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.
Why It Was Cancelled[]
- 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.
- Sony lost the rights of Astro Boy.
Results[]
- In 2002, the film rights were turned over to its animation studio, Sony Pictures Animation audiences.
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