Dates Announced for ‘Popeye,’ ‘Hotel Transylvania 2'

November 16, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Sony Animation has announced the release date for two eagerly anticipated projects. First up, Genndy Tartakovksy will be helming a new 3-D, CG-animated version of Popeye. The new pic about the spinach-chomping sailor is slated to arrive in theaters on September 26, 2014. The script for the 21st century version [...]

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Lee’s ‘Life of Pi’ to Premiere at N.Y. Film Festival

August 13, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Director Ang Lee’s much anticipated feature Life of Pi is scheduled to premiere at the 50th New York Film Festival as its Opening Night Gala program in September. The selection will allows Lee to join Robert Altman, Pedro Almodóvar and François Truffaut as the only directors to have had more [...]

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Tartakovsky to Direct Sony’s 3D ‘Popeye’ Movie

June 26, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Hotel Transylvania director Genndy Tartakovsky won’t be slowing down any time soon. The much-respected animation veteran (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Clone Wars) will be developing and directing Sony’s 3-D Popeye feature next, reports Variety. Avi and Ari Arad are producing the movie, which had David Ronn and Jay Scherick attached [...]

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‘Smurfs’ Writers Tackle Sony’s Animated ‘Popeye’ Movie

November 3, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment

Sony Pictures Animation has set screenwriters Jay Scherick and David Ronn to write the screenplay for a new animated feature version of Popeye. Scherick and Ronn previously worked with the studios on The Smurfs. They also have written an upcoming Baywatch feature for Paramount and have a comedy pilot in [...]

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