After seeing the unintentionally hilarious first trailer for Real Steel this June, we laughed until we cried cyborg boxer-sized tears inside Movieline HQ. After all, it used every cliché in the book to advertise an earnest drama about a washed-up boxer (Hugh Jackman) who pours all of his lost fighting ambitions into a robot that he coaches Rocky-style towards a futuristic championship. Lucky for us, DreamWorks has released a featurette in which Jackman and director Shawn Levy more effectively pitch their dystopian robo redemption movie. Take a look.
Sugar Ray Leonard's participation in the animatronic fight sequences gives Real Steel some legitimacy, right? Even if Hugh Jackman, robot controller in hand, just ends up looking like some video game-crazed psychopath freaking out after his in-ring surrogate loses a round. Are you sold after seeing this featurette? Half-sold? Quarter-sold? And more importantly, do you think DreamWorks jumped the gun on possibly enlisting a screenwriter for the sequel?
Real Steel, which also stars Evangeline Lilly and Dakota Goyo, is due in theaters October 7.