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 …

Aaron Sorkin’s sophomore directorial effort has a new home, and thus is now finally gearing up to begin production after a bit of a bumpy road. Last year, it was announced that Sorkin was dusting off his old screenplay for The Trial of the Chicago 7 to direct himself, and had assembled a star-studded ensemble cast that included Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. However, while filming was eyed to begin this past spring, the project faltered when Amblin Partners shut the movie down over budgetary concerns. Now the film has new life, as Deadline …