Astro Boy, is a 2009 Japanese-American computer-animated action film loosely based on the long-running Japanese series of the same name by Osamu Tezuka. It was produced by Imagi Animation Studios, the animation production company of TMNT. The studio announced the project in September 2006. It was directed by David Bowers and produced by Maryann Garger with Pilar Flynn as associate producer. Freddie Highmore provides the voice of Astro Boy in the film. The film also features the voices of Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas, Bill Nighy, Donald Sutherland, Moises Arias, Charlize... Theron and Nicolas Cage. The film was released first in Hong Kong on October 8, 2009, Japan on October 10, 2009 and in the United States on October 23, 2009. The film is set in the futuristic Metro City, a metropolis which floats in the sky above the polluted "Surface". Metro City's population is aided by a multitude of different robots who are dumped on the Surface when broken or disused. Toby, son of Dr. Tenma, learns that his father is going to show President Stone, the militaristic leader of the city, the Peacekeeper, a guardian robot.
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| Release date: | October 5, 2009 |
| Directed by: | David Bowers |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 94 Minutes |
| Producer: | Maryann Garger |
| Editor: | Robert Anich Cole |
| Music by: | John Ottman |
| Cinematography: | Pepe Valencia |
| Screenplay by: | Timothy Harris, David Bowers |
| Estimated budget: | $65,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Astro Boy |
| Genre: | Animation, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction |