Astro Boy now has a voice. Tonight Imagi Studios announced that they’ve hired Freddie Highmore to star as the voice of Astro Boy in their new CGI-animated motion picture. Freddie was last seen in The Spiderwick Chronicles playing a little kid, but he’s actually now sixteen. The former child actor has become a teen-actor. More importantly, he’s a pretty good actor and shouldn’t have any problem voicing Astro Boy’s title character, assuming his voice isn’t cracking. I suppose that since the character is a robot, they could always sell that as a vocal short-circuit.
Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist to replace the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving father’s expectations, our hero 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 man who had rejected him.
Astro Boy originated as an animated television series in the 60s, created by Manga icon Osamu Tezuka. The new movie version is currently slated to hit theaters in 2009.
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I think Freddie Highmore will be perffect for the job.I am a huge fan of his and I adore every one of his movies.His voice is sooo cute so I can't wait to see the movie in 2009!!!
I think that everyone on here should go to Chat with me. Freddie Highmore.com. I am under the same name on there as on here. But don't believe anyone unless you have proof that they are Freddie Highmore. It's for sure that there WILL be impostors. Sadly, I was one of them. People believed me, too. But please go on there and talk! It's awsome! (= (-: (-; [= *_*
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Astro Boy now has a voice. Tonight Imagi Studios announced that they’ve hired Freddie Highmore to star as the voice of Astro Boy in their new CGI-animated motion picture. Freddie was last seen in The Spiderwick Chronicles playing a little kid, but he’s actually now sixteen. The former child actor has become a teen-actor. More importantly, he’s a pretty good actor and shouldn’t have any problem voicing Astro Boy’s title character, assuming his voice isn’t cracking. I suppose that since the character is a robot, they could always sell that as a vocal short-circuit.
May 20th, 2008 at 16:40
I think Freddie Highmore will be perffect for the job.I am a huge fan of his and I adore every one of his movies.His voice is sooo cute so I can't wait to see the movie in 2009!!!