Screening of "Little Boy"

There will reportedly be a screening of the feature film "Little Boy" on Monday, August 20, 7:30pm at the AMC Block 30 in Orange County, CA. [Update: Additional confirmation here.]

The WWII movie, filmed last fall in Mexico and directed by Alejandro Monteverde, is about a little boy who tries with all his might to achieve the impossible: bringing his father home from war.

Sean plays the role of Carl.

Little Boy Facebook page.

More information and behind the scenes photos.

"Little Boy" Facebook page

"Little Boy," an upcoming WWII movie about a little boy who tries with all his might to achieve the impossible and bring his father home from war, now has an official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/littleboymovie. Like the page for exclusive content!

You can find more information about Little Boy here.

Sean Astin as Carl

Sean's new Facebook photo and post

Sean has posted a new profile photo on his Facebook page, Carl from the upcoming WWII movie "Little Boy."

Check out his other new profile photos.

He also posted the sunset run pic with the following text:

"As the #run3rd concept has really taken off...I'm finding new ways to support the effort. Christine was kind enough to take this pic at the start of my main training route next to the 101 fwy. I'm proud of the hard work I'm putting into training, but I'm even prouder of stoking an idea that asks people to honor someone they love, a cause they support or a positive idea they wish to share. Twitter folks, just tweet : Hash tag #run3rd for [you name it]"

More soldier Sean

Photo by Eduardo Verastegui

Sean Astin with Andrey Pishalnikov & Svyatoslav Odnolitok

Sean Astin on set of "Little Boy"

Here are some pics of Sean on the set of "Little Boy" as posted by various cast and crew.

Sean Astin and producer Eduardo Verastegui

Sean on set of "Little Boy"?

This is Sean's new profile pic for his Twitter account. Looks to me like he's in costume for the WWII movie "Little Boy" that he is currently filming in Baja California, Mexico!

Sean in Mexico

Sean Astin and chef Margarita Prieto at Lorca Restaurante Español in Tijuana. Sean is in Baja California filming the WWII movie, "Little Boy." He had the baked lamb with herbs!

View in Rosarito posted by Sean

Interviews, articles and pics about And They're Off PLUS more!

• "Sean Astin Talks 'And They're Off' and 'Goonies' Rumors"

Look up "heart" in the dictionary and you might just see a photo of Sean Astin. Or at least one of the characters he's best known for playing, like Mikey ("The Goonies"), Rudy ("Rudy") or Sam ("The Lord of the Rings" trilogy). So it's no surprise that in his new movie, the horse-racing mockumentary "And They're Off…," the 40-year-old plays a horse trainer with – you guessed it – loads of heart.

Lots of interesting tidbits in this interview, including a petition to get Samwise Gamgee in The Hobbit, the news that he plays Rose McGowan's love interest in "Napa", and that he has yet to film his part for "Little Boy." Sean also refers to the upcoming animated movie "Ribbit" in which he voices a frog!

Read more here.

• Here's an article about Dot-Marie Jones (Coach Beiste on "Glee"), who has a small role in "And They're Off" as Dusty Sanders' (Sean) former prom date.

Dot-Marie plays Sean's 1990 prom date!

• Here are some fun behind-the-scenes photos from the Hollywood Reporter. Click each for larger images. (More photos at site.)

New projects!

Sean Astin has been a busy boy this summer. Here are some of his projects:

• Sean will be voicing Raphael in a new animated TV series version of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" for Nickelodeon. Entertainment weekly interviewed Sean about his new role. The show will premiere in Fall 2012.

Sean recording Raphael for TMNT