Genndy Tartakovsky's POPEYE Animation Test

Get a look at Sony Pictures Animation's all-new POPEYE CG feature with a special animation test and introduction from Director Genndy Tartakovsky!

[HooNose]

This is heartbreaking, how excited Genndy sounds making this, and then getting booted off.

[SpiggyG]

I wish this was still a thing. Genndy's take on Popeye would've been probably the greatest thing ever. Of all time.

[wonderkabuse]

They canned this for Emoji trash. what the hell?

[Silverbg]

And Sony threw Popeye in the trash. Very sad day.

[RoseSupreme]

This project must get picked up. Such a fantastic tribute to the animated days of old just cannot die here. I mean, look at this!

Blows Emoji Movie out of the water, that's for sure.

[coffeebeans]

Genndy: "I am pleased to announced an animation project our team have poured with heart, dedicated, and strong awareness for its source material that I hope fans of Popeye will admire and enjoy.".

*CANCELLED*

SPA: "We are pleased to announce our most hippest, child-pandering, uncreative and unoriginal animated film, The Emoji Movie!". *dabs*

[joaoleonardo]

After 2 years the animation is still incredible, you should not have interrupted his production. The Popeye character deserves to be updated to a new trait that Genndy Tartakovsky could do. It is a great loss that has not ended.

[TheBitBlock]

That has to be Tom Kenny (Spongebob) as Popeye! I hope they keep him and don't swap him out for some flavor of the month celebrity.

[MotorRoach]

Sony rejected this and accepted Emoji the Movie...

...fucking hell.

[Tigranis]

"... I feel like it's destiny that brought me here to Sony Pictures Animation to make Popeye an animated feature." About that... grr. Yay, Sony.

[DoraeArtDreams-Aspy]

This movie is getting made now but now King Features is gonna animate the movie!

Take that Sony and The Emoji Movie!

[fraundakelmbrilpondaprost]

CG Popeye is officially back on the menu boys.

[jonnyethco]

I love how lanky Olive Oil is in this.

[goreycinema]

Glad this project is back in development and they rehired Genndy. Hopefully it doesn't get cancelled again in favor of The Emoji Movie II.

[ChefMattReviews]

Having seen the leaked animatic, Sony were complete idiots to cancel this film. Even in an unfinished state, the film is incredible.

[OfficialPSASD]

Who's here for King Feature is reviving Popeye animated movie?

[darthpryce]

I knew that was Tom Kenny as soon as I heard him. PLEASE KEEP HIM AS THE VOICE ACTOR. :-)

[JoKeR-hhrg]

greetings from the future! i just wanna say that this movie is back on development! but not at sony, but at king features instead

[jonathanclark]

Thank God I've seen the animatic for the whole movie. It was amazing

[paulpawuk]

So very disappointed to learn today that this movie has been scrapped. Please reconsider it Sony! My kids and I loved the animation test and were looking forward to the full movie. Please consider doing cartoon shorts if nothing else!