Netflix has released a sneak peek trailer for Pluto, the upcoming anime adaptation of the manga by Naoki Urasawa & Osamu Tezuka, which is based on ‘The Greatest Robot on Earth’ story arc from Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy; watch it below… The suspense drama takes place in a neo-futuristic world where humans and high-functioning robots […]
Live-action Astro Boy in development at New Line with San Andreas writers
It was around this time last year that we heard about a live-action version of Astro Boy, and it looks like it’s now heading into further development at New Line Cinema. New Line, a division of Warner Bros., are heavy into negotiations with Animal Logic Entertainment and Tezuka Productions and have brought in Andre Fabrizio and Jeremy Passmore […]
Astro Boy is heading to the big screen for live-action movie
The iconic Japanese character Astro Boy is heading to the big screen, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Animal Logic Entertainment and Tezuka Productions are developing a live-action feature based upon the robot boy who uses his powers to fight evil. Created as a manga in the 1950s by Osamu Tezuka, Astro Boy has been […]
