Right off the heels of problematic productions Watchmen and Wolverine, FirstShowing.net is reporting a rumor that “Astro Boy,” the CGI feature film based on Osamu Tezuka’s anime classic, is joining the list of troubled properties.
According to the report, the animation studio behind “Astro Boy,” Imagi International, is out of money and may be shutting down operations indefinitely, adding that employees were recently told not to show up to the office at the start of the work week.
As always, "unnamed sources" must be taken with a grain or more of salt, but expect an official word from Imagi to be released soon.