“We’ve seen him as a manga, an anime and an animated movie but we’ve never seen him as a live-action movie or him as a superhero,” said Nalbandian. “We actually see him in the same league as an Iron Man. We want to make it aspirational but not soft."
Astro Boy was created in the 1950s, and ran for decades in Japanese newspapers. It revolves around a robot boy, named Astro, created to replace a scientist's dead son. He ultimately takes up the cause as a hero, using his robotic powers to fight evil-doers.It received a previous movie adaptation, in 2009, as an animated feature. IGN's review called it a "reasonable, if not perfect, adaptation." Steve Watts is a freelance writer who figures this is one step closer to a Mega Man movie. You can read more of his keen insights by following him on Twitter and IGN.