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UPFRONTS 2013: The Overachievers
Here’s the new trailer for DreamWorks Pictures’ sci-fi actioner Real Steel, based on Richard Matheson’s short story. The robot-boxing tale is directed by Shawn Levy and stars Hugh Jackman and is set for an Oct. 7 release via Disney.
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this looks god awful. does hugh jackman yell through the entire movie? how does shawn levy continue to get work?
Looks good.
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CHEESE!
So…what? Dreamworks couldn’t get the rights to Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots, so they just took the pitch and made the movie anyway? Classy. I’ll be watching for the lawsuit.
Spielberg’s behind this one… remember he settled a copyright lawsuit over stealing the ideas behind Twister too.
It’s based on a Twilight Zone episode. Not an original pitch. MATHESON short story.
This still….looks bad and I cant believe their already writing a sequel for this. Stupid Disney! hopefully Pirates 4 fails so they end that series too.
The pitch would have been a SNL sketch: “Gentlemen, three words: Rocky with robots.”
Amen to that. I fail to see how robots add up anything save special exffects in the story that was told 100000000000+ times. Jackman becomes a better man and wins back his son and wife thanks to the underdog fighter. With robots. Lol.
I don’t know if Hugh will end up saving them. I believed him when he said, “I can’t, I can’t.”
Not only that- it’s ROCKY by someone who has likely never seen the first ROCKY.
Umm…RobotJox (stuart gordon)…and Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots…Karate kid for robots????
Transformers meets Rock ‘em-Sock ‘em Robots? Someone should knock their block(s) off. Hopefully the film will be better paced than the trailer … That 2:33 felt more like 10 minutes.
I know, that had to be the slowest, time-sucking trailer I’ve seen in ages, not a good sign for an actioner heavy on cgi. I kept waiting for the robot to turn out to be fully sentient thereby ripping off I, Robot as well, but seeing as it’s a boxing pic, the whole sentience thing is sort of moot.
Honestly I’m torn on this one. The cheese factor is beyond measure but cheese can be really enjoyable sometimes. The whole robot/boxing thing can either have a “cool” aspect to it for the special f/x parts or the “who greenlit this crap?” awfulness.
I have to say that Levy as a director is a huge red flag for me as is the October release date because if this were any good I think they would’ve pushed for a summer release.
With Wolverine 2 nowhere in sight I’m hoping Jackman can recover from this quickly or it at least turns out to be a so bad it’s good flick.
Why would they open a start-up robot franchise with no following against TF3, which also opens this summer?
The summer of Spielberg!
But this is such a rip off.
Wow. The trailer proudly announces its October release date. Yep, badge of pride, a fall release.
I think studios are just terrified of opening anything original in the summer season.
And yes, I just called this movie “original.” Erm. You know what I mean.
After Lost began, I thought Evangeline Lilly had a promising career ahead of her but she has barely done anything in the last seven years.
I hope she does more mainstream films from now on. She is an underrated actress and should have joined the A-list years ago.
She was the weakest link on Lost, Kate should have been killed off long time ago since fans hated her and EL is careerwise exactly where she belongs – playing a thankless ex-wife role in the movie which is all about HJ, his relationship with his son and giant robots fighting.
She was a weak link on Lost because of the character, not the actress. I’d happily see her in other stuff.
It’s Over The Top for a whole new generation. We don’t need Stallone and arm wrestling. We’ve got Hugh Jackman and robots!
So god awefully full up epic fail, it staggers the mind.
i liked this the first time i saw it…
when it was called Robot Jox
and the second time…
when it was called Arena
Seriously, modern hollywood has co-opted the direct-to-vhs low-budget sci fi / full moon entertainment schlock niche of the early 90s.
and of course everyone is going to be confused when it bombs.
I am by no means suggesting this is gonna take a run at Best Picture, but does it REALLY look that awful? Really?
Sometimes I wonder if the posters around here saw THE BICYCLE THIEF in film history then never saw another movie again.
This is Hollywood in 2011 — most of what we’re churning out is crap and any original voice is usually silenced if there is no underlying material with a huge fanbase associated with it.
Again, NOT defending this title. Just a little tired of the hate when we all know what business we’re in.
Well said.
Why are we in this business– to make soulless, developed-by-hackneyed-committee crap? Commercial films can be well-crafted, original stories. No one’s saying a summer tentpole needs to be Bicycle Thief.
Studios need to stand up and say these ideas are STUPID and should not be made. Studios need to stop making risk-averse, fear-based decisions. The people working at studios need to have the reading comprehension and talent to spot talent, spot good scripts, and then have the restraint to leave them alone and just make them– as opposed to giving notes that adulterate and homogenize the material, just so they feel like they are essential to the process.
If “Rocky With Robots” or “Viewmaster: The Movie” or “Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” or Reboot/Ripoff X don’t turn your soul, then the system has beaten you.
Agreed…this will make money by the bucket loads. I’m guessing that the people who post here aren’t the target audience and there will be millions of kids who will watch this and lots of parents who will have to take their kids to the movies too.
I know that it’s only a “Trailer”, but OMG… I can’t imagine learning my “how to try harder” and “never give up” lessons from a Junk Yard Robot that was dug-up after a “life” filled with hard labor that was beneath his/it’s intellect and capabilities.
Seriously?
A Robot that ‘comes of age’ and ‘beats the odds’? Somebody PLEASE call me, because if THIS is the “bar” for getting movies made, I REALLY have some excellent ideas that will blow your mind!!!
I have to go now… the Tin Man that I’ve constructed to clean my kitchen needs oil.
@IndyActor
Looks terrible…
Haters! I think kids are gonna eat this up. Not every film is made for you snobby bastards.
Agreed. But it’s worth noting that as kid-friendly as this may seem, releasing it in October doesn’t seem as intuitive or lucrative.
The first trailer for Real Steel had me cringing, but now I can see the Spielberg elements and it’ll make the redbox cut. Super 8, however, is an opening nighter.
I’m shooting myself in the head… or at very least re-evaluating my ambitions in the industry if this thing turns out to be a hit. It looks incredibly bad.
Since they show the entire plot in the preview, there’s not much point in going to see it, is there?
Man, I hope Evangeline Lily gets naked.
I would see this movie if that was the case!
Couldn’t even get past the minute mark in the trailer.
So cheesy – still I can’t wondering if they’re going to keep the original Twilight Zone ending.
I would very much like to see Hugh Jackman become the biggest thing since sliced bread. I don’t know the man personally, but I’ve heard from insiders that he’s every bit as nice and as “down to earth” as his public persona would seem to suggest.
I think he’s a rare and wonderfully impressive talent. For this reason, it breaks my heart to see him throwing himself away on one trashy project after another. Why, oh why does he persist in making “product” aimed at teenage boys? Does he need the money? Is he trying to build credibility in the marketplace so that he’ll be able to secure resources for quality projects? Are first rate screenplays not making their way to him? I really cannot fathom it, but one tends to assume that he’s getting terrible advice from his reps. This kind of junk (along with Wolverine) is so far beneath him that it’s not even funny.
Judge a whole movie (not yet released) from a very short trailer is like judging a book by its cover, not very smart. Insiders who have seen Real Steel’s preview are excited, Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis (RS producers) are already planning the sequel. Nobody in Hollywood bets millions of dollars on ‘nags’, especially people like these, they knows very well their job, claim to know more than them is just presumption.
I’m not judging it by its trailer. I’m judging it by its premise. And I’m lamenting the comicbookization of Hollywood.