Posted by: Shola Akinnuso on September 21, 2009 at 2:23 pm
October’s coming and so is the new Astro Boy movie. Based on Osamu Tezuka robot boy, the 3D animation looks about on par with what you’d expect from something that didn’t come from Pixar, Disney, or Dreamworks. Solid B-Level CGI? I can deal with that. The last Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) was all about that. What bugs me is that the visual gags are squarely aimed at the pre-teens. This is fine, but hopefully they’ll give us child-hearted adults a little something to chew on?
Enjoy some Donald Sutherland acting after the jump.
Ernie Estrella September 21st, 2009
It was always geared as such. Remember that Astro Boy is essentially the Mickey Mouse of Japan. I think the film has potential to hit big with a wide audience.
Ernie Estrella September 21st, 2009
Let it be said that the Tezuka family signed off on the film and wants this to be a successful American film. This is practically the only country/market that Astro Boy hasn’t reached.
