Hugh Jackman is in talks to star in the Shawn Levy-directed "
Real Steel" for DreamWorks.
Project is a "Rocky"-esque tale of a fighter who has to reinvent himself when human boxers are replaced by robots. Jackman is negotiating to play the ex-fighter, who becomes a struggling Robot Boxing promoter and finds a discarded robot that always seems to win. He also discovers he has a 13-year-old son, and they bond as the robot brawls its way toward the top.