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Kristen Bell Lands Lead in Astro Boy

August 25, 2008

Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, "Heroes," "Veronica Mars") will voice the leading female voice in Warner Bros.' CG-animated Astro Boy, coming to theaters next year.

She joins a voice cast that includes Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Bill Nighy, Nathan Lane, Eugene Levy and Freddie Highmore.

Set in futuristic Metro City, Imagi Studios' Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist to replace the son he has lost. 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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COMMENTS (6)

Posted by:

stevedamien

August 25, 2008

great, hope this movie is as good as the hype surrounding it.

Posted by:

Wizards Lore

August 25, 2008

What Hype ??
this has straight to DVD written all over it !

Posted by:

Robert

August 25, 2008

Almost everyone I know is waiting for this movie to happen. Anime wouldn't be on the map if it wasn't for good ol' Astro. At least Imagi Studios left it animated instead of making it live-action, which would make it look like a piece of crap, look at Speed Racer and how poor Dragonball is looking so far.

Posted by:

Robert

August 25, 2008

And Wizards Lore... "You are a sad, strange little man... and I pity for you!"

"YOU LOSE! Good day, sir!"

"You are the Weakest Link... goodbye!"

Posted by:

GK1

August 25, 2008

i am TOTALLY unimpressed by the voice casting.

ESPECIALLY nicholas cage.

but i will wait...

Posted by:

Kyle

August 25, 2008

"ESPECIALLY nicholas cage"

It's right there, a half a page above and you still can't spell it right.

"What Hype ??"

Agreed. Never heard anything about this yet and I'm a huge movie buff. If it is released in theatres it will do very poorly.