Live-Action 'Astro Boy' Movie Coming From 'San Andreas' Writers
A live-action Astro Boy movie is in the works at New Line. Andre Fabrizio and Jeremy Passmore (San Andreas) will write the script.
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'Astro Boy' Movie Coming From 'Lego Movie' Animation Studio
An Astro Boy movie is in the work at Animal Logic, the animation and effects studio behind The Lego Movie and Avengers: Age of Ultron.
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Universal And Illumination Adapting Manga Series 'Pluto', Based On 'Astro Boy'
Astro Boy didn't get the most glamorous film debut when Imagi put out its kiddy CGI adaptation last year, but now the boy robot is getting another chance to fly. No, not in another Astro Boy movie, but in a live-action/CGI hybrid adaptation of Pluto, a reinterpretation of the Astro Boy series that finds the…
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This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: The Princess And The Frog, Ninja Assassin, Astro Boy, Armored, Breaking Bad (Season 2), And More
This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. BREAKING BAD (SEASON 2) Season 2 of Breaking Bad opens with a disturbing but seemingly innocuous shot of a charred stuffed bear…
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Astro Boy Movie Trailer
Summit Entertainment have released the first full feature trailer for their big screen computer animated adaptation of Astro Boy (you might remember we previously posted the second teaser trailer here). Produced by Imagi Animation Studios, the guys responsible for the recent computer animated TMNT film, and set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about…
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Astro Boy Teaser Trailer #2
Summit Entertainment has released a second teaser trailer for Imagi Animation Studio's computer animated adaptation of Astro Boy. Watch the new trailer after the jump. Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist named Tenma (Nicolas Cage). Powered by positive “blue” energy, Astro…
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Two New Astro Boy Images
The rumors of IMAGI Animations Studios death have been somewhat exaggerated. Summit Entertainment will be at the New York Comic Con this weekend to promote the upcoming computer animated adaptation of Astro Boy. AICN has two brand new images from the film. Click on over to see them in high resolution. Astro Boy is due…
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Astro Boy Just Scrapes Through Close Call With The Recession
The capitalist world is in a new kind of mess, and filmmakers are getting stiffed in the stink just like everybody else. The highest profile case was possibly David O. Russell's Nailed, which was shut down on multiple occaisons over funding shortages; Spielberg's Tintin also suffered from notorious trouble raising it's budget too; and just…
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Astro Boy Teaser Trailer
Summit Entertainment has released the first teaser trailer for Astro Boy. It looks like it could be cool, but then again, so did IMAGI’s TMNT, and that film ended up being a focused more towards young audiences than everyone was expecting. Check out the trailer after the jump. Leave your thoughts in the comments below!…
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Astro Boy In October 2009
Summit Entertainment and Imagi Studios have announced a release date for the computer animated Astro Boy feature film. Mark your calendars for October 23rd 2009. The film will hit theaters the same day as Mira Nair's Amelia Earhart biopic Amelia and the Phillip Noyce-directed adaptation of Dirt Music. Check out the full press release after…
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Astro Boy Gets New Director
Imagi Studios has a lot to prove in my opinion. They royally sucked the life out of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with last year's TMNT. I mean, that old Saturday Morning computer animated kids' show, ReBoot, is still exponentially more badass than TMNT, which had for source material one of the most freeing, original…
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