Friday, October 7, 2011 10:57AM - By Damon Houx
And that’s not a spoiler (or is it?) After a couple of weekends of older pictures, either in days (Dolphin Tale took the #1 slot a week after release) or years (the reissue of The Lion King), the first week of October promises to deliver new movies can top the box office. Shawn Levy‘s Real Steel is a genuine crowd pleaser, while George Clooney‘s The Ides of March is a smart political thriller. Both use star power (Hugh Jackman, Ryan Gosling) to their advantage. But both also have strikes against them.
Continue Reading
Thursday, October 6, 2011 2:00PM - By Damon Houx
When it comes to embracing a movie as superficially stupid as Shawn Levy‘s Real Steel, liking to loving it is almost like going through the stages of grief. Watching talented performers like Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, and newcomer Dakota Goyo make you invest in the tale of a boy and his robot boxer does lead to denial (“wait, how can I like a Shawn Levy Movie about boxing robots?”), anger (“This movie is manipulative!”, bargaining (“it works in spite of itself”), depression (“maybe it’s just the state of the industry, that the bell curve has been so lowered that Shawn Levy makes better movies than most now.”) and acceptance. Real Steel works, and it works the audience over in a crowd-pleasing way.
Continue Reading
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 1:00PM - By Damon Houx
Hugh Jackman was – at first – the replacement Wolverine. Stepping in for the contractually tied-up Dougray Scott, Jackman got the key role in the X-Men franchise that would come to define his career. Now with Real Steel, Jackman’s star-charisma is being used outside of Wolverine for a feel-good robot-boxing movie, that is an against-the-odds winner of a movie. Jackman has a repuation of being a class act, and he couldn’t have been more gracious in our interview, as he talked about the film, his continuing role in the X-Men franchise, and more. Check it out…
Continue Reading
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 3:00PM - By Damon Houx
Shawn Levy has made a number of commercial successful films, all leading to this point in his career. He’s taken the seemingly ridiculous idea of robots fighting each other, and turned it into a rousing, Rocky-fied night at the movies, and uses Hugh Jackman‘s star power at its highest wattage. Levy sees this movie as a turning point in his career, and he talks about the advice given to him by Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis in our interview. Check it out…
Continue Reading
Thursday, April 14, 2011 1:09PM - By Damon Houx
Real Steel, the Shawn Levy-directed, Hugh Jackman-starring, Robots-fighting movie comes out October 7, and is still deep in post-production. But DreamWorks executives are so thrilled with what they think they have they’ve hired the original writer – John Gatins – to start work on a second, according to Deadline Hollywood. they are also already contacting (according to this report) the main cast and crew for their possible return.
Continue Reading
Monday, February 7, 2011 10:46AM - By Krystal Clark
Are you ready to go on a Fantastic Voyage? Apparently Shawn Levy is because according to Deadline, he’ll helm the 20th Century Fox and James Cameron produced epic of the same name. The last time we heard anything about the project was last March when Paul Greengrass was in talks to direct, which is no longer the case.
Continue Reading
Thursday, December 9, 2010 4:14PM - By Krystal Clark
Earlier today the first trailer for Shawn Levy’s latest film Real Steel was released. It was surprisingly better that what we expected and gave us an idea of what the Transformers would look like if you stuck them into a boxing ring. DreamWorks has just released four new images from the film, some of which were taken directly from the trailer. Take a look…
Continue Reading
Thursday, December 9, 2010 10:42AM - By Krystal Clark
The first trailer for Shawn Levy’s latest film Real Steel has been released. It stars Hugh Jackman and centers on giant boxing robots. With a combination like that, what else is there to know? The trailer is a lot better than we thought it would be and the character Jackman plays kind of reminds us of his role in Swordfish, but without the earring. Check out the trailer…
Continue Reading
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 6:14PM - By Krystal Clark
If you’re a fan of the Spike TV series “Deadliest Warrior” we’ve got some good news for you. According to a press release sent out by Paramount Pictures, the show is headed to the big screen and it will be courtesy of director Shawn Levy and his production company, 21 Laps Entertainment. Yes, this is the most random, out of left field news we’ve heard in a long time, but here it goes…
Continue Reading
