First Trailer For REAL STEEL Weighs In

By Neil Upton / June 25, 2011

So, you've already had one robot based movie trailer today with the release of the so called 'announcement piece' for Michael Bay's Transformer sequel. Fancy another? Real Steel is about a near future where human boxing has been outlawed and robots punch each other's cogs out in their place to the screaming delight of the crowd. Hugh Jackman stars as a washed up human boxer turned promoter who bonds with his estranged son (Dakota Goyo) whilst training a robot Rocky. Directed by Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, Date Night) and produced by Steven Spielberg - the film is planned for an October 7, 2011 release and looks like a toy manufacturers dream. The film also stars Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Kevin Durand, Hope Davis, James Rebhorn and Olga Fonda. So has that got your interest? Which 2011 robot rumble (Transformers 3 vs. Real Steel) do you think is a contender, and which one do think is a bum?