Kristen Bell will voice the leading female voice in Imagi Studios and Summit Entertainment’s CG pic “Astro Boy.” Bell recently wrapped on Disney’s “When in Rome” and her credits include “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “Veronica Mars.”

Set in futuristic Metro City, Imagi Studios’ Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist to replace the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving father’s expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the man who had rejected him.