Tag: Popeye

  • This Robin Williams Movie Set Became a Theme Park

    This Robin Williams Movie Set Became a Theme Park

    In the canon of Hollywood fiascos, relating to behind-the-scenes turmoil and critical failure, Popeye stands as one of the giants. The 1980 film by Robert Altman is often associated with the industry reckoning of the time, with other flops such as Heaven’s Gate eventually forcing Hollywood to divert away from the auteur-driven, financially risky New…

  • 10 Best Robin Williams Movies, According to Rotten Tomatoes

    10 Best Robin Williams Movies, According to Rotten Tomatoes

    Robin Williams was a one-of-a-kind performer who established himself as one of Hollywood’s greatest comedians with memorable characters from iconic films like Aladdin, The Birdcage and Good Morning, Vietnam. Noted for his epic improvisational skills and physical comedy, the Chicago-born comedian got his first break starring in the 1970s sitcom, Mork & Mindy and made…

  • Yellow Submarine: The History Behind Robert Zemeckis’ CGI Movie Explained

    Yellow Submarine: The History Behind Robert Zemeckis’ CGI Movie Explained

    Lost media discovery, the art of media archeology where intrepid researchers dig for as much as they can on films, television shows, and animation long abandoned and considered dead, has been given a lot of attention over the past few months over recent discoveries. A pilot for an American Sailor Moon that was known to…

  • Genndy Tartakovsky’s ‘Popeye’ Movie is Back in Development

    Genndy Tartakovsky’s ‘Popeye’ Movie is Back in Development

    “From a young child, I was already destined to make one movie,” director Genndy Tartakovsky once said. “And that movie was Popeye.” Unfortunately, that project has yet to materialize – but that might be about to change. The filmmaker, who is behind things like the Hotel Transylvania trilogy, Samurai Jack, Dexter’s Laboratory, and The Powerpuff…