Real Steel - wikipedia Real Steel Real Steel Theatrical release poster Directed by Shawn Levy Produced by Shawn Levy Susan Montford Don Murphy Screenplay by John Gatins Story by Dan Gilroy Jeremy Leven Based on Steel by Richard Matheson Starring Hugh Jackman Dakota Goyo Evangeline Lilly Anthony Mackie Kevin Durand Music by Danny Elfman Cinematography Mauro Fiore Edited by Dean Zimmerman Production company Touchstone Pictures DreamWorks Pictures Reliance Entertainment 21 Laps Entertainment Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Release date September 6, 2011 ( 2011 - 09 - 06 ) ( Paris ) October 6, 2011 ( 2011 - 10 - 06 ) ( Australia ) October 7, 2011 ( 2011 - 10 - 07 ) ( United States ) Running time 127 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $110 million Box office $299.3 million Real Steel is a 2011 American science fiction sports film starring Hugh Jackman and Dakota Goyo and co-produced and directed by Shawn Levy for DreamWorks Pictures. The film is based on the short story `` Steel '', written by Richard Matheson, which was originally published in the May 1956 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and later adapted into a 1963 Twilight Zone episode, though screenwriter John Gatins placed the film in U.S. state fairs and other `` old - fashioned '' Americana settings. Real Steel was in development for several years before production began on June 24, 2010. Filming took place primarily in the U.S. state of Michigan. Animatronic robots were built for the film, and motion capture technology was used to depict the brawling of computer - generated robots and animatronics. Real Steel was released by Touchstone Pictures in Australia on October 6, 2011, and by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in the United States and Canada on October 7, 2011, grossing nearly $300 million at the box office. It received mixed reviews, with criticism for the formulaic nature of the plot and the fact that elements remained unresolved or were predictable, but also praise for the visual effects, action sequences and acting performances. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 84th Academy Awards, but lost to Hugo. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 4.1 Marketing 4.2 Home media 5 Reception 5.1 Box office 5.2 Critical response 5.3 Accolades 6 Music 6.1 Soundtrack 6.2 Score 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Plot In 2020, human boxers are replaced by robots. Charlie Kenton ( Hugh Jackman ), a former boxer, owns `` Ambush '', but loses it in a fight against a bull belonging to promoter and carnival owner Ricky ( Kevin Durand ), who rigged the fight to mess with Charlie as he sees him as a joke, partially because he beat him up the last time they competed for bailing on the bet. Having made a bet that Ambush would win as a result, Charlie now has a debt to Ricky that he ca n't pay -- which he runs out on. After the fight, Charlie learns that his ex-girlfriend died and he must attend a hearing deciding the future of their son, Max Kenton ( Dakota Goyo ), whom Charlie has had almost zero contact with and complete apathy towards since he was born. There, Max 's aunt, Debra ( Hope Davis ), and her wealthy husband, Marvin ( James Rebhorn ), request full custody, which Charlie concedes for $100,000, half in advance, on the condition that Charlie retains Max for three months while they are on vacation and the other half when they return. Thereupon, Charlie, Max, and Bailey Tallet ( Evangeline Lilly ), the daughter of Charlie 's former boxing coach, acquire the once - famous `` Noisy Boy '', but it is destroyed in a subsequent fight against `` Midas ''. As he and Charlie attempt to scavenge parts to make a new robot from a junkyard, Max discovers `` Atom '', an obsolete but intact sparring robot designed to withstand severe damage, that is capable of mirroring opponent and handler movements and storing them in its memory due to its rare `` shadow function ''. At Max 's behest, Charlie pits Atom against `` Metro '', whom Atom overcomes. Max programs Noisy Boy 's vocal - respond controls in Atom, and convinces Charlie to help him with Atom 's fighting move memory, resulting in a series of victories and culminating to being offered a fight in World Robot Boxing against national champion `` Twin Cities ''. After reaching the arena, the owner of global champion `` Zeus '' offers to buy Atom, which Max instantly rejects. Charlie disagrees, but eventually takes Max 's side. The fight starts with Atom on the attack, but Twin Cities easily takes the offensive and corners Atom. While their opponent has no blind spot, Charlie notices a hitch whenever Twin Cities throws a right jab. Using this, Charlie is able to get Atom out of the corner and eventually win by knockout. Elated by their success, Max challenges Zeus, publicly, with the audience squarely on their side. After the fight, Ricky and his two henchmen ambush Charlie