repeatedly overwhelmed by his animalistic appetite for hamburgers.
There are a month of 1933 Sunday strips about Popeye’s boxing match with the enormous Bullo Oxheart, in which Wimpy acts as referee, though he keeps being distracted from the fight by his efforts to mooch a meal off a friend, Eddie, who is sitting in the audience off-panel. But Popeye is the central character of this sequence of Sundays,...
- 4/10/2010
- by Peter Sanderson
He’s Popeye the Sailor Man. He’s Popeye the Sailor Man. He’s strong to the finich cause he eats his spinach, he’s Popeye the sailor man. And so forth.
Sony Pictures is developing a 3D CG Popeye movie. No news on story details yet but apparently it will feature all the main characters; Olive Oyl, Swee’Pea, and that big bully Bluto. The company’s currently working on The Smurfs, coming to theaters on August 3, 2011.
The last time Popeye graced the big screen was in a live action version starring Robin Williams back in 1980. I haven’t seen it. Judging by this trailer I’ve really missed something important in my film education.
Popeye was created by a strange looking gentleman called Elzie Crisler Segar and first appeared in the Thimble Theatre comic strip in 1929. In 1933, Paramount adapted it into a series of theatrical cartoon shorts that proved hugely popular.
Sony Pictures is developing a 3D CG Popeye movie. No news on story details yet but apparently it will feature all the main characters; Olive Oyl, Swee’Pea, and that big bully Bluto. The company’s currently working on The Smurfs, coming to theaters on August 3, 2011.
The last time Popeye graced the big screen was in a live action version starring Robin Williams back in 1980. I haven’t seen it. Judging by this trailer I’ve really missed something important in my film education.
Popeye was created by a strange looking gentleman called Elzie Crisler Segar and first appeared in the Thimble Theatre comic strip in 1929. In 1933, Paramount adapted it into a series of theatrical cartoon shorts that proved hugely popular.
- 3/27/2010
- by Thomas W.
- Movie-moron.com
# 238 (Vol. 2 #10): Popeye Vs. Wimpy
In his newspaper strip Thimble Theatre, which starred his creation Popeye, E.C. Segar realized that the comedy would work better if his own trickster, J. Wellington Wimpy, had formidable opponents to overcome. As I mentioned weeks ago, one of my problems with Hanna-Barbera’s Top Cat as a trickster is that his schemes often seem too transparent, and his targets too gullible, to be convincing.
Lately I have been exploring the Sunday strips in Fantagraphics Books’ Popeye Volume 3 collection, most of which center on Wimpy and his continuing efforts to mooch hamburgers from his friends and neighbors.
Typically Wimpy uses his trademark lines in mooching food, like “I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today,” or inviting someone to a duck dinner, adding “you bring the ducks.” Moreover, Wimpy repeatedly goes after the same targets–Popeye, Rough-House, George W. Geezil–who are to...
In his newspaper strip Thimble Theatre, which starred his creation Popeye, E.C. Segar realized that the comedy would work better if his own trickster, J. Wellington Wimpy, had formidable opponents to overcome. As I mentioned weeks ago, one of my problems with Hanna-Barbera’s Top Cat as a trickster is that his schemes often seem too transparent, and his targets too gullible, to be convincing.
Lately I have been exploring the Sunday strips in Fantagraphics Books’ Popeye Volume 3 collection, most of which center on Wimpy and his continuing efforts to mooch hamburgers from his friends and neighbors.
Typically Wimpy uses his trademark lines in mooching food, like “I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today,” or inviting someone to a duck dinner, adding “you bring the ducks.” Moreover, Wimpy repeatedly goes after the same targets–Popeye, Rough-House, George W. Geezil–who are to...
