Browsing all posts tagged with Shawn Levy

 
<i>Night at the Museum 3</i> in Works With Ben Stiller and Shawn Levy  

Night at the Museum 3 in Works With Ben Stiller and Shawn Levy

Fox has announced director Shawn Levy and star Ben Stiller will return for a new installment of the hit Night at the Museum franchise, set to arrive in theaters on Christmas 2014.

  • Leave a Comment
  • Continue Reading
<i>Sesame Street</i> Movie in the Works  

Sesame Street Movie in the Works

Twentieth Century Fox has acquired the film rights to the beloved children’s television series Sesame Street, with showrunner Joey Mazzarino providing the screenplay.

  • Leave a Comment
  • Continue Reading
shawn levy real steel  

Real Steel’s Shawn Levy to Helm Post-Apocalyptic Road Movie

Paramount Pictures has acquired Monster Problems for Real Steel director Shawn Levy. The project is described as a post-apocalyptic road trip in the vein of Mad Max or Zombieland, with John Hughes-style elements.

  • Leave a Comment
  • Continue Reading
Fox Carves Out <i>Pinocchio</i> Prequel <br />for <i>Real Steel’s</i> Shawn Levy  

Fox Carves Out Pinocchio Prequel
for Real Steel’s Shawn Levy

Fox has bought a spec script for director Shawn Levy the centers on the early adventures of Geppetto, the elderly woodcarver and creator of Pinocchio.

  • Leave a Comment
  • Continue Reading
Divulging Technological Secrets <br />Of <i>Real Steel’s</i> Fighting Robots  

Divulging Technological Secrets
Of Real Steel’s Fighting Robots

Real Steel animatronic robot supervisor John Rosengrant and visual effects supervisor Erik Nash delves into the process of creating the film’s seven-foot-tall mechanical boxers.

  • 2 Comments
  • Continue Reading
Review | <i>Real Steel</i>  

Review | Real Steel

Director Shawn Levy’s robot-boxing drama Real Steel delivers an emotional punch as a tale of two underdogs, a down-and-out dad and his sarcastic son played perfectly by Hugh Jackman and newcomer Dakota Goyo.

  • 7 Comments
  • Continue Reading
real-steel7-thumb  

Jackman, Leonard & Levy Compare Workouts, Robots In Real Steel

Real Steel star Hugh Jackman, director Shawn Levy and fight choreographer Sugar Ray Leonard discuss bringing the world of robot boxing to life in the underdog tale, which opens Friday.

  • Leave a Comment
  • Continue Reading
real-steel-levy-thumb  

Shawn Levy Dips Toes Into Sci-Fi With ‘Underdog Tale’ Real Steel

Real Steel director Shawn Levy talks exclusively with Spinoff Online about the upcoming sci-fi drama, revealing sequel details and diving into the film’s critique of contemporary boxing.

  • 2 Comments
  • Continue Reading
real-steel-poster1  

Bringing Real Steel’s Robots To Life

Spinoff Online pays a visit to the Detroit set of Real Steel, where production designer Tom Meyer discusses the challenges of breathing life into the sci-fi drama’s mechanical powerhouses.

  • 1 Comment
  • Continue Reading
Evangeline Lilly and Hugh Jackman  

The Rise Of Robot Boxing And Real Steel

Director Shawn Levy and star Hugh Jackman detail the evolution of robot boxing in the near-future world of Real Steel, and explain how their film differs from the Richard Matheson short story on which it’s loosely based.

  • 13 Comments
  • Continue Reading
real-steel-thumb  

High Tech Meets Classic Film On The Set Of Real Steel

The robotic cast of Real Steel was on hand alongside star Hugh Jackman when SPINOFF visited the set of director Shawn Levy’s rock ‘em sock ‘em sci-fi action film.

  • 2 Comments
  • Continue Reading
It’s Alive! Shawn Levy Confirmed To Direct Frankenstein Film For Fox  

It’s Alive! Shawn Levy Confirmed To Direct Frankenstein Film For Fox

The director of Night at the Museum and Real Steel has signed on to helm the adaptation of the Mary Shelley classic, giving the Fox project a leg up on its half-dozen Frankenstein-inspired competitors.

  • Leave a Comment
  • Continue Reading