Wow, I guess the long dormant Astro Boy movie is further along than I anticipated.

IMAGI Studios (they who did the pretty-but-dumb TMNT movie last year) announced the official voice cast for Astro Boy, which is apparently ready for release next year.

Wow, I had no idea. I thought it was still stuck in development hell over at Sony.

Anywho, the voice cast includes Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy and Eugene Levy, along with Freddie Highmore voicing the celestial robot child.

I do wonder…after the failure of Speed Racer, does Astro Boy stand a chance?

Thanks to Blog@Newsarama for the details.