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Who’s going to win? Boxing Robots or Dancing Mumble? DreamWorks Pictures and Disney’s Touchstone Pictures have scheduled November 18, 2011 as the release date for REAL STEEL directed by Shawn Levy, it will go up against George Miller’s WB animated sequel, HAPPY FEET 2…

Hugh Jackman would star in REAL STEEL, an action/drama/sci-fi to be directed by Shawn Levy (Night At The Museum), the story is set “in a near future where human boxing has been outlawed, and heavy, humanoid robots slug it out in the ring instead. Into this world step a father and his estranged teenage son, who train an extraordinary fighter.”
Jackman will play an ex-fighter who becomes a promoter in a world where the new gladiators are 2000-pound robots with human qualities. His hopes for glory in Robot Boxing is hampered by his access to sub-standard robot parts, until he discovers a discarded robot that always seems to win, at the same time, we’re also treated with emotional story of him finding out that he’s actually the father of a 13-year old son, and they bond as the robot brawls its way toward the top
REAL STEEL is scheduled to open in 2011

The premise is based on a short story by Richard Matheson that was adapted into an original Twilight Zone episode titled STEEL that starred Lee Marvin.