Real Steel is Hugh Jackman’s new movie for director Shawn Levy, whose past credits include Date Night, Night at the Museum (and its sequel), The Pink Panther, Cheaper by the Dozen and Just Married. (I’m tempted to stop right here. This guy is laughing all the way to the bank.) It won’t be playing the Toronto Film Festival. (Yes, I meant that just how it sounds) but Dreamworks has released this new featurette for the movie which gives you a little idea of what you can expect.  It gives you an idea of how they were able to make the robots look so ‘life-like’ (although without Andy Serkis, you might as well hang up your motion-capture suit. Accept no substitutes) as you’ll see in the featurette, using boxing legend, Sugar Ray Leonard as their technical advisor.

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Okay, I finally get this. It’s kind of like that game my brother used to play, “Rock ‘Em Sock’Em Robots”, crossed with Rocky and every under-dog movie you’ve ever seen or heard of in your entire life. I’m betting there is at least one inspirational speech that Hugh has to deliver with a straight face. *sigh* The movie does have a great cast including Kevin Durand (Robin Hood), Evangeline Lilly (“Lost”), Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker), and Hope Davis (whose credits read more like the program for Sundance or the Independent Sprirt Awards. Apparently everyone has mortgage payments).

Real Steel will open in the US on October 7 in the US and 14 October in the UK.  imdbpro already has a listing for Real Steel 2 with a release date of 2014. You have been warned.