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There are still almost two more years before we are able to watch Hugh Jackman in robot boxing movie, "Real Steel". Coming Soon recently reported that Touchstone Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures have decided to choose November 18, 2011 as the day when this action drama opens wide in U.S. theaters.

In the upcoming film, the "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" actor is set to take the lead role as an ex-fighter who becomes a promoter when human boxing is outlawed for being too violent. Jackman's character then finds a discarded robot that always seems to win. During his struggle to become a successful promoter, he discovers that he has a 13-year-old son, and they bond as the robot brawls its way toward the top.

"Real Steel" was originally scripted by Dan Gilroy, and has been rewritten by Les Bohem before John Gatins and Shawn Levy did another rewrite. Levy is set to replace director Peter Berg who opted to do "Battleship" instead. The film is expected to start production in May 2010 with Steven Spielberg serving as executive producer.