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Back in February, it was announced that Shawn Levy would be continuing his relationship with 20th Century Fox by following up his latest movie for the studio, Real Steel, which opens next week, with a James Cameron-produced "re-imagining" of Fantastic Voyage, the 1966 sci-fi movie about a team of scientists who are shrunken to the size of microbes so they can perform a delicate operation inside the brain of one of their colleagues. After months went by without an update, it was reported that Levy might move on because of the lack of momentum on the project. Then, when Levy signed on to direct an adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for Fox last month, it was assumed that he was going to direct the movie in lieu of Fantastic Voyage. However, in a recent interview with Collider, Levy revealed that he wants to make both movies, he's just not sure which one will be next. He also hinted that it's a "possibility" that he might agree to direct The Flash comic book movie adaptation if Warner Bros. asks him a second time.
what did levy say about his future plans? >> Posted 09.25.11 by BrentJS -
Touchstone Pictures is pulling out all of the stops to get the word out about Real Steel, the upcoming sci-fi sports movie that stars Hugh Jackman as a trainer and promoter of robot boxers. In addition to standard movie marketing practices like putting up billboards, airing TV spots and releasing preview clips, "making of" featurettes and posters online, Touchstone is also running a pretty lively viral campaign and even had Jackman appear during a live taping of the WWE Raw SuperShow to get wrestling fans hyped to see the movie.
Now, Touchstone is taking the Real Steel message to the friendly skies. At LAX yesterday, a new Virgin America Airbus A320 was unveiled dressed in a special livery promoting the movie with a giant image of "Atom," the underdog robot that Jackman's character trains for the main event. Jackman was on hand for the unveiling and posed for photos, signed autographs and spoke with IAmRogue about working with Sugar Ray Leonard, being a "corner man" and special effects so good that you will believe a robot can box.
Check out the Real Steel jet and watch 2 new preview clips >> Posted 09.24.11 by BrentJS -
Touchstone Pictures has released a new featurette that offers a sneak peek behind the scenes of the robot boxing action in director Shawn Levy's (Date Night) new movie, Real Steel. Based on a short story from the '50s by Richard Matheson (I Am Legend), the movie stars Hugh Jackmanas a former fighter who is trying to make a living as a promoter of the robots who have taken over boxing.
In a previous featurette, it was revealed that boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard served as a fight consultant and choreographer during the making of the movie. The new featurette shows more of the training that went into turning Jackman into a contender — which included taking a few body blows from the champ — and includes commentary from Levy, Jackman and Leonard. "To have Sugar Ray teaching me," exclaimed Jackman, "and then to ultimately have a robot doing his moves...that's about as cool as it gets."
watch the new featurette >> Posted 09.21.11 by BrentJS -
Earlier this month, it was reported that director Shawn Levy would be following up his sci-fi sports movie, Real Steel, with an adaptation of Mary Shelley's public domain monster novel, Frankenstein, making it the eighth such adaptation currently in development. At the time of the announcement, all that was known about the script written by Max Landis (son of John Landis, director of such comedy classics as Animal House and Coming to America) was that it would be "a sci-fi take on the traditional Mary Shelley story, focusing on themes of friendship and redemption." We now know a bit more about the movie thanks to Landis himself, who discussed the origin of his take on Frankenstein in a recent interview with ShockTillYouDrop, and revealed that the movie will be told from the perspective of Ygor.
what did Landis say about his take on Frankenstein? >> Posted 09.18.11 by BrentJS -
After playing second fiddle to the robots on the first posters for director Shawn Levy's (Date Night) new movie, Real Steel, Hugh Jackman finally got to show his face on the last two posters that were released. Now, a Brazilian poster for the sci-fi sports drams has been released that gives Jackman the most "face time" yet, with the Aussie actor's mug covering nearly half of the poster. Jackman's face also graces the cover of this month's F*** magazine, which ran a feature on the movie.
Based on Richard Matheson's 1956 short story "Steel," the movie follows Charlie Kenton (Jackman), a former professional boxer who is forced to become a promoter when robots take over the sport. Down on his luck, with few options left to him, Charlie sees a chance to turn things around, both career-wise and in his relationship with his estranged son (Dakota Goyo), when the junk-heap robot he has been training actually starts to win some fights. Evangeline Lilly, Kevin Durand, Anthony Mackie, Hope Davis, James Rebhorn and Olga Fonda also star.
watch the new TV spot >> Posted 09.04.11 by BrentJS -
Touchstone Pictures has released a new featurette for director Shawn Levy's (Date Night) upcoming sci-fi sports movie, Real Steel. The movie stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a former professional boxer who is forced to eke out a living as a promoter when robots replace humans in the ring. When Charlie's last robot is trashed in a match, he teams up with his estranged son (Dakota Goyo), who believes Charlie can turn a junked sparring robot into a champion. With commentary from Levy and Jackman, a behind-the-scenes look at boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard's fight choreography, and never-before-seen snippets of robot boxing action, the featurette has everything you need to get ready for the "Main Event."
watch the new featurette >> Posted 08.23.11 by BrentJS -
Apparently, the folks at DreamWorks like what they see of director Shawn Levy's (Date Night) new movie, Real Steel, because the studio is already prepping for a sequel. According to Deadline, John Gatins, who wrote the screenplay for Real Steel from a story by Dan Gilroy and Jeremy Leven, has been hired to begin work on the next installment. This is somewhat unusual considering the first movie won't debut in theaters for another six months and the property is not a known franchise (yet), but Deadline speculates that the decision is based on "strong response to internal screenings" at DreamWorks and because of the reaction the footage received at a screening at the recent CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas.
more about Real Steel >> Posted 04.15.11 by BrentJS -
Two (extremely short) new clips from director Shawn Levy's (Date Night) new sci-fi sports movie, Real Steel, have surfaced online. Though they don't reveal much of anything about the movie, and title star Hugh Jackman is nowhere to be seen, the clips do contain footage not previously seen in the teaser trailer for the movie, giving sci-fi fans a quick glimpse at "Noisy Boy," the underdog boxing robot at the heart of the movie, as he does a little shadow boxing, as well as a few quick shots of some of the other fighting robots, including one that looks eerily similar to a Rock'em Sock'em Robot.
watch the new clips >> Posted 03.16.11 by BrentJS -
The trailer for DreamWorks' Real Steel debuted yesterday, earlier than expected, giving the first glimpse at a story set in a near-future universe where a former boxer (Hugh Jackman) and his estranged son (Dakota Goyo) find a robot in a junk pile and decide to train it to enter the Robot Boxing circuit. While the battling robots are clearly the big draw of Real Steel, director Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum) told Empire that what drew him to the movie was the emotional aspects of the story.
Why no 3-D? >> Posted 12.10.10 by Ryan -
Director Shawn Levy's new movie, Real Steel, just went into production this month and already the first still image has been released online, courtesy of USA Today. The movie takes place in a near-future world in which human fighters have been replaced by robot boxers. The released image depicts "Noisy Boy" and his trainer/promoter (played by Hugh Jackman), an ex-fighter who discovers the robot in a junk pile and decides to take it out on the Robot Boxing circuit.
Real Steel blends cgi and animatronics >> Posted 06.15.10 by BrentJS