In case you’ve missed our coverage of Hugh Jackman’s latest film, Real Steel, you can click here to catch up on everything and get up to speed.
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Opening in IMAX theatres ahead of its wide release in the States earlier this week, the first 100 people at the 12:01am first screening at participating theatres were lucky enough to be given an awesome limited edition poster for the film, absolutely free, Collider report. Definitely a nice little bonus for making the effort to go late at night to the film’s opening.
The film sees Jackman taking the lead with Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum) on directing duties, and Evangeline Lilly (TV’s Lost), Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker), Dakota Goyo (Thor), and Kevin Durand (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) all co-star from a script written by John Gatins (Coach Carter).
“A gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near-future where the sport of boxing has gone high-tech, “Real Steel” stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max (Dakota Goyo) to build and train a championship contender. As the stakes in the brutal, no-holds-barred arena are raised, Charlie and Max, against all odds, get one last shot at a comeback.”
Real Steel will be released here in the UK on 14th October, and is certainly something to look forward to if you’re a fan of action and ridiculously cool special effects. There’s already been talk of a sequel if the film does well at the box office, so we may well have more Steel to look forward to in years to come. Without further ado, here’s the fantastic IMAX-exclusive poster for the film, followed by two close-ups of the top and bottom halves.
