U fiirso qoraalka hoose ka dibna ka jawaab su'aasha kadib isla luqadda qoraalka:  "Passage" wuxuu ku salaysan yahay sheekada gaaban ee Richard Matheson ee 1956 ee "Steel". Qoraalka asalka ah waxaa qoray Dan Gilroy waxaana iibsatay DreamWorks $ 850,000 sanadkii 2003 ama 2005 (ilaha ayaa kala duwan). Mashruucu wuxuu ka mid ahaa 17 mashruuc oo DreamWorks ay ka qaadatay Paramount Pictures markii ay kala tageen 2008. Agaasimaha Peter Berg ayaa muujiyay xiisaha mashruuca bartamihii 2009 laakiin ma uusan sii socon. Levy waxaa lagu lifaaqay mashruuca bishii Sebtember 2009, waxaana Jackman loo qoondeeyay doorka ugu weyn bishii Nofeembar lacag dhan 9 milyan oo doolar. Isla bishaas, Steven Spielberg iyo Stacey Snider oo ka tirsan shirkadda DreamWorks ayaa mashruuca u saxiixay. Les Bohem iyo Jeremy Leven waxay ka shaqeeyeen Gilroy qoraalkiisa, laakiin 2009 John Gatins wuxuu ka shaqeynayay qoraal cusub. Markii Levy uu ku biiray mashruuca, wuxuu la shaqeeyay Gatins si uu dib ugu eego qoraalka, isagoo ku qaatay wadar ahaan lix toddobaad hagaajinta qoraalka. Shirkada xayeysiinta ee FIVE33 waxay sameysay "Injiil" labo boqol bog ah oo ku saabsan feerka robotka. Levy wuxuu sheegay in Spielberg iyo Snider ay ku casuumeen isaga oo dhammaystiraya Habeenkii Taariikhda, iyo in kasta oo agaasimuhu markii hore u tixgeliyay Real Steel inuu leeyahay "a premise waalan", ayuu aqbalay ka dib markii uu akhriyay qoraalka oo uu dareemay inay noqon karto "ciyaar isboorti oo runtii aadanaha ah". Levy wuxuu doortay inuu filimka ka dhigo carwooyinka gobolka iyo goobaha kale ee "old-fashioned" Americana ee ka soo baxaya nostalgia isla markaana abuuraya cod diirran sheekada aabbe-wiil ee filimka. Waxaa kaloo jirtay isku day la doonayay in lagu darsado muuqaalka deegaanka farsamada cusub iyo tan hore. Filimku wuxuu bilaabmay Juun 2010, wuxuuna dhammaaday Oktoobar 15, 2010. Goobaha waxaa ka mid ah meelaha ku xeeran Detroit, Michigan, iyo gobolka oo dhan, oo ay ku jiraan Xarunta Renaissance Center, Cobo Arena, Xarunta Waaxda Dabka ee Detroit, Xarunta Warshadaha Russell, Maxkamadda Degmada Ingham ee Mason, Michigan, Leslie Michigan Railroad Depot, Belle Isle Zoo, iyo Highland Park Ford Plant. Jason Matthews oo ka tirsan Legacy Effects, oo ah dhaxal sugaha Stan Winston Studios, ayaa loo shaqaaleysiiyay inuu u beddelo naqshadaha aaladda Tom Meyer ee naqshadeynta aaladda animatronic. Wuxuu dhahay, "Waxaan...  Su'aal: Muxuu Matheson qoray badhtamihii 50-meeyadii?
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