I think I’m supposed to be more excited about Astro Boy, the CG adaptation of the manga classic coming from Imagi International. The movie certainly has a stellar cast, with Freddie Highmore voicing the title character - a sort of science fiction Pinocchio if you will - and other cast members including Kristen Bell, Donald Sutherland, and Nicolas Cage. If nothing else, it’s bound to sound interesting.
Here’s the thing though - I’m not a fan of manga, and I’m not a fan of Astro Boy, which means this movie is going to have to provide more than a decent cast to get my attention. It may have made the right move, because new pictures of concept art and character shots released by Imagi look visually impressive enough to intrigue me.
Now, most of this is concept art, so who knows how it’ll translate into the actual film, but I want to see just how Astro Boy faces off with that juggernaut looking thing below. It’s bound to be impressive if the studio isn’t afraid to keep this from being too family friendly.
Check out some of the images below, and others at Imagi’s website. It’s flash based, so there’s only one URL, but you want to look under “our films” and then specifically at Astro Boy.
