There may be not sufficient spinach on this planet to assist this meteor-infected model of the well-known sailor man. Nevertheless, horror followers will certainly enjoyment of watching the brand-new trailer (beneath) for the upcoming movie, Shiver Me Timbers, which options the beloved pipe-tooting character, Popeye, happening a bloody rampage. Try the official synopsis beneath, because of the studio behind the upcoming scary flick, Alpake Leisure:
“In Northern California throughout the summer time of 1986, Olive Oyl, alongside together with her cinema-obsessed pals and brother Castor, embark on a once-in-a-lifetime tenting journey to witness the dazzling meteor bathe accompanying the arrival of Halley’s comet. However what begins as a serene night of stargazing rapidly turns right into a harrowing nightmare when a meteor from the comet transforms Popeye right into a terrifying and unstoppable killing machine.”
The Scottish movie manufacturing firm (Alpake) boasts on its web site of being identified for its “films with guts” and is the inventive drive behind the brand new Popeye-inspired style flick, Shiver Me Timbers. In actual fact, that is the third time the general public area character has just lately been remodeled into a daunting reimagining of E. C. Segar’s 1929 sketch creation. The others are 2025’s Popeye’s Revenge and Popeye the Slayer Man.
Popeye Is Hardly “I Yam What I Yam” in ‘Shiver Me Timbers’
Will Shiver Me Timbers finally rank among the many biggest horror movies of all time? Solely time will inform, however the undertaking has already shot itself within the foot by leaving among the extra well-known characters associated to Popeye out of the combination. Until among the different Shiver Me Timbers actors are secretly portraying Popeye personalities, fan favorites Swee’Pea, Wimpy, and Bluto/Brutus are noticeably absent from the forged roster, to say nothing of Whaler Joe, the buck-toothed Oscar, or Alice the Goon. Nevertheless, filmmaker Paul Stephen Mann appears well-versed within the sailor man’s mythology.
Popeye’s well-known love curiosity, Olive Oyl, clearly seems within the horror comedy, nevertheless it’s unlikely that actress Amy Mackie will likely be cozying as much as any model of the spinach-eating sailor this time round. Olive’s brother Castor (Brendan Nelson) additionally seems within the movie, together with Cylinda (Niamh Parrington). Lizzy (Leona Roberts) is not spelled the identical because the precise cartoon character, however she remains to be doubtless a nod to Bluto’s spouse, Lizzie, from the cartoon Popeye and Son (1987). Spike, who Denis Franz initially portrayed within the well-known Popeye (1980) film, seems within the credit and is performed by Seb Lord.
In the meantime, Homeless George (Paul Dewdney) is definitely a live-action illustration of George W. Geezil. Nevertheless, it would not appear to be Popeye will likely be pals with any of his previous acquaintances from the supply materials within the new horror movie due to the character’s scary metamorphosis. Mann makes use of a wierd meteorite — it resembles a piece of pink Kryptonite — as his inventive means of remodeling Previous Man Popeye (David Hallows) into the Monster Popeye (Anthony Greer) in Alpake Leisure’s upcoming Shiver Me Timbers.
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The official trailer comes on the heels of three teasers, and Mann’s movie is clearly a tribute to not solely Popeye however to the peak of the slasher subgenre, which occurred within the Eighties. Shiver Me Timbers is touted as being a film stuffed with intercourse, blood, and medicines. In actual fact, Mann even pays homage to one among Ash Williams’ (Bruce Campbell) traces from The Evil Useless sequel, Military of Darkness (1992). The identical dark-haired character in each the trailer and first teaser can clearly be heard saying to his lover, “Gimmie some sugar, child.”
Shiver Me Timbers is slated to drop in April 2025. Till then, followers of the “robust to the end as a result of he eats his spinach” sailor man can take a look at arguably the most effective Popeye adaptation of all. The Robin Williams and Shelley Duval-led movie from 1980 celebrates its forty fifth anniversary this December, and it’s out there to stream totally free on Pluto TV on the time of this writing. It’s also value noting that Halley’s comet won’t be seen from Earth once more till the yr 2061 (per NASA).
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September 18, 2014
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