{"id":264907,"date":"2026-02-03T03:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/264907\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T03:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:57:10","slug":"popeyes-revenge-sequel-popeye-returns-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/264907\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Popeye\u2019s Revenge&#8217; Sequel &#8216;Popeye Returns&#8217; in the Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Popeye\u2019s Revenge was the first of several low budget horror movies to exploit Popeye the Sailor\u2019s recent public domain status last year, and now a sequel is setting sail.<\/p>\n<p>The Spinach-eating psycho is back with a little time to kill in Popeye Returns. Check out the poster below.<\/p>\n<p>The British indie slasher is due out later this year from ITN Distrubtion, the outfit behind its\u00a0predecessor as well as the Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Popeye\u2019s Revenge director William Stead returns to helm the follow-up from a script by John Oak Dalton.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Murphy reprises his role as Popeye alongside Ashley Bedford, Jodie Bennet, Fitim DeStena, Jack Hyde, Celine Mandy Kosch, Christopher Morley, Lara Sas, Liz Stef, and Jenna N. Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>Plot details are yet to be revealed, but the original film saw the legend of Popeye haunt a group of counselors as they intend to open a summer camp.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3932173\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/movie\/3932172\/popeyes-revenge-sequel-popeye-returns-in-the-works\/attachment\/popeyereturns-poster\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloody-disgusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/popeyereturns-poster.jpg?fit=1137%2C1633&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1137,1633\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"popeyereturns-poster\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloody-disgusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/popeyereturns-poster.jpg?fit=209%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloody-disgusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/popeyereturns-poster.jpg?fit=713%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3932173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/popeyereturns-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"1063\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Popeye\u2019s Revenge was the first of several low budget horror movies to exploit Popeye the Sailor\u2019s recent public&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69,119193,151257,151258],"class_list":{"0":"post-264907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-popeye","14":"tag-popeye-returns","15":"tag-popeyes-revenge"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}