• Release Date: October 23, 2009
    • Director: David Bowers
    • Created by Imagi Animation Studios
    • Distributor: Summit Entertainment
    • Astro Boy comics originated in 1952
    • Astro Boy television series begun in the 1960s
  • A teaser trailer was released online for Astro Boy on Moviefone.com on November 20, 2008. While the trailer contained no dialog, it introduced "the boy who's built for adventure with a montage of images,Cinematical: Teaser and Photo Premiere (November 20, 2008)

    Astro Boy is the CGI film adaptation of the popular comic and cartoon series created by Osamu Tezuka in 1952.

  • Astro Boy Synopsis

    • Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy (Freddie Highmore) is a young robot whose superpowers include x-ray vision, the ability to fly, super strength, extreme speed and a pure spirit. His powers derive from pure positive "blue" energy. While traveling across the planet to explore his powers, he learns what it means to be human. When he discovers his friends and family are in danger, Astro Boy returns to Metro City to save them.Cinematical: Teaser and Photo Premiere: Astro Boy (November 20, 2008)

  • Trailer Review Quotes

    • "with an exclusive sneak peek at a new publicity still AND a 30-second teaser trailer that - coming from an Astro Boy fan - is absolutely jaw-dropping."—MTVMTV: Astro Boy Teaser Clip (November 20, 2008)
    • "The teaser trailer doesn't show much, just Astro flying around and engaging in some high-speed digging. It is your first good look at the movie's animation style, which so far I think must be described as "plasticky". Astro Boy looks a lot like a flying Big Boy."—CinemaBlendCinemaBlend: Astro Boy Teaser Trailer (November 20, 2008)

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