In this thrilling animated adventure based on the beloved cartoon, an eccentric scientist builds a robot child known as Astro Boy (voice of Freddie Highmore) based on his deceased son. As Astro Boy grows up, he befriends a gang of scavengers who live in a desolate wasteland on Earth and eventually returns to his hometown of Metro City to protect the populace from a group of dangerous robots. Other voices include Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell and Nathan Lane.