Real Steel is a 2011 American science-fiction sports drama film starring Hugh Jackman and Dakota Goyo and co-produced and directed by Shawn Levy for DreamWorks Pictures. The film is based on the short story "Steel", written by Richard Matheson, which was originally published in the May 1956 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and later adapted into a 1963 Twilight Zone episode. Real Steel was in development for several years before production began on June 24, 2010. Filming took place primarily in the U.S. state of Michigan. Animatronic robots were built for the film, and motion capture technology was used to depict the rodeo brawling of computer-generated robots and animatronics, respectively. Real Steel was released by Touchstone Pictures in Australia on October 6, 2011, and in the United States and Canada on October 7, 2011, grossing nearly $300 million at the box office.
Director | Shawn Levy |
Produced by | Shawn Levy, Susan Montford, Don Murphy |
Screenplay by | John Gatins |
Story by | Dan Gilroy, Jeremy Leven |
Starring | Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Kevin Durand |
Music | Danny Elfman |
Cinematography | Mauro Fiore |
Edited by | Dean Zimmerman |
Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures |
Released | September 06, 2011 (Paris), October 06, 2011 (Australia), October 07, 2011 (United States) |
Running time | 127 minutes |
Country | United States |
Budget | $110 million |
Box office | $299.3 million |
Netflix ID | 70172929 |
About Real Steel
In a not too distant future, a washed-up promoter trains a robot in the top sport of robot boxing.
Achievement of Real Steel
Each of the robots were built in real life and CGI. The film drew inspiration from the boxing film franchise, Rocky.
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Latest information about Real Steel updated on July 28 2021.