'Popeye' to hit the big screen in 3D
Posted: 24 March 2010 0339 hrs
LOS ANGELES - Popeye's famously massive forearms will bulge larger than ever when the squinty-eyed sailor makes his return to the big screen in 3D, industry media reported Tuesday.
Variety magazine reported that a deal has been reached to release a new animated movie starring the flinty seaman, his longtime love interest Olive Oyl, nemesis Bluto and adopted child Swee'Pea.
No date has been announced for the movie's release.
The film will be made by Sony Pictures Animation with its ImageWorks division handling the computer graphics.
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Cartoon characters Popeye (L) and his partner Olive Oil are pictured at Universal Studios.
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"As one of the earliest animated characters... 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 for Sony Pictures Animation.
Popeye was last seen on the big screen in 1980 when comedian Robin Williams starred in a live-action version directed by Robert Altman.
Created by E.C. Segar, the animated 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 each episode of the cartoon, the iconic sailor invariably succeeds in getting himself or his associates out of a jam, but only after consuming a can of spinach, which has the effect of magically giving him Herculean strength.
- AFP /ls
From ChannelNewsAsia.com; see the source article here.
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