- 3/26/2010
- by Peter Sanderson
Sony Pictures Animation is developing an all-cgi version of the iconic "Popeye" cartoon in 3D.According to Variety, Avi Arad is producing with writer Mike Jones ("The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break") in negotiations to write the script.The logline is being kept under wraps, but Popeye's love interest Olive Oyl, nemesis Bluto and adopted child Swee'Pea will all be part of the story.The last film version of Popeye was in 1980 when Robin Williams starred in a live-action version directed by Robert Altman.Created by E.C. Segar, the spinach-loving, squinty-eyed sailor Popeye first appeared in the already established "Thimble Theater" comic strip in 1929. Initially appearing as a walk-on character, Popeye eventually became the strip's star and spawned the longest-running series of...
- 3/24/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
The most famous comic strip sailor Popeye is the next cartoon getting the 3D movie treatment.
Just yesterday we had a little chat about Warner Bros plans that include three dimensional tentpole movies, and now it looks like Sony Pictures is bringing the beloved, tattooed cartoon to theaters.
So, get ready for 3D spinach man!
We already know Sony Pictures Animation’s are bringing us the Smurfs, and we also knew that a CG movie version of Popeye was going to happen thanks to Spiderman producer Avi Arad who signed on to produce the whole thing, so there’s nothing to be surprised about.
Seems that Arad is very excited about it, so no wonder he said:
“I literally started singing the famous Popeye song after securing the rights. What always blew me away is the level of the animation. It was so beautiful and unbelievably detailed.”
Mike Jones will...
Just yesterday we had a little chat about Warner Bros plans that include three dimensional tentpole movies, and now it looks like Sony Pictures is bringing the beloved, tattooed cartoon to theaters.
So, get ready for 3D spinach man!
We already know Sony Pictures Animation’s are bringing us the Smurfs, and we also knew that a CG movie version of Popeye was going to happen thanks to Spiderman producer Avi Arad who signed on to produce the whole thing, so there’s nothing to be surprised about.
Seems that Arad is very excited about it, so no wonder he said:
“I literally started singing the famous Popeye song after securing the rights. What always blew me away is the level of the animation. It was so beautiful and unbelievably detailed.”
Mike Jones will...
- 3/24/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Sony Pictures will revisit the cartoon sailor in 3D, the character's first time on film since the leaky 1980 live-action version starring Robin Williams
Bluto beware and spinach farmers rejoice, for Popeye the sailor man is on his way back to the big screen, according to Variety.
Sony Pictures is planning a 3D computer animated version that will be the first time the gruff but good-hearted mariner has been seen in cinemas since Robert Altman's 1980 musical starring a young Robin Williams. No cast or director has yet been announced, but the screenwriter is Mike Jones, a former Variety writer who was laid off a year ago.
"I'm an unabashed, lifelong Popeye fan," said Jones. "Introducing this squinty-eyed sailor to a new generation also means reintroducing him to those who, like me, grew up with him."
Altman's movie, which was Williams's feature-film debut, was widely considered a flop, though it recouped...
Bluto beware and spinach farmers rejoice, for Popeye the sailor man is on his way back to the big screen, according to Variety.
Sony Pictures is planning a 3D computer animated version that will be the first time the gruff but good-hearted mariner has been seen in cinemas since Robert Altman's 1980 musical starring a young Robin Williams. No cast or director has yet been announced, but the screenwriter is Mike Jones, a former Variety writer who was laid off a year ago.
"I'm an unabashed, lifelong Popeye fan," said Jones. "Introducing this squinty-eyed sailor to a new generation also means reintroducing him to those who, like me, grew up with him."
Altman's movie, which was Williams's feature-film debut, was widely considered a flop, though it recouped...
- 3/24/2010
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Sony is getting ready to give Popeye some 3-Dimensional spinach. Variety is reporting Spider-Man producer Avi Arad is on the project with Mike Jones set to write the script. Says Arad:
“Scott called me and said, ‘I have something for you.’ I literally started singing the famous Popeye song (after securing the rights). What always blew me away is the level of the animation. It was so beautiful and unbelievably detailed.”
