Genndy Tartakovsky is one of the most original and influential voices in animation. Even if you don’t know his name, chances are you’ve seen (and, undoubtedly, been dazzled by) his work. Tartakovsky has been responsible for everything from Dexter’s Laboratory to Samurai Jack to all three Hotel Transylvania films to his latest endeavor – the brutal, deeply brilliant Adult Swim series Primal. So when we connected with Tartakovsky for an episode of Collider Connected, we had a lot to discuss. Among the topics covered in the video above – how his animated Clone Wars series was wiped from the …

Filmmaker Genndy Tartakovsky's long-gestating CG-animated Popeye movie is reportedly in development at King Features. Tartakovsky was previously attached to direct Sony Pictures Animation's feature film version of the classic comic strip character but exited the project in 2015.

We've been writing about Popeye for a long time, though not nearly as long as the almost-100-year-old character has been around, but a long time regardless. We reported back in 2010 that the sailor-man was going CG and 3D in a new feature from Sony Pictures Animation. That's pretty much been status quo for the last decade, with Genndy Tartakovsky coming aboard to direct in 2012 and delivering the first test footage in 2014, before departing the studio's project altogether just a few months later. All signs pointed to Popeye being dead in …