{"id":2201852,"date":"2024-03-19T12:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T16:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-live-action-popeye-movie-in-development-from-the-sopranos-writer\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T12:51:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T16:51:11","slug":"new-live-action-popeye-movie-in-development-from-the-sopranos-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-live-action-popeye-movie-in-development-from-the-sopranos-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sopranos&#8221; scribe develops new live-action Popeye film"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-live-action-popeye-movie-in-development-from-the-sopranos-writer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2201852&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Ahoy, \u200cBig Screen Adventure! Popeye&#8217;s Live-Action\u200b Return<\/h2>\n<p>Get ready to pop\u2062 open a can of spinach because <strong>Popeye the\u2063 Sailor Man<\/strong> is steering a\u2064 course back to the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/before-the-flood\/\" title=\"Before the Flood\">silver screen<\/a>!\u2062 In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-rep-proposes-space-tourism-tax-days-after-first-private-flights\/\" title=\"Democratic Rep Proposes Space Tourism Tax Days After First Private Flights\">exciting development<\/a> for fans of the classic character,\u200b a live-action \u200dmovie is\u2064 in the works, ushering in \u200da \u2064new age \u200bof Popeye in cinema.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming \u200dfilm signifies the\u2062 <strong>muscular\u2064 sailor&#8217;s\u2063 second big-screen outing<\/strong> \u200b in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disneys-the-little-mermaid-live-action-trailer-dropped-and-fans-are-getting-called-racist-for-hating-it\/\" title=\"Disney\u2019s \u2018The Little Mermaid\u2019 Live Action Trailer Dropped, And Fans Are Getting Called Racist For Hating It\">live-action form<\/a>. Bringing this new vision for Popeye to\u200d life are the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-surveys-west-coast-wildfire-damage-promotes-spending-plan\/\" title=\"Biden Surveys West Coast Wildfire Damage, Promotes Spending Plan\">collaborative efforts<\/a> of Chernin Entertainment and King Features. With Michael Caleo, known for \u2064his acclaimed work on HBO&#8217;s <em>The Sopranos<\/em>, at the helm as the\u200b film\u2019s screenwriter, expectations\u2064 are soaring.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ernie Schuchert, a relative of J. William Schuchert, who\u200b inspired Popeye\u2019s friend Wimpy, and Laurie Randall, the co-owner of Spinach \u200cCan Collectibles\u200b and\u200c the Popeye Museum, celebrate the character&#8217;s legacy\u2062 in the very museum dedicated to his \u200dhonor in\u200d Chester, \u2063IL.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Original Sailor\u200b Man&#8217;s First Voyage<\/h3>\n<p>Popeye first dropped\u200c anchor\u2063 in theaters with\u200d the <strong>1980 live-action \u2062film<\/strong> featuring the late Robin Williams. Despite \u2064a lukewarm reception from\u200d critics, the\u2062 movie\u200d still managed to collect around $60 million at the box office,\u200d sailing past \u2062its $20 million budget.<\/p>\n<h3>Navigating\u2062 Rough Seas: Past \u2063Attempts to Reboot<\/h3>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t Tinseltown&#8217;s maiden voyage in attempting\u2063 to reintroduce Popeye to\u200b a new generation. Before this production, Sony Pictures\u2062 had animated ambitions for the spinach-eating sailor but met with choppy waters. A proposed animated feature got \u200dshelved, a casualty of the tumultuous Sony hack \u200bin 2014.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The whole studio was \u200bon board,\u200d and marketing was in full swing, but then the\u2063 hack hit,&#8221; Genndy Tartakovsky, the director of the\u2063 thwarted project, reminisced. \u200b&#8221;Amidst the chaos and \u2062the exposed secrets,\u200c our comeback story for Popeye unfortunately sank.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>A Momentous Anniversary Sets Sail<\/h3>\n<p>The timing for Popeye&#8217;s resurgence is <strong>nothing short of serendipitous<\/strong>, as \u200b2023 marks the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-mach-5-df-17-hypersonic-missile-a-threat-to-the-u-s-navy\/\" title=\"China\u2019s Mach 5 DF-17 Hypersonic Missile: A Threat to the U.S. Navy?\">95th anniversary<\/a> of his introduction\u200b to the world in the Thimble Theater comic\u2063 strip back in 1929. Over the span of\u200d nearly a \u200dcentury, Popeye has been a \u200dcultural mainstay, branching out from\u200c print to\u200d animation and \u2062enchanting audiences of all\u2063 ages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the latest insights on this seaworthy adventure<\/strong>, be sure to check out\u2063 more coverage. The Washington Examiner details the unfolding saga of how \u200dPopeye is once again charting a course for the hearts of \u2064moviegoers everywhere\u2014and\u200c this time, he&#8217;s set to make\u2062 waves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A live-action Popeye film is on the horizon, as Chernin Entertainment and King Features gear up to bring the brawny sailor&#8217;s second cinematic adventure to life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2201853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP04011406487-1024x797.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2201852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP04011406487-1024x797.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2201852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2201853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2201852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2201852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2201852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}