Arad apparently grew up watching Popeye shorts in movie houses in his native Israel. Popeye is no stranger to the big screen, having already been adapted into a live action film in 1980 starring Robin Williams.
Variety gives us some history on the character:
Created by E.C. Segar, Popeye first appeared in the already established “Thimble Theater” comic-strip in 1929. Introduced as a walk-on character, Popeye eventually became the strip’s star.
The spinach-loving hero, who spawned the longest-running series of talking animated shorts,...
“Scott called me and said, ‘I have something for you.’ I literally started singing the famous Popeye song (after securing the rights). What always blew me away is the level of the animation. It was so beautiful and unbelievably detailed.”
Arad apparently grew up watching Popeye shorts in movie houses in his native Israel. Popeye is no stranger to the big screen, having already been adapted into a live action film in 1980 starring Robin Williams.
Variety gives us some history on the character:
Created by E.C. Segar, Popeye first appeared in the already established “Thimble Theater” comic-strip in 1929. Introduced as a walk-on character, Popeye eventually became the strip’s star.
The spinach-loving hero, who spawned the longest-running series of talking animated shorts,...
- 3/23/2010
- by Vactor
- FusedFilm
Sony Pictures is developing a CG Popeye feature to be released in 3D. Avi Arad is producing and Mike Jones is in negotiations to write the script. The storyline is being kept under wraps, but Popeye's love interest Olive Oyl, nemesis Bluto and adopted child Swee'Pea will be part of the adventure, says Variety . Arad says the new version will cover the themes of friendship, love, greed and life, and focus on human strengths and human frailties. Popeye will be made by Sony Pictures Animation, with Sony Pictures Imageworks handling the CG. The companies are currently working on The Smurfs , coming to theaters on August 3, 2011. Created by E.C. Segar, Popeye first appeared in the already established "Thimble Theater" comic strip in 1929. Introduced as a walk-on...
- 3/23/2010
- Comingsoon.net
Avi Arad, producer of the live-action "Spider-Man" movies is now on board Sony Pictures Animation's developing 3D "Popeye" feature film, to be rendered in CG by Sony Pictures ImageWorks.
Arad confirmed that the new film will highlight themes of friendship, love, greed and life, focusing on human strengths and human frailties.
"Popeye has become one of the most enduring and iconic cartoon characters of all time and indelibly linked to the evolution of animation," said Hannah Minghella, president of production, Sony Pictures Animation.
'Popeye the Sailor' was created by Elzie Crisler (E.C.) Segar, debuting in the daily King Features comic strip 'Thimble Theatre', January 17, 1929. Thimble Theatre was carried on after Segar's death in 1938 by several writers and artists, most notably Segar's assistant Bud Sagendorf.
Retitled "Popeye", the comic strip continues to appear in first-run installments in a Sunday edition, written/illustrated by Hy Eisman,...
Arad confirmed that the new film will highlight themes of friendship, love, greed and life, focusing on human strengths and human frailties.
"Popeye has become one of the most enduring and iconic cartoon characters of all time and indelibly linked to the evolution of animation," said Hannah Minghella, president of production, Sony Pictures Animation.
'Popeye the Sailor' was created by Elzie Crisler (E.C.) Segar, debuting in the daily King Features comic strip 'Thimble Theatre', January 17, 1929. Thimble Theatre was carried on after Segar's death in 1938 by several writers and artists, most notably Segar's assistant Bud Sagendorf.
Retitled "Popeye", the comic strip continues to appear in first-run installments in a Sunday edition, written/illustrated by Hy Eisman,...
- 3/23/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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 literally started singing the famous Popeye song [after securing the rights]," Arad told Variety. "What always blew me away is the level of the animation. It was so beautiful and unbelievably detailed." Jones confessed that he is an "unabashed, lifelong (more)...
