Hello again, moviegoers, did you ever have the chance to see the Popeye movie back in 1980?  If you did, then you might remember that Robin Williams portrayed the role of the famous spinach-powered sailor and the film was a live-action adaptation of the cartoon directed by Robert Altman.  Of course, the movie was mainly a failure and only had something of a cult following.  However, Sony has decided to give the sailor a film reboot through the power of CG.

Although, Sony is already set to hit theaters with another cartoon-based film, The Smurfs, Popeye will be a different movie release since it’s planned to be done completely in CG.  Sony Pictures Animation is currently leading the film project and the producer is no other than Avi Arad, who also worked on the Spider-Man triology.  In an interview with Variety, Arad said that it was Scot Sassa from Marvel who approached him to do the film project.  Marvel is the company that currently owns the rights to Popeye the sailor.

At this time, no information has been given about the film’s story.  However, classic characters from the cartoon such as Popeye’s girlfriend Olive Oyl, his archenemy Bluto and his adopted child Swee’ Pea was all expected to make appearances in the movie.  Mike Jones, who is in negotiations for an adaptation of the script confesses that he is an unashamed, long-time fan of the hero sailor.  He said he is eager to share the character with a new generation and people like him who knew Popeye from their childhood.  Time will tell whether or not this CG film reboot will bring Popeye some redemption when he returns to the big screen.

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