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Genndy Tartakovsky Unveils Black Knight Animation After Six-Year Wait

9/27/2025

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Genndy Tartakovsky promotes The Black Knight on social media, releasing a 40-second test animation of a knight in a medieval mech facing a smaller ninja.
Development began six years ago; the studio doubted audience interest, though Bobby Moynihan and Jack Quaid publicly supported online.
Tartakovsky previously used test footage in 2014 to drum up interest in an unproduced Popeye film.

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Story summary

Genndy Tartakovsky promotes The Black Knight on social media, releasing a 40-second test animation of a knight in a medieval mech facing a smaller ninja.
Development began six years ago; the studio doubted audience interest, though Bobby Moynihan and Jack Quaid publicly supported online.
Tartakovsky previously used test footage in 2014 to drum up interest in an unproduced Popeye film.