We haven’t heard much about REAL STEEL since this past November, the sci-fi action film, Directed by Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum) and starring Hugh Jackman (X-Men Origins: Wolverine). Now we have word from the Detroit Free Press that the film will launch into production in Michigan this June.

The newspaper reported,

“The movie will be filmed primarily in Michigan at locations in metro Detroit and across the state”

The film is based on Richard Matheson’s short story, Jackman plays an ex-fighter who becomes a promoter when human boxing is outlawed for being too violent. The new gladiators are 2,000-pound robots with human qualities. The ex-fighter’s access to sub-standard robot parts hampers his hopes for glory in Robot Boxing, until he discovers a discarded robot that always seems to win. The ex-fighter has also discovered he’s the father of a 13-year old son, and they bond as the robot brawls its way toward the top.

[Source] Detroit Free Press