CATDOLL: Popeye the Sailor Man CG movie to be released in 2016

For those born in the 1970s and 1980s, Popeye, the spinach-loving and powerful sailor, is a memory of everyone. Now this classic childhood cartoon character is going to be transformed from 2D to 3D CG, just like Snoopy and Doraemon, and will be brought to the big screen by Sony Animation in 2016. The first preview PV of "Popeye" has been released.

The first PV of the CG movie "Popeye"

It is reported that the animated film "Popeye" was originally scheduled to be released this year, but because director Genndy Tartakovsky wanted to shoot "Hotel Transylvania 2", the release date was postponed. We will have to wait until 2016 to review a different childhood classic on the big screen. In this preview short film, familiar characters appear one after another. The director brought the style of his earlier film "Hotel Transylvania" into the short film, which was perfectly combined with the original lively and vivid expression of this cartoon, making people laugh.

Popeye first appeared in the American comic strip "Thimble Theatre" on January 17, 1929. The creator was E.C. Seeger, a comic strip artist from Chester, Illinois, USA. The Popeye comic was very popular as soon as it came out, and there was even a craze for eating spinach in the local area. This cartoon character has been loved by everyone since it first appeared on the animated screen in 1929. From January 1, 2009, the copyright of "Popeye" in Europe expired and it became the public property of everyone.

Popeye is a sailor who lives happily with his girlfriend Olive. The happy life of Popeye and Olive arouses the jealousy of the villain Pluto, who tries every means to snatch Olive away. Therefore, in every episode, Pluto always tries his best to snatch Olive away, and every time when he is about to succeed, Popeye always gets his life-saving talisman - spinach. As long as Popeye eats spinach, he will become extremely powerful, and Pluto will be subdued by the invincible Popeye!