In 2020, at a time when people were stuck at home amid a global pandemic, endlessly scrolling through streaming platforms for a distraction, Real Steel came back to the zeitgeist in a significant way.

More than a decade after the 2011 Hollywood film Real Steel brought the thrilling idea of robot boxing to the big screen, that vision is now turning into reality. At the ongoing World Robot Conference ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Boxing robots are the undisputed champions at the weekend box office. Hugh Jackman's "Real Steel," set in a near-future when robot fighters have replaced humans in the ring, ...

A DreamWorks release distributed by Disney, "Real Steel" added $22.1 million in 19 overseas markets for a worldwide total of $49.4 million. The movie casts Jackman as a former boxer reluctantly thrown ...

Real Steel was a surprise hit in 2011, going beyond its robot boxing premise with heart, redemption, family, and a Cinderella story. Talks of a sequel began shortly after its release, but 12 years ...

We all thought it was a Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots movie. At least, everyone I knew did. In 2012, I was a college junior enrolled in a screenwriting class. Naturally, the course was full of 19 and ...