Director Shawn Levy has revealed that work on a sequel to 2011’s REAL STEEL has begun in secret. REAL STEEL starred Hugh Jackman as a washed-up boxer who spends his summer with his estranged son building a battle bot called Atom to compete in a robot boxing tournament. Whilst promoting new movie THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU, the director shared that he and his leading man Jackman have been trying to create an idea for a second film:
“We have been quietly developing a sequel to REAL STEEL for three and a half years. We’ve come up with some great scripts but Hugh and I would only make it if the plot feels fresh, but also the character journeys feel fresh, and we’ve found both but never at the same time. It’s ongoing. I know the clock is ticking. That movie, weirdly, for a movie that did very well globally–it did okay domestically–but the love for ‘REAL STEEL remains kind of unique as far as rabid fans who ask me all the time for another one. Hugh and I love that movie so if we can crack it, we’ll make it, but I have this sense that we better make that happen soon or frankly, the audience may not be there in the same way. So we shall see.”
The first film was based on a novel by author Richard Matheson and was surprisingly charming, a proper father and son movie that had real heart at its core. It was nominated for an Academy Award for its stunning visual effects but unfortunately lost out to Martin Scorsese’s HUGO.
Source: Coming Soon
