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Astro Boy Review

Vic Holtreman — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:03:00 +0000

Short Version: While the animation is excellent, Astro Boy is too intense for younger kids, too corny for teens and annoyingly political overall.

Screen Rant reviews Astro Boy

I went into Astro Boy with high hopes and nostalgia. I’m actually old enough to remember watching the original cartoon back when I was a kid, and being a sci-fi kind of geek even as a wee child, remember enjoying the futuristic show about a robot boy who could fly and had all kinds of cool weapons. Trailers and clips looked good so although I expected a kids’ film, I was looking forward to this and brought along my 13 year old daughter and a friend of hers.

All three of us were of the same opinion: It was a waste of an hour and a half.

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This Week’s Collection of Movie Posters

Rob Keyes — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:32:26 +0000

As per usual, this week we have a brand new set of one-sheets for your viewing pleasure. This latest batch includes posters for Pandorum, Agora, Whip It, Astroy Boy, The House of the Devil, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant and 2012.

All of these movies open in the next three months so stay tuned for more news! Check out all of the new posters after the jump.

First up: from the IMPA gallery, a new poster for Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, starring John C. Reilly, Josh Hutcherson, Chris Massoglia and Ray Stevenson. It also famously features Salma Heyek as “The Bearded Lady.” Hot, right? I’ll pass.

This adventure fantasy film, directed by Paul Weitz, is about a young boy who meets a vampire who heads up a freak show. Of course ...

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Astro Boy Full Trailer

Kofi Outlaw — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:33:47 +0000

The full-length trailer for Astro Boy has debuted online exclusively at MSN. The new trailer details more of what the plot of the film will be, as well as showing off some of the action-packed and/or humorous moments from the film, which were screened for audiences during the Astro Boy panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.

You’ll have to head over to MSN to see the full-length trailer (they’re not sharing…for now) and then return here so we can discuss amongst ourselves:

Full-Length Astro Boy trailer

Astro Boy fans, did you notice some of the little Easter eggs buried in that trailer for you guys’ enjoyment? Towards the end of the trailer in particular we get to see the beloved “butt blasters” and ...

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SDCC ’09: Astro Boy Panel (With Kristen Bell!)

Kofi Outlaw — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:40:43 +0000

Just got done with the Astro Boy panel at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con, and not surprisingly, the highlight of the show was actress Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Heroes) who was in attendance along with co-star Freddie Highmore, producer Maryann Garger and director David Bowers (Flushed Away) to promote Astro Boy.

The panel featured a few clips, a new trailer and covered everything from what kind of “Easter eggs” we can expect to see in this modern version of Astro Boy, to new talk of a Veronica Mars movie. Check it out:

Astro Boy is of course a modern re-telling of the classic manga comic created by Osamu Tezuka in the 1950s. The character has appeared in two classic tv shows in the 60s and 80s and is still an enduring icon worldwide – especially ...

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Robotastic New Images From Astro Boy

Kofi Outlaw — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:27:59 +0000

Sigh… it’s hard being the sole resident Astro Boy fan around here. Every time I turn around there are new promo materials for the film that seem to have slipped past me and I’m always end up writing a catch-up post.

Well today I’m posting two would’ve-been-new images from Astro Boy that Summit Entertainment was kind enough to send our way. So far the trailers, posters and images from the film have been more on the cutesy side of the fence – today’s images are bit more on the action side of things, which is a good look for this film, IMHO.

Check out these robotastic new images from Astro Boy (double click each image for a hi-res version):

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Astro Boy Trailer Blasts Off

Kofi Outlaw — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:46:36 +0000

The first Astro Boy trailer is already out, but we at Screen Rant never posted it because apparently I’m the only Astro Boy enthusiast on staff, and I didn’t know the trailer was out until yesterday. No matter though, for those of you who have been curious about how the CGI adaptation of Astro Boy is shaping up, I have the trailer solely for your viewing pleasure.

Ok, so a few things to talk about. First, the animation is pretty good! Certainly not better than say, the trailer for Pixar’s UP (which blew me away), but pretty good.

And ok, maybe this trailer doesn’t give you all the robot-on-robot smackdown action we’ve been promised Astro Boy is going to deliver, ...

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The Latest Batch O’ Movie Posters

Ross Miller — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:51:40 +0000

Today Screen Rant has a bunch of new posters for you viewing pleasure: Angels & Demons, Astro Boy and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

The first is for the prequel to The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, which is based on the book by Dan Brown. One is in English, the other is in French; The first has a strange and intriguing feel to it – I like it. The second…. hmm, not so much. It’s kind of wasted because of how prominent Tom Hanks is, although I do like the statues and the bright light behind him.

