Hugh Jackman in Rocky-Style Robot Movie
Nov. 24 2009, Published 1:49 p.m. ET
Hugh Jackman is about to put those muscles to good use — as a former boxer who puts robots, rather than humans, in the ring.
Real Steel, starring the Aussie hunk centers on a prize-fighter who has to reinvent himself when human opponents are replaced by robotic ones, reports Variety.
Wolverine star Hugh, 42, plays a struggling Robot Boxing promoter who finds a discarded android that always seems to win.
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Meanwhile, he also discovers he has a 11-year-old son, and they bond as the mechanical version of Rocky punches its way toward the top.