Genndy Tartakovsky steps down as director of ‘Popeye’

“It was hard to let ‘Popeye’ go, but that’s the business. At least, we put up a great screening, everybody really liked that sizzle, we got a positive reaction. I was in love with what we were doing, but I think the studio is going through changes and I don’t know if they want to make the ‘Popeye’ that I want to make,” he says.

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The changes Sony Pictures recently had include Tom Rothman stepping in as chairman to replace Amy Pascal following a hacking scandal in connection with Seth Rogen’s comedy “The Interview”.

“So they’ve got to make a decision,” Tartakovsky said.

“Right now, I’m off that project and moving on to the other one,” he adds, referring to a movie called “Can You Imagine?”

Although no director is attached to “Popeye”, the studio insisted the movie is still in development.