The Mighty Atom

The Mighty Atom is an upcoming 2027 Australian-American Science Fiction action film directed by Chad Stahelski, it is the 15th installment in Legendary/New Line's MonsterVerse and the second in the Astro Boy trilogy, following 2020's Astro Boy, it follows Astro's continued life after the events of Monarchs (2026), where he must get revenge on Chochi Chochi Ababa and his terrorist group Al-Melmo.

Cast

 * Javier Bardem as Nohus Uno
 * John Goodman as Dr. "Elefun" O'Shay
 * Neel Sethi as Astro Boy (Voice and Motion Capture)
 * Khalid Abdalla as Chochi Chochi Ababa
 * Armie Hammer as Pluto (Voice and Motion Capture)

Trivia

 * The name of the fictional Jihadist group "Al-Melmo" is a reference to Tezuka's manga Marvelous Melmo
 * Chochi Chochi Ababa's original role in the manga was a Sultan, in this new iteration, he's an Osama bin Ladden type figure who's claimed responsibility for the death of Tobio.