- 3/23/2010
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
# 236 (Vol. 2 #8): Wimpy Redeemed
Next to Popeye himself, J. Wellington Wimpy is the greatest character that cartoonist E. C. Segar created for his Thimble Theatre comic strip. That may surprise those of you who know Popeye and Wimpy basically from animated cartoons. But Wimpy is a character who expresses himself not through action like Popeye–indeed, Wimpy usually remains still and seemingly expressionless–but through dialogue. Aficionados of the Max Fleischer Popeye cartoons of the 1930s and 1940s love the comments that Jack Mercer, the voice of Popeye, seemingly ad libbed in recording the dialogue. (By the way, 2010 is the centennial of Mercer’s birth.) Nevertheless, dialogue is not a strong point of Fleischer cartoons, so it shouldn’t be surprising that they reduced the very verbal Wimpy to a mere moocher of hamburgers. But to read Segar’s comic strips about the character is to continually discover new and...
Next to Popeye himself, J. Wellington Wimpy is the greatest character that cartoonist E. C. Segar created for his Thimble Theatre comic strip. That may surprise those of you who know Popeye and Wimpy basically from animated cartoons. But Wimpy is a character who expresses himself not through action like Popeye–indeed, Wimpy usually remains still and seemingly expressionless–but through dialogue. Aficionados of the Max Fleischer Popeye cartoons of the 1930s and 1940s love the comments that Jack Mercer, the voice of Popeye, seemingly ad libbed in recording the dialogue. (By the way, 2010 is the centennial of Mercer’s birth.) Nevertheless, dialogue is not a strong point of Fleischer cartoons, so it shouldn’t be surprising that they reduced the very verbal Wimpy to a mere moocher of hamburgers. But to read Segar’s comic strips about the character is to continually discover new and...
- 3/11/2010
- by Peter Sanderson
#234 (Vol. 2 #6): Diary Of A Wimpy Con Man
Most of us probably first saw Popeye in one of his hundreds of animated cartoons., but he originated in Elzie (E. C.) Segar’s newspaper comic strip Thimble Theatre in 1928. Although Thimble Theatre had been running for ten years when he made his debut, seemingly as a minor player for a single story arc, Popeye quickly became the lead in Segar’s large and colorful cast of characters. But only a handful of those characters made it to the screen in the animated cartoons produced by the Max Fleischer Studio in the 1930s and early 1940s, and by Paramount’s Famous Studios (the Fleischer Studio minus the Fleischers) in the 1940s and 1950s. Most of these cartoons followed a formula in which Popeye competed for Thimble Theatre leading lady Olive Oyl against his rival Bluto, who appeared relatively briefly in only a...
Most of us probably first saw Popeye in one of his hundreds of animated cartoons., but he originated in Elzie (E. C.) Segar’s newspaper comic strip Thimble Theatre in 1928. Although Thimble Theatre had been running for ten years when he made his debut, seemingly as a minor player for a single story arc, Popeye quickly became the lead in Segar’s large and colorful cast of characters. But only a handful of those characters made it to the screen in the animated cartoons produced by the Max Fleischer Studio in the 1930s and early 1940s, and by Paramount’s Famous Studios (the Fleischer Studio minus the Fleischers) in the 1940s and 1950s. Most of these cartoons followed a formula in which Popeye competed for Thimble Theatre leading lady Olive Oyl against his rival Bluto, who appeared relatively briefly in only a...
- 2/26/2010
- by Peter Sanderson
The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Fred Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…
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It’s been a long, long, Long wait, but the fine folks at Cinematic Titanic make a strong return with their road-tested riff of the awkward merging of both Kung-Fu And Blaxsploitation, all wrapped in a model of poor filmmaking and worse acting… I give you East Meets Watts (Cinema Titan, Not Rated, DVD-$14.99). Not only is the riffing tight, but this is also the first Cinematic Titanic Live release,...
