Astro Boy 2009 3D film

Astro Boy is a 2009 American computer-animated 3-D film based on the highly successful Japanese franchise of the same name by Osamu Tezuka.

Astro Boy 2009 was originally to be directed by Colin Brady,[citation needed] who directed the 2006 animated film Everyone's Hero.

It has been announced that Freddie Highmore will provide the voice for the character of Astro Boy in the movie. A short trailer of the movie was shown in the North American Home Theater of PlayStation Home from December 28, 2008 to January 8, 2009.


It is being produced by Imagi Animation Studios, the animation production company of TMNT and the upcoming Gatchaman. The studio announced the project in September 2006.

It was presented in Real D Cinema.[citation needed] It will be directed by David Bowers (Flushed Away) and produced by Maryann Gargerwith Pilar Flynn as associate producer.