From worstpreviews, Today we have the first shots from the upcoming live-action "Real Steel" movie, which began shooting on Monday. The photo features Hugh Jackman (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) standing next to a 8-foot-tall boxing robot during a match. Check it out below.
The robot in the image is a real device, not a digital visual effect. Motion-capture animation is used in the film when the machines are brawling (with boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard working as an adviser on those), but 19 real-life animatronic giants were created for scenes with the human actors.
The story, set in 2020, features Jackman as an out-of-work fighter who bonds with his estranged son when they go to work rescuing a junkyard find named Atom, and grooming it as a potential champion in the World Robot Boxing league.
"Real Steel" is directed by Shawn Levy (Date Night) and is scheduled to hit theaters November 18th, 2011.