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It’s been a long, long, Long wait, but the fine folks at Cinematic Titanic make a strong return with their road-tested riff of the awkward merging of both Kung-Fu And Blaxsploitation, all wrapped in a model of poor filmmaking and worse acting… I give you East Meets Watts (Cinema Titan, Not Rated, DVD-$14.99). Not only is the riffing tight, but this is also the first Cinematic Titanic Live release,...
- 1/8/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
• Google doodle depicts Popeye eating spinach
• 115th anniversary of E.C. Segar's birthday
Elzie Crisler Segar might not be a household name, but the Popeye creator has become the latest person to be honoured with his own Google Doodle.
The internet search giant has depicted the rambunctious cartoon seaman in typically feisty pose on what would have been Segar's 115th birthday.
Popeye the Sailor – who famously attributed his strength "to the finish" to his consumption "of spinach" – first entered the public consciousness in January 1929, in Segar's newspaper comic strip Thimble Theatre.
The cartoonist was born in Illinois, Us, on 8 December 1894, and showed a talent for drawing at a young age. Segar worked as a film projectionist while studying a correspondence course in cartooning, eventually moving to Chicago to pursue his career.
According to cartoon expert Ed Black, Popeye originally appeared as a supporting character in Thimble Theatre, which...
• 115th anniversary of E.C. Segar's birthday
Elzie Crisler Segar might not be a household name, but the Popeye creator has become the latest person to be honoured with his own Google Doodle.
The internet search giant has depicted the rambunctious cartoon seaman in typically feisty pose on what would have been Segar's 115th birthday.
Popeye the Sailor – who famously attributed his strength "to the finish" to his consumption "of spinach" – first entered the public consciousness in January 1929, in Segar's newspaper comic strip Thimble Theatre.
The cartoonist was born in Illinois, Us, on 8 December 1894, and showed a talent for drawing at a young age. Segar worked as a film projectionist while studying a correspondence course in cartooning, eventually moving to Chicago to pursue his career.
According to cartoon expert Ed Black, Popeye originally appeared as a supporting character in Thimble Theatre, which...
- 12/8/2009
- by Adam Gabbatt
- The Guardian - Film News
Are we ready for Astro Boy? He's a cute little robot with rocket boots, spiky black hair and – winningly – the ability to shoot bullets out of his backside. January sees the UK release of the animated Hollywood film Astro Boy, an all-star production, with voices coming from Donald Sutherland, Nicolas Cage, Charlize Theron and Bill Nighy. Their names are all over the movie's website. But where's the name of Astro Boy's creator, Osamu Tezuka? You'd need a magnifying glass to find any mention.
In her lavish new book The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga, Helen McCarthy acknowledges that her subject is not exactly well known in the west. The first chapter is titled: "Osamu Who?" The fact that the question needs to be asked is indicative of the enduring bafflement with which we regard Japanese pop culture. And the Japanese are not nearly as insular as...
In her lavish new book The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga, Helen McCarthy acknowledges that her subject is not exactly well known in the west. The first chapter is titled: "Osamu Who?" The fact that the question needs to be asked is indicative of the enduring bafflement with which we regard Japanese pop culture. And the Japanese are not nearly as insular as...
- 11/16/2009
- by Sam Leith
- The Guardian - Film News
A computer-generated movie version of Popeye has undergone development. Marvel studio head Avi Arad revealed that he has secured the rights to the character and plans to reboot the famed sailor in a feature-length film utilising computer technology, Variety reports. Created by Elzie Crisler Segar, Popeye was first introduced to the public in the 1929 King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre. The character was adapted by Max and Dave Fleischer (more)...
- 9/24/2009
- by By Tim Parks
- Digital Spy
Did you know? Starting today, Popeye enters public domain in Europe, according to their copyright law that protects an author's rights only until 70 years after their death. Popeye's creator Elzie Segar died young at the age of 43 in 1938, only 9 years after Popeye made his first appearance in a 1929 comic strip. In the Us, however, which protects rights for 95 years after the author's death, Popeye will remain copyrighted until 2024.
- 1/2/2009
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
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