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Added by Babs on July 1, 2009


 
 

If you guys have ever seen Heroes , then I am positive you have seen Kristen Bell in action. The actress who has starred in Veronica Mars, Fanboys , and the popular tv show Heroes will
 
 
now be lending her voice to the highly anticipated film ' Astro Boy .' Bell gave a few hints about the character she will be playing in an interview with Sci Fi Wire at last week's Saturn Awards.

"I play Cora, who is a girl who befriends Astro when he comes down from Metro City onto the surface of Earth,"..."She runs a little kind of like Peter Pan group of kids. She's pretty tough, pretty sassy....I've seen a lot of it [the movie], actually," Bell said. "It looks amazing. To be involved in the process is really exciting, because you see the layers that they put on, and you see when they don't have the 3-D involved and then when they do, and you see when it's just penciled out. It was a really interesting process."

 
 
Bell seems pretty excited about the film, and Astro Boy fans should be, too! The film, which will hit theaters on October 23rd, will be based on the manga which was written by Osamu Tezuka . Bell, who didn't know anything about Astro Boy prior to working on the animated film, quickly became a fan.

"I didn't know Astro Boy at all, but now I'm immersed and have all the little toys and stuff,"

Based on all the images I have seen so far, it does look really sweet, and I am really looking forward to seeing this movie this fall. Were you a fan of the manga? Are you looking forward to this film?


9 Comments

DH69
on July 1, 2009
why is astro boy wearing cloths <=O!? what made him awesome was him flyin around in his undies blastin stuff!

G-Man
on July 1, 2009
The clothes thing is a little weird but I guess they didn't want certain people that like looking at little kid robots in speedos going to the movie.  I can't wait for this.  I'm a big Astro fan.

DH69
on July 1, 2009
@G-Man:  good point but im a stickler when it comes to america messin around with japan's stuff, it never sits well with me. still it should be a fun movie

dondasch
on July 1, 2009
Looking forward to watching the movie, still cringing from the tampering with of the character though.

Nahero
on July 1, 2009
im a big fan as well i saw the TV series years back but i never liked the black and white astro boy

but this movie looks amazing

Nobody
on July 1, 2009
I was never a huge Astro Boy fan, but I'll see this.

Babs
on July 1, 2009
@Nobody said:
" I was never a huge Astro Boy fan, but I'll see this. "
It looks like it's going to be cute. What I found interesting was the fact that Kristin mentioned that there were certain parts of the film that were drawn and others that were computer animated. I wasn't sure if she was referring to 3-D concept art or if it will really be set up that way. Should be interesting to see.

Sheep-Kill
on July 1, 2009
She is sooooo damn cute.  SHEEEE should play Black Cat is she is in Spider-Man 4!


Media_Master
on July 1, 2009
movie looks good


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