for bailing earlier and rob them of their winnings, prompting Charlie to return Max to Debra. This upsets Max, and when Charlie tries to convince him that living without him is better for Max, Max says he always wanted Charlie to fight for him and be there as a father. After Max leaves, Charlie returns to Bailey. While talking with her about the events, the two kiss, revealing their attraction to each other. Persuaded by Bailey, Charlie arranges the challenge offered by Max and convinces Debra to allow Max to witness the fight. Zeus starts the fight by knocking Atom down with its first punch, but Atom gets up, and Zeus continues its assault, knocking Atom down multiple times, but each time Atom gets back up, and eventually is able to land its first punch, a right uppercut. Atom survives the first round, stunning the audience. Ricky, who had made a bet with a friend of Charlie 's of $100,000 that Atom would not last the round, tries to slip away, but is cornered by the fight 's bookmakers. The two opponents go back and forth through the fight, Atom landing multiple punches but also getting knocked down many times, getting back up for each of them. Late in the fourth round, Atom 's vocal - respond controls are damaged, forcing Charlie to use its `` shadow function '' to make it mimic his boxing skills. This, and the fact that Zeus starts running out of power from its constant offense, tip the odds in Atom 's favor, forcing Zeus ' programmer to manually control it. As Zeus gets a sound beating, once even hitting the ground and barely avoiding losing by knockout, Max and Bailey both watch Charlie doing what he was meant to do, and are touched by seeing him literally fighting for his son. Despite the continued beating, Zeus manages to survive the final round and wins the match by the decision of the judges. Although Zeus remains undefeated, Atom is hailed as the `` People 's Champion '' for fighting the technologically superior machine to a near - draw. Cast Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton Dakota Goyo as Max Kenton Evangeline Lilly as Bailey Tallet Anthony Mackie as Finn Olga Fonda as Farra Lemkova Karl Yune as Tak Mashido Kevin Durand as Ricky Hope Davis as Aunt Debra James Rebhorn as Marvin Gregory Sims as Bill Panner Atom the Junkyard Dog as Atom Production Director Levy on set with Jackman in July 2010 Based on Richard Matheson 's 1956 short story `` Steel. '' The original screenplay was written by Dan Gilroy and was purchased by DreamWorks for $850,000 in 2003 or 2005 ( sources differ ). The project was one of 17 that DreamWorks took from Paramount Pictures when they split in 2008. Director Peter Berg expressed interest in the project in mid-2009 but went no further. Levy was attached to the project in September 2009, and Jackman was cast in the starring role in November for a $9 million fee. In the same month, Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider at DreamWorks greenlit the project. Les Bohem and Jeremy Leven had worked on Gilroy 's screenplay, but in 2009 John Gatins was working on a new draft. When Levy joined the project, he worked with Gatins to revise the screenplay, spending a total of six weeks fine - tuning the script. Advertising company FIVE33 did a two - hundred page `` bible '' about robot boxing. Levy said he was invited by Spielberg and Snider while finishing Date Night, and while the director initially considered Real Steel to have `` a crazy premise, '' he accepted after reading the script and feeling it could be `` a really humanistic sports drama. '' Real Steel had a production budget of $110 million. Levy chose to set the film in state fairs and other `` old - fashioned '' Americana settings that would exude nostalgia and create a warm tone for the film 's father - son story. There was also an attempt for the scenery to blend in new and old technology. Filming began in June 2010, and ended by October 15, 2010. Locations include areas around Detroit, Michigan, and across the state, including at the Renaissance Center, the Cobo Arena, the Detroit Fire Department headquarters, the Russell Industrial Center, the Ingham County Courthouse in Mason, Michigan, the Leslie Michigan Railroad Depot, the former Belle Isle Zoo, and the Highland Park Ford Plant. Jason Matthews of Legacy Effects, successor to Stan Winston Studios, was hired to turn production designer Tom Meyer 's robot designs into practical animatronic props. He said, `` We have 26 - and - a-half total live - action robots that were made for this film. They all have hydraulic neck controls. Atom has RC ( radio - controlled ) hands as well. '' According to Jackman, executive producer Spielberg `` actually said to Shawn, ' You should really have real elements where you can. '... Basically if they 're not walking or fighting, that 's a real robot. '' Levy added that Spielberg gave the example of Jurassic Park, where Winston 's animatronic dinosaurs `` got a better