
And it's agents one after another saying, 'My writer is dying to write it. "The day that story broke, we shifted into what we call the incoming call business, which is the business of you're sitting back and your phone's ringing and it's just incoming calls. Shawn Levy Has His Eyes on a Disney+ SeriesĬollider's own Steve Weintraub got some exciting updates during an interview with Shawn Levy in February of 2022, when the director mentioned the love the fans still have for a film that's over a decade old. The ongoing search for a script that met the criteria that he and Jackman were striving for was clearly elusive, assuming the hunt for it was still on at all. Nothing confirmed, nothing rumored, just nothing.

I know the clock is ticking.” Then, radio silence. We've come up with some great scripts but Hugh and I would only make it if the plot feels fresh, but also the character journeys feel fresh, and we've found both but never at the same time.


"We have been quietly developing a sequel to Real Steel for three and a half years. At the Toronto International Film Festival that year, Levy got a bit more specific as to where the sequel was at. By 2014, there was still no sequel, although the director did say that it was still being developed. Plans for it popped up almost immediately, with director Levy speaking directly to DreamWorks Co-Chariman/CEO Stacey Snider on a regular basis in 2011. It was the perfect setup for a sequel, with Atom's future in World Robot Boxing seemingly cemented. Max convinces Charlie to use Atom in his next fight, which Atom wins. Max, a robot-boxing and tech wunderkind, comes across a disheveled sparring robot Atom as he scavenges for parts. He and Max take Noisy Boy to an underground boxing arena, where Noisy Boy is defeated. Charlie takes Max to the gym owned by his old boxing coach's daughter, Bailey ( Evangeline Lilly), and uses the advance to buy Noisy Boy, a once-famed robot boxer. They agree on the condition that Charlie keep Max with him for three months as they go away. At the hearing, Max's aunt and her husband seek full custody of Max, which Charlie will happily agree to for $100,000, with $50,000 paid in advance. Soon after, Charlie learns his ex-girlfriend has died, and there is a hearing to decide the fate of Max ( Dakota Goyo), their son. Bad call, as Ambush gets destroyed by the beast, prompting Charlie to flee.

The film opens at a carnival, where Charlie bets money on Ambush beating a bull. Charlie Kenton (Jackman), a former boxer himself, travels with his robot Ambush taking on competitors for prize money. The original film begins in the future, 2020, when human boxers have been replaced by robots.
