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Hugh Jackman Confirmed to Star in Shawn Levy’s REAL STEEL
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We already kind of knew this, but Variety is now confirming that Hugh Jackman will in fact star in director Shawn Levy’s (Night at the Museum) robot boxing movie, Real Steel. Jackman will star as a boxer who becomes a struggling robo-boxing promoter after human fighting is ...
Hugh Jackman to Make a Robot Chase a Chicken
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... Levy will direct Real Steel, which is based on a Richard Matheson short story, for DreamWorks. It focuses on a boxer who has to figure out how to remain relevant when robot boxers replace humans. So he becomes a trainer and works with a scrap-heap of a robot who can't seem to lose. Along the way he discovers an 11-year-old son (who's human) and they bond as the roboxer works his way to the top. At some point the robot will likely chase a chicken. [Variety] ...
Hugh Jackman Has “Real Steel”
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Oh, Hugh.
(Yes, that is a stupid post title. I have no idea if Hugh Jackman has even fake steel. But I didn’t have anything else.)
Variety reports that Hugh Jackman will star in “Real Steel,” a sci-fi action movie to be directed by Shawn Levy. This will be the first project for Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider’s Dreamworks ” after leaving Paramount. Disney will distribute this film.
“Real Steel” was acquired by Dreamworks in 2005. Dan Gilroy wrote the first script. John Gatins did the most recent rewrite. The source is a short story by prolific sci fi writer ...
Hugh Jackman To Promote Robots In Real Steel
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... can't help but giggle each time I read something about it (it's a manly giggle, but still). The film reads like a simple boxing story, but it is as though an executive was listening to the pitch and then asked, "can all of the characters be robots?" and the writer replied, "why the hell not?" Not scared of being typecast as the guy with the human exterior and metal interior, Hugh Jackman has been circling the project for a while, and it now appears that the casting is established. Variety is reporting that Jackman is now officially attached to the project in which he plays a ...
"Real Steel" Film Gets Greenlit
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The Rocky-esque giant robot fighting sports drama "Real Steel" has been greenlit by DreamWorks Pictures reports Variety.
Hugh Jackman portrays an ex-fighter who becomes a promoter when human boxing is outlawed for being too violent. The new gladiators are 2,000-pound robots with human qualities.
The ex-fighter's access to sub-standard robot parts hampers his hopes for glory in Robot Boxing, until he discovers a discarded robot that always seems to win.
The ex-fighter has also discovered he's the father of a 13-year old son, and they bond as the robot brawls its way toward the top.
Shawn Levy directs the $80 million ...
Hugh Jackman to star in DreamWorks’ robot story ‘Real Steel’
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DreamWorks has greenlit the robot story Real Steel , with Hugh Jackman attached to star. Variety reports that Shawn Levy will direct the futuristic story based on a short story by Richard Matheson. The plot follows a fighter who has to reinvent himself when human boxers are replaced by robots. Jackman plays a robot boxing promoter who discovers he has an 11-year-old son. The pic’s budget will be about $80 million, Variety reports.
Spielberg and Wolverine teaming up for a robot drama called REAL STEEL?!?
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here taking a break from the Holiday Gift Guide to run a little spot o' news for ya' this morning. I love me some Steven Spielberg (obviously) and I love me some Hugh Jackman (WOLVERINE: ORIGINS notwithstanding) and more importantly I love the sound of this project they're doing together. According to Variety this movie called Real Steel will be the first film Spielberg produces using his newly acquired Indian monies. For a relatively small sum of $80 million we'll be getting a drama about a boxer who is put out of work when robots replace all human fighters. He reinvents himself as a promoter while bonding with an 11 ...
Hugh Jackman in Rocky-Style Robot Movie
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Hugh Jackman is about to put those muscles to good use — as a former boxer who puts robots, rather than humans, in the ring.
Real Steel, starring the Aussie hunk centers on a prize-fighter who has to reinvent himself when human opponents are replaced by robotic ones, reports Variety.
