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All about Real Steel

By InCinemas / 20 Sep 2011 (Tuesday)

[View interesting clips and details of Real Steel!]
Sometimes, we've got to get real and man up! For a man's got to finish what he has got to do! Remember this phrase from the Real Steel poster (below): "Courage is Stronger than Steel"!

In the upcoming movie REAL STEEL, Hugh Jackson (known for his role as Wolverine in the X-Men franchise) stars as a washed-up fighter, Charlie Kenton, whose career has been taken over by the all-time favourite Robot Boxing. The audience no longer favours human boxing and Charlie makes his living on an underworld robot boxing circuit, operating the metal pugilists that made his human profession obsolete.

As our blog title suggests, you can find all about Real Steel clips and pictures right here at InCinemas! And to add things up, I'm going to include some interesting fun trivia (++) surrounding the film and its creation from DreamWorks Pictures amidst the blog post!

[Real Steel Official Main Event Featurette]

Notice that Real Steel director, Shawn Levy, has mentioned in the featurette that the robots are operated by humans with Robots remote control, control panel or high tech devices. However, as for Atom, its operating system is functioned to mirror what he sees. And with that, it explains the awesome flying punch executed by both Hugh Jackman and his robot at the end of the clip.

If you haven't got to know of this, you might have thought that Hugh Jackson is probably too excited to control himself in the ring. Hahaha.. Watch their finishing move again in the Hit Back trailer below. Note the beat of the music and the sound of the robots' movement. You'll enjoy it.

[Real Steel - Hit Back]

++ The robots each have a distinctive look, personality and color scheme and range in size from 7’6” to 8’5” in height. Based on human form, they each have two legs, two arms, a torso and a head—with the exception of a two-headed bot aptly named "Twin Cities".

++ In addition to their distinctive personas, every robot has a specific sound personality. When a robot lands a punch there's a sound specific to his skeletal material, his mechanisms, his bulk and his mass and there's also an aura sound so that just merely by being turned on every robot has a whir or a whoosh or an engine hum or the sound or a computer.

Get to know more in the short clip where Charlie's Noisy Boy (Robot in Blue) battles against Midas (Yellow Robot) below!

[Real Steel - Noisy Boy vs Midas Clip]

++ Filming the robot boxing scenes was done with both motion-capture technology and practical-built, full-scale robots. The motion-capture elements were performed and shot months earlier on a stage in Los Angeles. Fighters were put in the ring wearing data-capturing jumpsuits and as they fought, their motions were converted into robot avatars in the computer and instantaneously appeared on the monitors on set. Then, during principal photography, the filmmakers lined up their cameras on an empty ring and the motion-capture data streamed through their cameras, allowing them to watch and frame the robot fighting in the ring in real time.

++ In "Real Steel" there is a clear delineation between the two worlds of robot boxing. There is the official league (the WRB); it's corporate sponsored, with big money, sanctioned venues and strict rules. Then there is the underworld, which has unsanctioned venues, with no rules, no restrictions - the robots fight to the death.

Note: Find Real Steel movie poster (featuring Hugh Jackson and Atom) at the bottom of this blog! You may also wish to visit Real Steel Official Website and find some interesting wallpapers available for download.

++ Sugar Ray Leonard was hired by the filmmakers to serve as the film’s boxing consultant and to train Hugh Jackman for his appearance in the ring.

++ "Real Steel" costume designer Marlene Stewart created a wardrobe for Hugh Jackman’s character Charlie that was inspired by looks from the 1960s, drawing from rugged Americana styles. Even his sunglasses are retro.

++ Evangeline Lilly ("Lost"), who plays Bailey, never saw herself making a boxing film, but when she read the heartfelt script she was won over.

++ Toronto-native Dakota Goyo was chosen from thousands of 10-year-old boys who auditioned for the role of Max, Hugh Jackman’s on-screen son, as part of an international casting search.

If you can't get enough of Real Steel, you can also watch its movie trailer below! Hope you've enjoyed finding out about the movie right here at InCinemas. Do join our InCinemas Facebook Page if you haven't! =)

REAL STEEL is rated PG13 (Some Violence) and opens InCinemas 6 October 2011.
Is your Courage stronger than Steel?

[Real Steel Official Movie Trailer]

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