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.

Sixth-grader Rory Hinkle (right) works with fifth-grader Annika Bock on their robot mission Wednesday at Prairie Creek Intermediate School in Cedar Rapids. The team will be competing Saturday in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...