By Chernin Entertainment and King Features are teaming up to bring Popeye back to the screen. They are currently shopping for a studio partner to distribute the project. The old favorite has appeared in numerous incarnations. The spinach addicted fan of vegetable fuelled violence and tattoo enthusiast first appeared in comic
“Alien,” “Beetlejuice” Reveals Imminent
Two major late Summer/early Fall releases are set to drop their first teases imminently it seems. First up, filmmaker Fede Alvarez has posted an image on X, the image being a single word – ‘Tomorrow’. This almost certainly seems to be a tease for a trailer and/or first look images/art
New Live-Action “Popeye” Film In Works
A new live-action feature film adaptation of spinach-chugging sailor “Popeye” is in the works via Chernin Entertainment and King Features. A studio partner is being sought. First appearing in comic strips in the late 1920s, the project is in the development phase as a big-budget feature with screenwriter Michael Caleo
Marvel Finally Talks Netflix MCU Canon
In the past year or two there’s been numerous indications that Marvel Studios has adopted their Netflix shows – “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones,” “Luke Cage,” “Iron Fist,” “The Defenders” and “The Punisher” – as canon to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. First came actors and characters from “Daredevil” popping up in MCU
Jeffrey Wright Joins Spike Lee’s “High & Low”
The recently Oscar-nominated Jeffrey Wright has set his next feature. The former “Westworld” and “Angels in America” star is set to join Denzel Washington in filmmaker Spike Lee’s next movie “High and Low” at Apple Studios and A24. The project is an English-language reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s famed 1963 Japanese