performance from the actors, as they were seeing something real, and gave the visual effects team an idea of what it would look like. '' As Real Steel was not based on a toy, Meyer said that `` there was no guideline '' for the robots, and each was designed from scratch, with an attempt to put `` different personality and aesthetics, '' according to Levy. In Atom 's case, it tried to have a more humanizing design to be an `` everyman '' who could attract the audience 's sympathy and serve as a proxy to the viewer, with a fencing mask that Meyer explained served to show `` his identity was a bit hidden, so you have to work harder to get to see him. '' Executive producer Robert Zemeckis added that the mask `` became a screen so we can project what we want on Atom 's face. '' Damage was added to the robots ' decoration to show how they were machines worn out by intense battles. For scenes when computer - generated robots brawl, `` simulcam '' motion capture technology, developed for the film Avatar, was used. As Levy described the process, `` ( Y ) ou 're not only capturing the fighting of live human fighters, but you 're able to take that and see it converted to ( CGI ) robots on a screen instantaneously. Simulcam puts the robots in the ring in real time, so you are operating your shots to the fight, whereas even three, four years ago, you used to operate to empty frames, just guessing at what stuff was going to look like. '' Boxing hall - of - famer Sugar Ray Leonard was an adviser for these scenes and gave Jackman boxing lessons so his moves would be more natural. Release Real Steel had its world premiere on September 6, 2011, in Paris at the Le Grand Rex. The film had its United States premiere on October 2, 2011, in Los Angeles at the Gibson Amphitheatre. It was commercially released in Australia on October 6, 2011, followed by the United States and Canada on October 7, 2011. Its U.S. release, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, was originally scheduled for November 18, 2011, but it was moved earlier to avoid competition with the first part of The Twilight Saga : Breaking Dawn. The film was released in 3,440 theaters in the United States and Canada, including 270 IMAX screenings. There were also over 100 IMAX screenings in territories outside the United States and Canada, with 62 screenings on October 7. Marketing DreamWorks released the first trailer for Real Steel in December 2010 and was attached to Tron : Legacy. In May 2011, DreamWorks released a second trailer. While the film features boxing robots, Levy said he wanted to show in the trailer `` the father - son drama, the emotion Americana of it ''. He said, `` We are very much the robo - boxing movie, but that 's one piece of a broader spectrum. '' In addition to marketing trailers and posters, DreamWorks enlisted the British advertising company Five33 to build large physical displays representing the film as it had done for Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides. The studio also collaborated with Virgin America to name one of their Airbus A320s after the film, and one of the film 's robots is pictured on its fuselage. On September 19, Jackman appeared on the weekly sports entertainment program WWE Raw to promote the film. In addition to Jackman making an appearance on the show, WWE named Crystal Method 's `` Make Some Noise '' from the film 's soundtrack as the official theme song for their returning PPV, Vengeance. Jakks Pacific released a toy line with action figures based on Atom, Zeus, Noisy Boy, Midas and Twin Cities. The company has also released a one - on - one, playset fighting game with robots in a ring. ThreeA released a line of high - end sixth - scale figures, as adapted by Australian artist Ashley Wood, based on Ambush, Atom, Midas, and Noisy Boy. Jump Games released a fighting video game based on the film for Android and iOS devices, and Yuke 's made a game for the PS3 and Xbox 360. Home media The film was released on DVD, Blu - ray, and both high - definition and standard - definition digital download on January 24, 2012, from Touchstone Home Entertainment. Additional material includes Disney Second Screen ; deleted and extended scenes with introductions by director Levy ; and a profile of film consultant Sugar Ray Leonard. Reception Box Office Real Steel earned $85,468,508 in North America, and $213,800,000 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $299,268,508. It had a worldwide opening of $49.4 million. In North America, it topped the box office with $8.5 million on its opening day and $27.3 million in total on its opening weekend, claiming the number one spot, ahead of the other new nationwide release ( The Ides of March ) and all holdovers. It managed first - place debuts in 11 countries including Hugh Jackman 's native Australia ( $4.2 million ). Critical response Real Steel received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives a rating of 59 % based on reviews from 211 critics, with a rating average of 5.9 out of 10. The website 's consensus is, `` Silly premise notwithstanding, this is a well - made Hollywood movie : Thrilling and exciting action with just enough characterization. '' Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a rating score of 56, based on 34 reviews. