11.12.09 MORE INFO ON THE HUGH JACKMAN ROBOT BOXING MOVIE
When we first heard Night at the Museum’s Shawn Levy was directing a movie about robot boxers starring Hugh Jackman (and this before we saw the trailer for Levy’s latest, Date Night), this quote left us with little doubt it’d be a total train wreck:
“In a movie filled with these mechanical warriors, at its core ‘Real Steel’ is an incredibly human story.”
I don’t trust anyone who’d have the balls to say something that lame out loud. Anyway, Levy recently had a chance to discuss the project and say more stupid things with SciFiWire:
“It’s faithful to the [Richard Matheson] story in that that it was very much about a down-on-his-luck, slightly desperate journeyman who works in this robot boxing sport and who is desperately needing redemption and one last shot. The movie is more Rocky than Transformers.”
Uh, sweet?
Levy has not cast the main character’s son yet but has a good idea about the robots. “They are most definitely not Transformers, not Terminators, definitely not WALL-Es, either,” Levy said. “Unlike a lot of these others, these are human-built, human-scale fighting machines. “
You mean like… Terminators?
“They are built for human spectacle. People in this movie have gotten bored with human carnage and human violence. So in the quest for more, more, more, this sport has evolved to this.”
“When I sat down with [Producer] Steven [Spielberg], I had a very, very specific vision of this movie, one that really puts the emphasis on the story and the sports-movie aspect as much as on the machinery,” Levy said. “Real Steel is my first non-comedy.”
“Real Steel is my first non- comedy.” Fixed! I mean come on, if Real Steel has any appeal beyond something dumb we can make fun of, they’d have to consider that a reel steal. (*bike horn*)
[via /Film]
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There are 38 comments about:
MORE INFO ON THE HUGH JACKMAN ROBOT BOXING MOVIE
My name is Gato, I have metal joints, beat me up and earn 15 silver points.
/\ /\ /\ Time to separate the REAL nerds from the wannabes!
So this is the stupid game to movie version of Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots?
Needs more robot donkey punching!
Fek – Chrono Trigger. I’m just getting all your references today.
Geez DNA, you silly blogger you. [pushes nerd glasses up nose] The terminators were built by Skynet, not humans. Therefore they are nothing alike. [crosses arms, glares condescendingly]
Vince – Terminators are built for killing, not fighting. Or did your terminator bring a butterfly to a butterfly knife fight?*
*http://www.busey101.com
Qaplah, Mac! You win the nerd prize…GARBAGE PAIL KIDS CARDS
that are duplicates from His collection and He doesn’t need anyway!!!Terminators are also cyborgs, not robots.
Hey Fek, TK-421 was one of the troopers on the DS that Han and Luke jumped to steal their gear, and 3263827 was the compactor number.
[had Star Wars Trivial Pursuit when younger]
Humans built Skynet, Skynet built Terminators. Transitive property.
Wait, wait, wait… Night at the Museum was a comedy? I thought it was an abortion.
Nice try, but no.
Also, humans built Arnold in Terminator 2, didn’t they? Or at least reprogrammed him.
I say it counts. Mark it 8, dude.
Wasn’t this a TV show called Robot Wars?
Hypo Disk was the shit, yo!
Humans reprogrammed Arnold. More of a software thing than a killing machine thing. Also I’d like to point out that the first Terminators actually looked a lot like Wall-E. Personally I think that’s how they take over, not this “internet virus” business.
And while I’m nerding out, the humans reprogrammed their terminators BADLY. If a concussion can cause your pet cyborg to reboot and shiv you, you have failed as a hacker.
Well if you really want to think on it, the terminators that were sent back in time existed before humans built Skynet, or Skynet built them. Therefore in a paradoxical conundrum they were built by neither.
[puts cat in box with hammer and vial of poison]
Crap, oh yeah? What date did Frodo wake up in Rivendell after being stabbed with the Morgul blade?
(I got this right on the real FOR THE WIN on Lord of the Rings Trivial Pursuit…it was the only time I played because all of my friends and family refused to play with me again after that. BTW, it was ME against EVERYONE ELSE.)
I also once solved a final puzzle on Wheel of Fortune before they put up RSTLNE! (Madagascar)
I know, I am pretty fucking amazing. I BET I GET LAID TONIGHT!
October the 28th
BONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FAIL!
damn. off by 4.
*duct tapes a steak knife to the claw-end of his Armitron®, looks for (4) D batteries and his camcorder*
ACTION!
Hey, you don’t fucking win LOTR Trivial Pursuit by being “off by 4″!!!
Amonthorso after Amon Sul?
Oct 21st
Is it weird that I know what Amon Sul is, but not Amonthorso?
Still, nice wordplay.
BONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FAIL!!!!!!!! SQUARED!!!!!!!!!!!
I heard in Japan they are making robots with boxes.
Good news guys, the sky fireball is almost asleep for the night, so you can all come upstairs for meatloaf.
Who gave inkyPee the shrooms?
24th? He got there on the 20th…
Break up!
C-3PO’s finishing move is the donut punch.
Oh you’ll have your robot boxing movie. Shawn Levy will make you beg for it… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBnmD9-FnZ4 Canada’s greatest thesbian. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFLkB-mLun0
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