Tuesday, August 23, 2011

'Real Steel' Robots Were Trained By Sugar Ray Leonard

"Real Steel" is likely to be the coolest robot boxing movie that's been released (since, well, name another robot boxing movie), and the newest featurette for the film wants to tell you all about why it's going to be a fun adventure to watch. Arguably the biggest draw for audiences is the boxing in the flick, and the new featurette shows off how the filmmakers used motion-capture technology to make their fighting robots seem believable. The folks behind "Real Steel" hired real-life boxers, choreographed by Sugar Ray Leonard, to stand in for the robots, which means the action fans see on the big screen is going to be legit. Of course, there's the human element of the movie to look forward to as well, but I have a feeling Hugh Jackman might be a bit upstaged by his electronic counterpart in "Real Steel." Check out the rest of today's film news after the jump! A New "Underworld: Awakening" Poster Hits The Web Kate Beckinsale invites you in to see "Underworld: Awakening." A poster for the flick, courtesy of FilmWeb, focuses solely on the starlet in her iconic Selene get-up. In true "Underworld" tradition, the poster is a washed-out blue that has become synonymous with the franchise. The poster ditched the title for the film, opting instead to focus on Beckinsale as the lead and the 2012 release date. "The battle continues in 3D," the poster teases. A first trailer for "Underworld: Awakening" hit the web last week. "The Great Gatsby" To Begin Filming Soon Collider had a chance to sit down with "Great Gatsby" star Joel Edgerton, and he had optimistic things to say about the long-in-production project. "We have been sort of in pre-production where we did a really great kind of exploration workshop in New York. Im off on Monday and back to Australia where everything is getting prepped and ready," Edgerton said. "We are going to continue rehearsals and then we start shooting in a few weeks. Then it is all systems go until Christmas. "The Last Exorcism" Not Quite So Final Filmmakers need to be a bit more careful when they come up with titles like "The Last Exorcism" if they're going to want to come up with sequels to their movies. The producers of "The Last Exorcism" are faced with that dilemma right now as they hire Damien Chazelle to write a follow-up to the 2010 hit. The Hollywood Reporter doesn't know what the sequel will be about (or what clever title it will have) but did learn that it is set to go into production in the fall. "The Lady" Teaser Trailer The trailer for Luc Besson's latest, "The Lady," has hit the web at last. Starring Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis, the biopic tells the story of pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi and her love affair with academic and writer Michael Aris, set against the backdrop of political turmoil. Tell us your thoughts on today's Dailies in the comments section below or on Twitter!

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