Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments
Robosapien: Rebooted
04/08/08 - Bobby Coleman will play a boy who befriends a robot on the run from malevolent corporate interests in Robosapien: Rebooted, which has begun filming in New Orleans.
12/31/07 - Producer Avi Arad has joined forces with Crystal Sky Pictures to launch a Robosapien movie, inspired by the best-selling intelligent robot toy. The story concerns a scientist working on artificial intelligence who creates robots for humanitarian purposes, only to discover that the corporation he works for intends them for military use. He steals one of his creations, a robot boy named Toby, who, by a series of accidents, gets lost and broken and then found and fixed by the lonely 11-year-old son of a harassed single mother. The robot and boy become friends and embark on a series of adventures, pursued by the authorities. The story climaxes with their having to rescue the scientist and mother from prison.
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