"Real Steel" NOT Headed for 3D!
Thu, April 8, 2010 With the 3D craze nearing out-of-control proportions these days, I thought it was worth nothing that at least one big-budget movie (featuring robots, no less) will not be headed to an overpriced 3D screen near you.
The movie is Dreamworks' Real Steel, which is scheduled to start filming in June, and directed by Night at the Museum's Shawn Levy. It's based on a Richard Matheson short story - which was also adapted as a Twilight Zone episode - and takes place in a future where human boxers have been replaced by robots. Hugh Jackman plays an ex-boxer who finds some luck promoting an unlikely robotic boxing champ while bonding with the 13-year-old son (Dakota Goyo) he didn't know he had.
Speaking with MTV Movies Blog while out promoting his new comedy Date Night, Levy describes the film as "part sports movie, part relationship drama, part action flick."
"It's a weird amalgam," Levy says. "What it's not is 'Transformers' or 'Terminator.' There's definitely shades of that 'Rocky' paradigm. There's shades of 'Paper Moon,' in that it is a father-child road movie. And it's really kind of a redemption movie. It's got some humor, but it's definitely not a comedy. It's got a lot of action, really kind of muscular action, and a lot of... heart."
But no 3D. Partly because several other 3D films will be released at the same time, but mostly because Levy wants the the film to focus on the father-son relationship, and having the 3D effects wil just relegate it to "that robot boxing movie.
Which it will probably be called anyway, but it's nice to hear anyone saying they want to concentrate on story and character rather than obsess over 3D.
Meanwhile, Real Steel's star, Hugh Jackman, was also asked the dreaded 3D question on the red carpet at the New York premiere of Date Night, this time in regards to Wolverine 2. While he praised Christopher McQuarrie's script, calling it "the best one we've had," and did confirm that at least part of the movie will be filmed in Japan, there's no word on whether or not the sequel will be in 3D. And I hope it won't be. It really doesn't need it.
Real Steel is set to hit theaters on November 18, 2011.
Reader Comments (2)
This is great! I could care less for the robot boxing, but the fact that were getting atleast one movie thats not being released in 3D is amazing. Also nice article, I might actually give this movie a chance.
Hugh Jackman is everywhere lately, he's got balls on his face in one movie and hes hanging out with boxing robots in another...wheres wolverine 2?