In 1980, Robert Altman released a live-action Popeye movie for Paramount, which critics panned at the time.

That’s another character that the casting of will help make a huge difference in determining whether the new Popeye movie will be mediocre or rise above the ranks of the 1980 picture.

This new movie is not Hollywood’s first attempt to bring Popeye back to the big screen since the 1980 film.

A live-action Popeye movie was released in 1980 with Robert Altman directing Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall in the lead roles.

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We’re hearing through the trade newspaper Variety that a new Popeye movie is in the works. The new feature will be live-action and will be the first one on the big screen since the 1980s.