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New Astro Boy images blast off
Summit Entertainment released two new images from the upcoming animated reboot of the venerable Japanese Astro Boy franchise, which Imagi is producing. You can view them after the jump.
The new Astro Boy features the voices of Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas and Donald Sutherland. Written by Timothy Harris and directed by David Bowers, the movie is set in futuristic Metro City and tells the origin story of the boy robot with incredible powers. It opens Oct. 23.
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By AdmNaismith at 9:33 PM ON 06/19/09
Is it a law that all American CGI must look alike, and this bland?
CGI can look like ANYTHING. What does it always look like plastic?
By GONNA SUCK! at 10:38 PM ON 06/19/09
GONNA SUCK!
By Plastic Manboy at 1:24 AM ON 06/20/09
It isn't intended to look like plastic, it's a cartoon style with near-real world lighting. Do you know how cartoon people would look with near-real world lighting?
Like plastic, because cartoon skin lacks the details and depth of human flesh.
I honestly must say, that has to be the most asinine complaint I've seen about CGI children's films, and this one? This one is actually a robot, so for all we know, his face might actually be made out of plastic.
By REDante at 8:01 AM ON 06/20/09
I dont really care as long as the boy has clothes on, seriously, theres something creepy about seeing a flying little boy only in his underwear.
By thanatos at 8:54 AM ON 06/20/09
Just like with Trek...
If you have no investment or attachment to the source material, you have no place commenting on it.
By net97surferx at 1:00 PM ON 06/20/09
Having been around 'way back when' -- to see the ORIGINAL Astro Boy braodcasts in the 60's, I have more then a few fond memories of the 'robot boy'. With the many 'revamped and updated' versions... not so much. I am waiting to see how this one does... and seen many of the clips/trailers that have come out. Obviously, they are not trying to duplicate 'real life' as they did with Final Fantasy so, being 'cartoony' is not a problem for me. The real factor will be how well they keep to the original origin / storyline to show the development of Astro and company.
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