No time for sleep. On the subject of remakes, some more shocking news has come to hand.
In looking up stuff for my article on the remake of (sequel to) Soylent Green I discovered an Astro Boy movie in the works.
At first I was too scared to look – please, please don’t be live-action! Could you imagine just how awful a live-action Astro Boy would be?
Turns out it is animated. Unfortunately there are some worrying aspects:
- It is an American production (though a Hong Kong animation company)
- It is CGI
- It has Nicolas Cage in it
I say that is a recipe for disaster. I actually can’t believe that Tezuka’s family let a foreign company have the rights to make this movie.
Anyway, here’s the trailer. I have a bad feeling about this.
