Astro Boy Teaser Trailer

Today, we have a first teaser trailer from the upcoming adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s classic manga “Astro Boy.”

Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers. Powered by pure positive “blue” energy, Astro Boy (Freddie Highmore) is endowed with super strength, x-ray vision, unbelievable speed and the ability to fly-not to mention the purest spirit on the planet. Embarking on a journey across the planet to discover his powers, Astro Boy encounters a netherworld of robot gladiators and other comic characters, and learns the joys and emotions of being human. When he learns his friends and family are in danger, Astro Boy marshals all his awesome super powers and returns to Metro City, in a valiant effort to save everything he cares about and to embrace his place in the world.

Astro Boy’s all-star cast features the voices of Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy and Eugene Levy with Freddie Highmore in the title role. David Bowers is directing the movie from a screenplay written by Timothy Harris with Maryann Garger producing.

“Astro Boy” is scheduled to hit theaters on October 23rd, 2009.

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“Astro Boy” Photos

Take a look at new shot from the upcoming movie “Astro Boy.”

An adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s classic manga, set in futuristic Metro City “Astro Boy” follows a young robot invented to replace the late son of a brilliant scientist. Despite having incredible powers, he is 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.

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British Actor Matt Lucas Joins Astro Boy

Matt Lucas as Dafydd in Little Britain.

Imagi Studios (creator of TMNT), today announced that multiple BAFTA Awards winner Matt Lucas (for the popular BBC comedy series “Little Britain”) has joined the cast of its CG-animated motion picture “Astro Boy.” Lucas joins Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy and Eugene Levy with Freddie Highmore in the title role.

David Bowers (Flushed Away) is directing Astro Boy from a screenplay written by Timothy Harris (Trading Places, Kindergarten Cop), with Maryann Garger producing.

The iconic character Astro Boy has found global popularity since his creation in the early 1950s by Japan’s Osamu Tezuka, known as the “god of manga” and “father of anime,” and has been the hero of three acclaimed animated television series aired around the world.

The movie is slated for domestic release on October 23, 2009.

National Treasure 3 in the Works!

IESB is reporting that during the Disney showcase in Los Angeles, both Jerry Bruckheimer (producer) and Nicolas Cage came out on stage to officially announce “National Treasure 3“.

Plot details were not discussed, but it was made clear that director Jon Turteltaub would be back behind the camera, with most of the original cast returning as well. The film is currently in development.

According to rumors, “National Treasure 3″ will go international, sending the Gates family off to Easter Island and beyond in search of Atlantis. More importantly, the pure, clean power source that was supposedly lost forever when this ancient civilization sank beneath the sea. Which - were it to be harnessed today - would immediately put an end to global warming. Not to mention making gas and oil obsolete.

The site says there are rumblings of a 2010 holiday release.

Astro Boy Release Date Announced: October 23, 2009

Summit Entertainment will release “Astro Boy” in North America on Friday, October 23, 2009, it was announced by Rob Friedman, Co-Chairman and CEO of Summit Entertainment, and Erin Corbett, President of Imagi Studios U.S.

Summit and Imagi are putting together the final details on a marketing plan designed to reach both the family movie-going audience and adult fans of Astro Boy alike. Plan includes a commitment from a major fast food restaurant partner as well as alliances in the areas of toys, games, books and others, soon to be announced.

The film will hit theaters the same day as Mira Nair’s Amelia Earhart biopic Amelia and the Phillip Noyce-directed adaptation of Dirt Music.

An adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s classic manga, “Astro Boy” follows a young robot invented to replace the late son of a brilliant scientist. Despite having incredible powers, he is unable to console the scientist’s mourning heart and thus he embarks in a journey to find the place where he truly belongs.

Astro Boy’s all-star cast features the voices of Academy Award®-winning actor Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy and Eugene Levy with Freddie Highmore in the title role. David Bowers (Flushed Away) is directing “Astro Boy” from a screenplay written by Timothy Harris (Trading Places, Kindergarten Cop), with Maryann Garger producing. Read the rest of this entry

Nicolas Cage Joins Season of the Witch

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage will re-team with director Dominic Sena for the supernatural thriller “Season of the Witch.” Cage previously worked with Sena on “Gone in Sixty Seconds.”

Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity Media and Atlas Entertainment are backing the project, with Atlas founder Charles Roven and partner Alex Gartner set as producers. Screenplay was written by Bragi Schut Jr. (CBS’ “Threshold”)

Story chronicles the journey of 14th century knights transporting a girl suspected of being the witch responsible for spreading the Black Plague.

“Season of the Witch,” which had been in development at Columbia Pictures, will begin shooting in early November in Austria and Hungary.

“Kick-Ass” First Look and On-Set Filming Report From Mark Millar

Kick-Ass: Nicolas Cage

Filming for the Matthew Vaughn-directed “Kick-Ass” has begun on Saturday, September 6, in London and the comic’s writer Mark Millar has just returned from the London set with a full report about this highly anticipated adaptation and photos of Nicolas Cage in the lead role.

Here is what he had to say:

Holy f*ck.

We are all going to…

a) Hell
b) Prison
c) Both.

But it’s worth it, believe me. If I absolutely have to go to jail for a comic-book movie then I accept no substitutes. This is the one. I hereby declare Kick-Ass as the greatest movie of 2009.

And if you think that I WOULD so that as co-creator and a producer on the movie you’re absolutely, one hundred percent correct. But as the months roll by and the trailers start to dribble online and you see what I just saw this weekend your heart will be beating that little bit faster too. I lucked out with Wanted and Timur and James and Angelina. But nothing– I mean nothing– can prepare you for Nic and Chloe as Big Daddy and Hit-Girl. As I said to Nic after the first scene was shot on Saturday morning, this is a movie about comic-book guys MADE by comic-book guys. We are absolutely in our comfort zone here and doing something really special. Cage’s eyes just gleamed. He said it’s the most excited he’s been by a role in a long Read the rest of this entry

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