Release Date: 23 October 2009 Genre: Animation Cast: Nicolas Cage Kristen Bell Bill Nighy Freddie Highmore Donald Sutherland Director: David Bowers Writer: Osamu Tezuka (comic series), Timothy Harris (screenplay) Studio: Summit Entertainment .................................................................. Plot: Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man’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 father who had rejected him.  ..................................................................