Robert Altman's notorious live-action Popeye movie (starring Robin Williams as the titular sailor) was beset by all manner of ...

The 1980 family comedy about the sailor’s adventures was a white powder fest off-camera, according to several witnesses who claim the merchandise was transported from Los Angeles to the Malta set in f ...

‘Popeye’: A New, Live-Action Movie of the Sailor Man in Development. The Spinach-chugging cartoon hero, who was last brought to cinemas back in 1980, is now looking likely to be played by a ...

We are just now learning that the 1980 movie “Popeye” had more going on during filming than has previously been revealed. Barry Diller, chairman of IAC, shared some tea about the film during a ...

The set of the 1980 film Popeye, which was shot in Malta, was rife with cocaine use, according to the former head of the studio that produced it. Barry Diller, the former CEO of Paramount Pictures ...

They were pumped up on more than just spinach. The set of 1980s kids’ hit “Popeye” was knee-deep in cocaine, according to movie mogul Barry Diller. “You couldn’t escape it,” Diller ...

They were pumped up on more than just spinach. The set of 1980s kids’ hit “Popeye” was knee-deep in cocaine, according to movie mogul Barry Diller. “You couldn’t escape it,” Diller ...

December 12, 1980: Popeye, a live-action film starring Robin Williams as Popeye and Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl, is released. Though reviews are mixed, the film becomes a cult favorite.