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Astro Boy To Be Released October 23rd 2009 - Who Cares?

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2008-09-23 08:10:55 by John Campea in The Movie Blog
...Astro Boy movie. Apparently an official release date has been set. That date is October 23rd 2009. Seems the studio honchos are pretty pumped about their little movie. Our friends over at IESB give us the following Produced by Imagi Studios, the CG-animated motion picture will bow on over 3,000 screens across North America. International...
 
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Freddie Highmore is 'Astro Boy'

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2008-02-28 00:00:00 by Jessica Barnes in Cinematical
...Astro Boy , I'm amazed they finally found the time to cast their lead. In a press release sent to Comics2Film, Imagi Entertainment announced that Freddie Highmore (of Spiderwick Chronicles fame) will voice Astro Boy in the feature film. Originally created by Osamu Tezuka, Astro Boy was the story of a boy robot fighting crime and dealing with...
 
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Imagi and Summit Announce Cast for 'Astro Boy'

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2008-06-17 18:32:00 by Jessica Barnes in Cinematical
...Astro Boy was never going to make it to the big screen, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. We have received the official press release from Imagi Studios and Summit Entertainment (who are partnering for the flick) with the full cast for the anime update. Imagi finally found their lead in Freddie Highmore back in February and they have...
 
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Astro Boy Director Replaced

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2008-01-25 18:38:35 by John Campea in The Movie Blog
...Astro Boy land today! It appears the current director has been fired and replaced! We get the scoop from our friends at first showing Weve been covering Imagi Animations AstroBoy CGI flick for quite a while, posting the first official concept art photo and an interview with the director at the time, Colin Brady. The budding filmmaker has been...
 
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'Astro Boy' is Getting a Rewrite

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2008-02-18 00:00:00 by Jessica Barnes in Cinematical
...Astro Boy is really going to be a work in progress. ComingSoon is reporting that Timothy Harris has been hired to write the new script for the CGI flick. This is the second major switch-up for the film about the boy robot. Back in January, the studio decided to replace director Colin Brady with Flushed Away 's David Bowers . The first script...
 
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'Astro Boy' Gets a New Director

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2008-01-25 00:00:00 by Jessica Barnes in Cinematical
...Astro Boy . The announcement was made by Imagi Entertainment's Co-CEO & Chief Creative Officer, Francis Kao, and there was no official reason given for the switch. It doesn't look like Imagi has really 'traded up' all that much with their choice of director. Brady was a newbie director with only one film under his belt, and Bowers' last film...
 
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ASTRO BOY Snags A New Director

2008-01-29 19:13:42 by Critics Rant in Critics Rant - Movie, DVD, and TV Show Reviews
 
...ASTRO BOY Bowers replaces Colin Brady, who was previously in charge of the $50 million project, which is being produced by Imagi Studios, the company behind the TMNT re-dud last year. The studio hopes to have the film completed for a 2009 release The concept art for the film suggests that ASTRO BOY will adhere pretty closely to the...
 
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Astro Boy lands distribution deal

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2008-06-17 16:08:22 by Franck Tabouring in The Screening Log
...Astro Boy in most countries around the world, according to The Hollywood Reporter Based on a comic series by Osamu Tezuka, Astro Boy follows the adventures of a young robot created by a scientist to replace his late son Freddie Highmore, Nicholas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Bill Nighy, Eugene Levy and Nathan Lane have all signed on to voice...
 
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Nic Cage Lends His Pipes To Astro Boy

2008-06-23 21:08:00 by Editor in Movie Blog
 
...Astro Boy, being directed by Flushed Aways David Bowers. Summit Entertainment will distribute the film worldwide except for Imagis reserved territories of Japan, Hong Kong and China. Astro Boy was created by the god of manga, Japans Osamu Tezuka, in the early 1950s. The iconic character has since found wide popularity around the world as the...
 
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Full Voice Cast for Astro Boy Revealed