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“Saturday Night” and “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” director Jason Reitman has reportedly become attached to a live-action film adaptation of the famed “Astro Boy” manga and anime franchise.
The InSneider broke the report, saying Reitman and his “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” director Gil Kenan are tackling the project which has been set up at Sony Pictures.
Specifics of their involvement is unclear at this point though, at present, Reitman is not attached to direct. Sony is reportedly seeking writers to turn Astro Boy into a four-quadrant family film.
The project is in early development with no productio or release date at present, and no plot details of any kind available.
Osamu Tezuka penned and illustrated the original manga in the 1950s and 1960s, which was turned into three different anime series – the most notable being the 1980 version, which ran for 52 episodes and proved a major hit in Australia.
Imagi Animation Studios and Summit Entertainment released an animated “Astro Boy” movie in 2009.
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