Check them out below and see if you agree (click on them for large versions):

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WonderCon 2009 – Knowing / Astro Boy Panel

Bruce Simmons — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:46:12 +0000

We were running short on time so we flew through these combined panels.

Knowing

Alex Proyas chatted to us remotely via a video about Knowing, telling us what we were about to see. They showed us the movie trailer and two scenes from the movie.

Knowing is about a teacher who examines a time capsule unearthed at his son’s school. The contents, a piece of paper, has a series of numbers that lead to predictions that have already come true and the rest of the numbers on the list presumably lead to events that will come true. This list leads Cage to believe the world is going to end at the close of the week.

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NY Comic Con: Summit Entertainment Panel

Kofi Outlaw — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:05:01 +0000

Probably the biggest surprise at this year’s New York Comic Con had to be the Summit Entertainment Panel, which featured footage from the studio’s upcoming films, Knowing, The Hurt Locker, and Astro Boy, all three of which are looking pretty good.

KNOWING

Knowing is the upcoming film from Alex Proyas, director of The Crow. It stars Nicolas Cage as a brilliant professor who discovers a sequence of numbers in an unearthed time capsule that predict every major disaster of the last century–and a doomsday disaster that will soon occur.

There were two clips from Knowing screened at the panel. The first showed how Nicolas Cage’s character, John Koestler, coming to believe in the numbers: he’s driving home on the highway contemplating the sequence ...

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New ‘Astro Boy’ Images

Ross Miller — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:25:02 +0000

Today we have some new images for the upcoming movie adaption of the Japanese manga and television series Astro Boy. The film is produced by Summit Entertainment and is directed by David Bowers (Flushed Away). It will be voiced by Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas and Freddie Highmore.

In case any of you don’t know what the movie is about, here is the synopsis courtesy of MovieWeb:

Astro Boy tells the story of a powerful robot boy created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Our hero journeys to find acceptance in the human world, and ultimately discovers true friendship as he uses his incredible powers to help others and save Metro City from destruction.

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Astro Boy Teaser Trailer

Kofi Outlaw — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:40:13 +0000

The first teaser trailer for the upcoming CGI adaptation of long-running anime series Astro Boy has finally hit the Web and it looks…pretty cool, actually.

If you haven’t seen any of the Astro Boy TV series that have come and gone since the 1950′s, the story tells of a distant future in which a brilliant inventor (voiced by Nicholas Cage) creates the world’s ultimate battle robot in the guise of his dead son. Hoping to win his “father’s” numbed affections, Astro Boy sets off on a heroic journey, battling other robot gladiators and defending Metro City from the villains who would destroy it. He even manages to find a girlfriend along the way (voiced by queen of the fanboys, Kristen Bell).

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Astro Boy Release Date Announced

Kofi Outlaw — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:37:31 +0000

We haven’t gotten much reader response to any posts about Astro Boy in the past, but maybe that will all change now that details about the film are being set in stone.

The latest news is that Astro Boy will be released on October 23, 2009. The CGI film will follow the original manga/anime’s tale about a far-off future in which a brilliant scientist creates a revolutionary new robot to replace his dead son-a robot who is able to kick major butt while searching for a meaning to his existence. Think of it as Pinocchio meets Transformers.

(Details from the official press release follow.)

Astro Boy is coming to theaters courtesy of Imagi Studios (V For Vendetta) and Summit Entertainment. It will feature the voice work of Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy and Eugene Levy, ...

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Kristen Bell Blasts Off With Astro Boy

Kofi Outlaw — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:50:25 +0000

Kristen Bell, a.k.a. “every fanboy’s imaginary girlfriend,” is lending her gorgeous mouth to the female lead character in the new CG adaptation of anime cult-hit, Astro Boy, which hits theaters next year courtesy of Imagi Studios and Summit Entertainment.

Fanboys rejoice.

That is all.

Source: Variety

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Serious Looking Astro Boy Poster

Vic Holtreman — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:00:46 +0000

I don’t remember much about the animated Astro Boy TV show I watched as a kid… only the fact that I did in fact watch it.

Astro Boy tells the story of a powerful robot boy created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. He journeys to find acceptance in the human world, and ultimately discovers true friendship as he uses his incredible powers to help others and to save Metro City from destruction.

There’s not much out on this yet and as far as I know it’s going to be a full CGI animated film. I like the poster… there’s something rather epic about it. Click on the image for a larger ...

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