Astro Boy (film)

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Astro Boy
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Directed by	David Bowers
Produced by	Maryann Garger
Written by	Osamu Tezuka (comics) Timothy Harris (screenplay)
Editing by	Robert Anich Cole
Release date(s)	2009
Country	United States
Language	English
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Astro Boy is a computer-animated 3-D film based on the highly successful manga/anime series created by Osamu Tezuka. It is being produced by Imagi Animation Studios,^[1] the animation production company of TMNT and the upcoming Gatchaman. The studio announced the project in September 2006.^[2]^[3]^[4] It will be directed by David Bowers (Flushed Away) and produced by Maryann Garger ^[5] with Pilar Flynn as associate producer.^[6] The film was originally to be directed by Colin Brady, who directed the 2006 animated film, Everyone's Hero. It has been announced that Freddie Highmore will provide the voice for the character of Astro Boy in the movie.^[7]

Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's expectations, Astro Boy embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him.