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The new Astro Boy movie pays tribute to his anime roots, with this new desktop wallpaper, which we got the exclusive heads up on. Click through to see the whole thing. More »
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Astro Boy is back in production after a halt, says Variety, and it's on track to make the Oct. 23 release date. Imagi's $25 million funding boost also means Gatchman and Tusker will continue. More »
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The first trailer for Imagi's big-screen Astro Boy has gone up online, and it has everything. You get to glimpse the Frankenstein-esque electrical zaps that created Astro Boy, the robot who wants to be a real boy. And then Astro Boy shows off what he can do - flying and burrowing and finally smashing out of a mountain. Awesome. Now let's hope the whole thing is this sharp-looking, and the whole Pinnochio-bot thing doesn't get too old. Watch the trailer in HD at the link. [Moviefone] More »
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When Summer Glau's Terminator started ballet dancing for no particular reason in a recent episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, it totally made sense: She's just another android/robot who wants to be human. Like the guy in this classic Johnnie Walker Scotch ad. It's like the fourth rule of robotics: The more autistic and socially clueless an android is, the more he/she/it will crave humanity. Click through to see clips of the greatest Pinnochio-bot of all time, plus a gallery. More »
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