Popeye is coasting back to the big screen. The iconic sailor man and spinach chugger, who first appeared in comic strips in the late 1920s, will be the subject of a new live-action feature film from ...

A new Popeye movie to be written by Michael Caleo is currently in the development stages and looks like it has the possibility to be a future big screen movie event. Writer Michael Caleo of “The ...

We’re hearing through the trade newspaper Variety that a new Popeye movie is in the works. The new feature will be live-action and will be the first one on the big screen since the 1980s. The comic ...

One of the most iconic pop culture characters of all time is getting the live-action treatment, with a new version of Popeye on his way to entertaining modern audiences. According to Variety, a movie ...

Popeye, which turns 40 this month, owes a debt to another beloved character: Little Orphan Annie. By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer Dustin Hoffman was supposed to play the lead, but when Hoffman ...

A new live-action Popeye movie is in the works. Per Variety, Chernin Entertainment and King Features are working on a new live-action Popeye the Sailor Man movie. Variety reports that it will be a ...

Proof that there is no IP too old for Hollywood to mine, cartoon icon Popeye the Sailor Man is heading to the big screen for a new live-action reboot, according to a report from Variety. This will be ...

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Long before any talk of this movie reboot, Popeye first appeared in 1929, only a year after Mickey Mouse debuted. In his heyday, he was just as successful as Mickey, too. He began his life as a comic ...

A certain Robert Altman title led by Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall has belatedly been given the distinction of “most coked-up film set.” The honor was recently bestowed upon 1980’s Popeye by Barry ...

Nicknamed “Texas Twiggy” and called the “female Buster Keaton,” actress Shelley Duvall, who died July 11 at age 75, entered the Hollywood scene in the 1970s, making iconic films such as Nashville, The ...