Astro Boy (1997 Sony version)

Astroboy is a Canceled 1997 film that was planned to be released in 2000.

History
In 1997, Sony Pictures Entertainment purchased the film rights to Astro Boy from Tezuka Productions, intending to produce a live-action feature film. Todd Alcott was set to write the screenplay

Plot
The plot would be same as the 2009 film but the film original to be live action

Why It Was Cancelled

 * 1) Production on the film film halted in 2000 when Steven Spielberg began A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, which was released the following year in 2001. another film with a robot boy who replaces a dead child.
 * 2) Sony lost the rights of Astro Boy.

Results

 * In 2009 the animation studio Imagi Films released a film based on Astro Boy.
 * New Line Cinema announced a live-action Astro Boy film it’s unknown would star in the film