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The Emoji Movie and Tartakovsky's Popeye - What happened at Sony?

posted 7 years ago by TMC-4 (20123)
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On July 28th 2017, "The Emoji Movie" opened to the public, with an incredible 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes after the first batch of reviews were in.

But there was a time when Genndy Tartakovsky's Popeye was lined up to be made instead. Why didn't it?

[–] grindovermatter (380) 7 years ago

Because Popeye looked like it might have been a fun and creative movie, and Sony has a record of "take a good thing and piss all over it" to maintain.

[–] BlockBusted (25) 7 years ago

Case in point, ‘Peter Rabbit’.