“Gatchaman” Photos and Poster

“Gatchaman,” scheduled for release on April 3, 2009, originated in Japan in the early 1970s as the television series “Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.” Aired in the U.S. as “Battle of the Planets” and “G-Force,” it soon became a widely popular syndicated TV series.

Featuring some of the most ambitious action sequences ever seen in animation, “Gatchaman” is set in a future world grappling with environmental and technological issues.

The story focuses on five reluctant heroes whose remarkable genetic code makes them Earth’s only hope of defeating extra-terrestrial invaders.

Director: Kevin Munroe
Writers/adaptation: Paul Dini, Robert Mark Kamen
Studio: Warner Bros.

‘G-Force’ New Disney Film 2009

Penélope Cruz will lend her voice to an action-hero guinea pig in G-Force, a Disney film about ultra-intelligent animal commandos fighting a power-crazy billionaire from taking over the world.

The movie, which mixes live-action and computer animation, also stars the voices of Nicolas Cage and Steve Buscemi. Bill Nighy will portray the villainous rich man. Cruz recently completed work on Elegy, an adaptation of the Philip Roth novel, opposite Ben Kingsley.