Popeye the sailor man is headed to the big screen, and he's got an esteemed cartoon director to take him there.
We've already seen the live action take on the beloved "sailor man with the spinach can" in Robin Williams' and Robert Altman's 1980 flick, but now "Samurai Jack" creator Genndy Tartakovsky is going tell the story with his own particular brand of animation. Variety is reporting that Sony has hired Tartakovsky to develop and direct a planned 3D take on the familiar story.
Tartakovsky just wrapped his first feature film, "Hotel Transylvania," which is due in theaters later this year. But he's already made a name for himself on Cartoon Network through shows like "The Cartoon Cartoon Show," "Dexter's Laboratory," "Star Wars: Clone Wars" and, most memorably, "Samurai Jack."
The shows don't have much in common thematically, but they do showcase Tartakovsky's specific animation style. He's all sharp edges and strange,...
We've already seen the live action take on the beloved "sailor man with the spinach can" in Robin Williams' and Robert Altman's 1980 flick, but now "Samurai Jack" creator Genndy Tartakovsky is going tell the story with his own particular brand of animation. Variety is reporting that Sony has hired Tartakovsky to develop and direct a planned 3D take on the familiar story.
Tartakovsky just wrapped his first feature film, "Hotel Transylvania," which is due in theaters later this year. But he's already made a name for himself on Cartoon Network through shows like "The Cartoon Cartoon Show," "Dexter's Laboratory," "Star Wars: Clone Wars" and, most memorably, "Samurai Jack."
The shows don't have much in common thematically, but they do showcase Tartakovsky's specific animation style. He's all sharp edges and strange,...
- 6/26/2012
- by Terri Schwartz
- MTV Splash Page
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