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore during the opening weekend gave the film a grade A, on a scale from A plus to F. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun - Times rated the film 3 stars out of 4, saying, `` Real Steel is a real movie. It has characters, it matters who they are, it makes sense of its action, it has a compelling plot. Sometimes you go into a movie with low expectations and are pleasantly surprised. '' Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A -, saying director Levy `` makes good use of his specialized skill in blending people and computer - made imaginary things into one lively, emotionally satisfying story ''. Claudia Puig of USA Today said, `` Though the premise of fighting robots does seem a plausible and intriguing extension of the contemporary WWE world, Real Steel is hampered by leaden, clichéd moments in which a stubborn boy teaches his childish father a valuable lesson. '' James White of the UK magazine Empire gave the film 3 of 5 stars, saying, `` Rocky with robots ? It 's not quite in Balboa 's weight class, but Real Steel at least has some heft. There 's barely a story beat among the beat - downs that you wo n't expect, and sometimes the saccharine gets in the way of the spectacle, but on the whole this is enjoyable family entertainment. '' Accolades Award Nominee Result People 's Choice Awards Hugh Jackman Favorite Action Movie Star Won Young Artist Award Dakota Goyo Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor Won Saturn Award Best Performance by a Young Actor Nominated Academy Awards Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Danny Gordon Taylor, and Swen Gillberg Best Visual Effects Nominated Music Soundtrack Real Steel 's soundtrack consists of 13 tracks featuring artists including Tom Morello, Eminem, Royce da 5'9 '' ( Bad Meets Evil ), Yelawolf, 50 Cent, Limp Bizkit and Foo Fighters. Levy, a fan of The Crystal Method, invited that duo to contribute to the soundtrack ; they recorded two new songs for it after viewing a rough cut of the film. Real Steel - Music From The Motion Picture No. Title Music Length 1. `` Fast Lane '' Bad Meets Evil 4 : 12 2. `` Here 's A Little Something For Ya '' Beastie Boys 3 : 09 3. `` Miss The Misery '' Foo Fighters 4 : 32 4. `` The Enforcer '' 50 Cent 3 : 25 5. `` Make Some Noise ( Put ' em Up ) '' The Crystal Method 3 : 27 6. `` ' Till I Collapse '' Eminem 4 : 59 7. `` One Man Army '' The Prodigy 4 : 15 8. `` Give It A Go '' Timbaland, Veronica 4 : 20 9. `` The Midas Touch '' Tom Morello 3 : 28 10. `` Why Try '' Limp Bizkit 2 : 53 11. `` Torture '' Rival Sons 3 : 37 12. `` All My Days '' Alexi Murdoch 4 : 56 13. `` Kenton '' Danny Elfman 1 : 40 Total length : 0 : 48 : 53 Score The score album, `` Real Steel : Original Motion Picture Score '', consists of 19 tracks composed by Danny Elfman, and was released on November 1, 2011, in the US. Levy considered Elfman one of the few composers who could do a score similar to that of the Rocky franchise, alternating guitar - based ambient music and songs with a full orchestra. All music composed by Danny Elfman. Real Steel No. Title Length 1. `` Charlie Trains Atom '' 1 : 59 2. `` On The Move '' 2 : 39 3. `` Into The Zoo '' 1 : 02 4. `` Why We 're Here ( feat. vocal by Poe ) '' 0 : 55 5. `` Meet Atom '' 3 : 17 6. `` It 's Your Choice '' 1 : 28 7. `` Safe With Me '' 2 : 57 8. `` Atom Versus Twin Cities '' 3 : 12 9. ``... For A Kiss '' 0 : 56 10. `` Get In The Truck '' 1 : 12 11. `` Bonding '' 2 : 01 12. `` Twin Cities ' Intro '' 1 : 20 13. `` Parkway Motel ( feat. vocal by Poe ) '' 1 : 47 14. `` This Is A Brawl '' 1 : 48 15. `` You Deserve Better '' 4 : 02 16. `` Into The Ring '' 1 : 12 17. `` Taking A Beating '' 1 : 33 18. `` Final Round '' 6 : 53 19. `` People 's Champion '' 2 : 06 Total length : 0 : 42 : 19 See also 2010s portal Film in the United States portal `` Steel '' ( The Twilight Zone ), a 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone also based on Richard Matheson 's short story List of sports films -- boxing References Jump up ^ `` Real Steel ''. British Board of Film Classification. August 4, 2011. Retrieved September 26, 2011. ^ Jump up to : Kaufman, Amy ( October 6, 2011 ). `` Movie Projector : ' Real Steel ' to crush ' Ides of March ' ''. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 7, 2011. ^ Jump up to : `` Real Steel ( 2011 ) ''. Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Retrieved November 16, 2011. 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Question: what year does the movie real steel take place
Answer: 2020