Wolverine star Hugh, 42, plays a struggling Robot Boxing promoter who finds a discarded android that always seems to win.
Meanwhile, he also discovers he has a 11-year-old son, and they bond as the mechanical version of Rocky punches its way toward the top. ...
Hugh Jackman in the ring for Real Steel
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... Hugh Jackman has signed on to play a former boxer who launches a new career as a promoter of battling robots in Real Steel. Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks is backing the project, which is being billed as an $80m (£48.25m) futuristic play on the Rocky films. Night at the Museum director Shawn Levy will take charge of the cameras. ...
Morning Shots: The Happy Gilmore Shot And Adventures In Robot Boxing
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• Hey, if you're taking the opportunity this Thanksgiving to get up a game of golf (hey, it could happen), don't try the Happy Gilmore shot. You could wind up in legal trouble.
• What show on television has the ...
DreamWorks Puts 'Real Steel' In Their Ring
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If you held out faint hope that Hugh Jackman wouldn't be helping Shawn Levy box robots, and would abandon it for a feature film adaptation of A Steady Rain, kiss it goodbye now. Variety reports that DreamWorks' Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider have green-lit Real Steel, making it the studio's first big financial project since it split with Paramount, and had to find its own money.
Spielberg was attached to the project as executive producer when it was first announced, and it seems that it's been a real passion project for him. DreamWorks bought the project back in 2005, and ...
Hugh Jackman Will Star In 'Real Steel'
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Hugh Jackman has lined up his next project, and it looks like a winner! The movie is called 'Real Steel,' and it's being executive produced by Steven Spielberg. 'Real Steel' is based on a short story by ...
Jackman is the Real Steel
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Hugh Jackman is going crazy over robots as he signs on to star in Real Steel. The Shawn Levy directed feature is under Dreamworks with Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider overseeing the production. The movie is originally based on a short story created by Richard Matheson with an interesting take to begin with. Here’s more straight from Variety:
Story centers on a fighter who has to reinvent himself when human boxers are replaced by robots. Jackman will play a struggling Robot Boxing promoter who finds a discarded robot that always seems to win. He also discovers he has a 11-year-old son, and they bond as the ...
Spielberg, Jackman, and REAL STEEL
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Steven Spielberg is producing a film about robots. Let the shocking continue. Variety is reporting that Hugh Jackman has signed on to star in and DreamWorks has acquired the money to green light REAL STEEL, a film about boxing robots that is to be directed by NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM helmer, Shawn Levy. This announcement comes as the first act of business in the newly financed DreamWorks, who secured $825 million in recent, financial dealings.
The film, a reworking of the Richard Matheson short story that inspired the TWILIGHT ZONE episode, “Steel”, centers on a world where the sport of boxing, believed to be too ...
Jackman Laces Gloves for Real Steel
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Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider have greenlit a Rocky-esque robot tale Real Steel which will star Hugh Jackman.
Shawn Levy (The Pink Panther, Cheaper by the Dozen) is set to direct.
Real Steel was one of 17 projects that Spielberg and Snider took as part of DreamWorks’ split from Paramount last year
DreamWorks initially bought the project, written by Dan Gilroy, in 2005 for a reported $850,000. John Gatins wrote the most recent draft.
The film is based on a short story by Richard Matheson. Matheson also wrote “I Am Legend which has been adapted ...
Hugh Jackman Confirmed for Real Steel
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According to Variety, DreamWorks has greenlit the robot boxing movie Real Steel with Aussie A-lister and Wolverine actor, Hugh Jackman, confirmed to star. We reported on Jackman’s possible involvement with Real Steel back in October, but this is the first official confirmation of his role. The sci-fi film will feature Jackman as a retired boxer who reconnects with his estranged son after he becomes a promoter for a robot boxing league. The film is based on a short story by sci-fi author Richard Matheson, and has already seen a small screen ...
