Real Steel to get a Sequel

[Jenna]

DreamWorks has hired its Real Steel screenwriter Josh Gatins to pen a sequel to the upcoming Hugh Jackman blockbuster.

The sci-fi action movie has reportedly been met enthusiastically at internal DreamWorks screenings, prompting the studio to bring in Gatins to start early development work on the sequel.

Real Steel stars Jackman as a boxer who is made obsolete when human fighters are replaced by robots. Teaming up with his 13-year-old son (Dakota Goyo), he builds a machine to compete for the championship.

Lost actress Evangeline Lilly, Kevin Durand, Hope Davis and Anthony Mackie also star in Real Steel for director Shawn Levy (Date Night).

Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg are serving as executive producers on the film, while boxing icon Sugar Ray Leonard acted as a fight advisor.

Real Steel opens in UK and US cinemas on October 7.

http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a314786/hugh-jackmans-real-steel-to-get-sequel.html

The producers must have high hopes for it if a sequel is already in the works before the first movie has even hit theaters.

If Evi's character is as important as she is supposed to be, I have high hopes Evi will be in the sequel.

[sharon_b Profile]

thats great news i hope Evi is in the sequel too.

[Jenna]

thats great news i hope Evi is in the sequel too.

If she is not, I have a feeling the sequel will be terrible

[Jenna]

Here is the IMDB page for Real Steel 2: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1896804/

None of the cast is listed yet.

[sharon_b Profile]

Here is the IMDB page for Real Steel 2: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1896804/

None of the cast is listed yet.

ha that was quick!..the first one isn't even out yet and the script for the 2nd hasn't even been written!.

[Jenna]

Since Evi has just signed up for another movie, I am more confident that she will want to reprise her role for the Real Steel sequel. I was thinking she might decline because she wanted to take a couple years off after having her baby or to try to have another baby. But it looks like she has found a good balance between her job and motherhood.

It's probably better this way, anyway. Because if she is completely MIA for a couple years, she might have a hard time starting her acting career up again.

[sharon_b Profile]

That all depend if her character is in the sequel in the first place which all depends on what happens to her character in the first movie..we will just have to wait and see.

[tatibsblp]

her character was re writer from the original version, all depends if this sequel has her character as well.

[Jenna]

What I meant to say is that I don't think we have to worry about Evi turning down a role for the sequel if it is offered too her. Yes, it's true that the way the story goes her character may not be around for the 2nd film, but if she is, it would suck if Evi turned the role down and they had to replace her role with a another actress or introduce another character as Hugh's love interest.

I really don't see this as being the type of movie though that the main character's gf is going to get killed off. From what I've gathered from the movie so far, it seems to be about Hugh's character, the son, and Evi's character coming together and becoming a family. But that's just my prediction.

[tatibsblp]

Oh yeah if the sequel continue with Bailey/Charlie/Max I'm pretty sure she will take it.
sort of like Transformers.

[sharon_b Profile]

Shawn Levy indicates that Evi may have already signed on for Real Steel sequel .

There is a section just after the red section which is a major spoiler to the the first movie, the text is currently white so you can't read it but if you want to just highlight it.

Shawn Levy Confirms He’ll Direct ‘Real Steel 2,’ But Will Have To Wait For Busy Hugh Jackman

Casting Will Decide Whether The Director Shoots ‘Fantastic Voyage’ Or ‘Frankenstein’ Next Spring


Exclusive: Director Shawn Levy is still two weeks away from the release of his robot boxing movie, “Real Steel,” but development work has already begun on a sequel. It’s a show of faith from DreamWorks and producer Steven Spielberg.

“Yes, well, the studio’s faith is very strong,” Levy told The Playlist during a recent interview in Los Angeles. “Even ‘Night at the Museum’ didn’t test like this. People were cheering in a movie theater. The last time I remember that happening was in ‘Rocky III’ with Clubber Lang or even against Drago in ‘Rocky IV.’ So we got that kind of visceral reaction from audiences and the studio not only took the bullish move of developing a sequel and asking me to sign on but then also didn’t deny it when it leaked in the press. That was a show of confidence that hopefully we will reward.”

Levy also confirmed to Playlist that he is signed on to direct the sequel and that the principal cast members will reprise their roles. “I will produce and direct again, yeah. Hugh’s definitely in and, certainly,I can’t give away too much, but Dakota [Goyo], Evangeline [Lilly] and Hugh [Jackman] are all a big part of the sequel. It is the same characters, the next chapter. It delves into the fallout of the new fame and money that the Kentons are going to have as a result of Zeus-Atom fight. It also delves into something I thought was a cool aspect of the movie that I didn’t have time to get into, which is the class warfare between the underground unsanctioned world of robot boxing and the monetized corporately funded league. The truth is, it’s not unlike the way boxing saw its popularity contested with the rise of a more violent, less rule-bound MMA.”


We asked Levy how quickly the studio would green light the sequel and whether it could jump ahead of previously announced projects “Frankenstein” and “Fantastic Voyage.” “I don’t think it can,” admits Levy. “I think ‘Real Steel’ will open strong, but I think it’s going to run stronger. There’s only so much you can tell about this movie in a commercial. The movie reveals itself as a whole. So, in the same way that ‘Date Night’ and ‘Night at the Museum’ did not open massive, it will be the legs. I’ve been lucky with the legs in my movies and I think ‘Real Steel’ can have that. So it wouldn’t be the Monday after opening weekend. It’s gonna be a month. It will be November before we know. But Hugh is on ‘Les Miserables’ at least into early summer and quite possibly right into ‘Wolvy’ after that. I need to wait and see what shakes out with Hugh’s schedule and mine. But we are both committed to the sequel if this movie is a hit.”

The rumored budget for the first movie was only $80 million, a surprisingly low number for this level of scope and visual effects. Levy expects that budget to rise for part two. “Generally that holds true,” Levy laughs. “I’m not complaining. I had enough this time, but I want to blow things out. The robot design in the sequel are less anthropomorphic and a little more trippy.”...

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/ ... m=twitter#

[carolilly]

Thanks for hiding the spoiler, Sharon.
It's so awesome she'll be on the sequel

[sharon_b Profile]

Don't get too excited about a sequel just yet the first one has to be a success and by the looks of things that is going to be very hard because although its getting some really great reviews alot of people are too embarrassed to want to see this in the theatre. So it may not make as much money as the movie studio thinks.

Personally I would liked it if the director waited until the movie was out before he announced his thoughts on a sequel because if this movie doesn't do well as expected it is going to make everyone involved in the movie look stupid (including Evi) for jumping the gun on doing a sequel .

[tatibsblp]

yeah one step at the time, usually sequels aren't that great. so they have to be careful and do it right

[Jenna]

Great to hear that Shawn Levy has plans for Evi to be in the sequel. Evi is busy with the hobbit now anyway... so its good that it will be a while.