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Edgar Wright plans to direct an action film for Marvel Studios with some humorous elements, insisting that Ant-Man will not be a spoof. The script has been written by Wright and Joe Cornish, who plan to include Henry Pym and Scott Lang as major characters, with Pym as Ant-Man in the 1960s in Tales to Astonish style, and a flashforward to Lang as Ant-Man's successor in modern day. The film will take place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies (French Trailer)

Pandora — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:58:55 +0000

The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies starring Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Ian McKellen

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Matt Rodriguez — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 19:19:33 +0000

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Real Steel

Matt Rodriguez — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:25:24 +0000

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Much of the robot boxing fights were motion-captured using professional boxers, supervised by Sugar Ray Leonard.

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The year is 2020 and human boxing has been outlawed. That hasn’t stopped people from building robots to do their bidding, however. Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman), a retired boxer, now trains robots to fight in the ring. Only thing is, he’s not that good at it. Things get even worse when his son Max (Dakota Goyo) comes to live with him after his mother passes away. That all changes when Max finds an old G2 sparring robot named Atom, a robot no one believes it worth anything. Together, the father and son duo take Atom all the way to the World Robot Boxing Championship, but can an old piece of junk really battle against a top notch state-of-the-art fighting machine?

Based on the classic Twilight Zone episode, Real Steel is a story about redemption and rising up against the odds. Nobody believes in Charlie, just as nobody believes that an old G2 model can do any damage against the latest machines such as the all time champion Zeus.

These aren’t your typical battling robots we see on TV today with rotating buzz saws and other instruments of destruction attached to metal bases. No, these robots look like they were taken directly from a Michael Bay movie. These hulking masses of metal and oil are perfect for bashing each other to pieces. The visuals themselves are rather fantastic and believable. Every little detail and movement can be seen from in the ring. For characters like Atom and Zeus, the robots even have personality and life, despite not having a voice. In this aspect, Real Steel succeeds wonderfully.

I applaud the young Dakota Goyo as well. Whether he’s teaching Atom to mimic his dance moves or facing Wolverine himself in a head-on yelling match, the kid stands tall on his own and leaves a lasting impression. There’s also Lost’s Evangeline Lilly who plays Bailey, the love interest of Jackman and somewhat of a mother figure to Goyo. Running her father’s old boxing gym, she’s seen her fair share of bouts, including Charlie’s. While Charlie and Max are off trying to live the dream of fighting in the WRB, it’s Bailey who keeps the film grounded.

What are somewhat disappointing are how it lacks with the overall message of the film and how much it falters from its original source. We don’t see Charlie ever entering the ring disguised as a robot. Instead the film opts to use a ‘shadow mode’ where Atom mimics what it sees Charlie doing. As a result, the essence of the original is a bit lost as the key human element tossed into a mechanical world is missing. Sure, there’s the great bond between father and son, but it still feels like this is a technology ruled world and humans are just along for the ride.

In the end, Real Steel is all about the robot boxing, and it successfully delivers a one two punch. It’s no knockout, though, and fans of the original may be a bit disappointed in the direction the film has taken. Still, you can’t help but get caught up in watching robots clash against one another in the right.

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Peter Oberth — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:03:53 +0000

A retired pugilist transitions to the business side of the ropes after human boxers are replaced by robotic ones in director Shawn Levy's feature-length adaptation of the Twilight Zone episode "Steel." Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) was fighting for the title when the sport of boxing was changed forever. Now, instead of humans duking it out for the masses, huge, powerful steel robots trade blows in the ring. As a result, former gladiator Charlie has been forced into the role of two-bit promoter, piecing together cut-rate fighting bots from scrap metal as he makes the rounds on the underground boxing circuit. Just when it seems that Charlie has sunken to the nadir of his career, his estranged son, Max (Dakota Goyo), offers him the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at a comeback by constructing and training a true champion. Now the stakes are higher than ever before, and Charlie is fully prepared to coach his robot to victory so that he can finally leave an indelible mark on the sport he once dedicated his life to.

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Real Steel: Hit Back CLIP

Pandora — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:48:32 +0000

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Real Steel: Main Event FEATURETTE

Pandora — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:33:52 +0000

"Real Steel” is an action drama about a former boxer (Hugh Jackman) who, against all odds, gets one last shot at a comeback when he teams up with his estranged son (Dakota Goyo) to build and train the perfect contender for the new high-tech sport of robot boxing.

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Evangeline Lilly Joins The Hobbit

Peter Oberth — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:57:05 +0000

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

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While Peter Jackson and the rest of the Hobbit team have now completed their first block of shooting on the two movies that comprise the adventure, it appears there’s still some room for news, as Jackson hit Facebook today to announce that Lost’s Evangeline Lilly and, even more intriguingly, Barry Humphries, are joining the cast.

Lilly, still best known for her work as Kate on the island-set mystery/sci-fi series (though she'll be seen in the upcoming Real Steel), has signed on to play a new character that Jackson describes in his latest posting thusly: “the Woodland Elf, Tauriel. Her name means 'daughter of Mirkwood' and, beyond that, we must leave you guessing! (No, there is no romantic connection to Legolas.)"

Humphries, meanwhile, is the man behind Aussie comedy character Dame Edna Everage. But Edna, possibly the world’s most famous housewife, will not be showing up in Middle-earth. Instead, Humphries is on to play the Goblin King, utilising Gollum-style performance capture.

Between these two and the recent casting of Luke Evans and Benedict Cumberbatch, Jackson reports that he’s filled pretty much all the major roles on the film. Now we just want to see footage…

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will amble into cinemas on December 14 next year, followed by The Hobbit: There and Back Again in 2013.

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