You might think that since he’s already shooting near-future robo-boxing pic Real Steel that Shawn Levy would have collected all the cast members he needs by now. Apparently not: Speed Racer**’s Karl Yune has just signed on.
Yune, who was also seen in the likes of Memoirs of a Geisha and (though he probably wants to forget it, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid), is on board to play Tak Mashido, a famed robot boxer designer.
The film, of course, finds Hugh Jackman as a former fist-fighter who was forced into retirement when human boxing faded into bankruptcy, replaced by a much more violent form of robot brawling.
Now, he’s trying to repair his reputation and the relationship with his estranged son (Dakota Goyo) by turning a seemingly junky robot into a champion.
Levy is cranking his cameras in Detroit right now, with the film arriving in 3D on November 18 2011.