MUMBAI: Reliance Big Entertainment and Steven Spielberg‘s DreamWorks Studios has added yet one more cookie to its film production pipeline.

The company is co-producing the adventure film Real Steel along with Angry Films‘ Don Murphy and Susan Montford and has roped in Shawn Levy to direct the venture.

Written by John Gatins, Real Steel will have Steven Spielberg as executive producer along with ImageMovers‘ Jack Rapke, Robert Zemeckis and Steve Starkey.

Real Steel is set in the near-future when human boxing has been outlawed and replaced by a popular, new division, robot boxing. The movie is about a father and his estranged teenage son who reconnect to train an extraordinary fighter.

Says DreamWorks CEO and co-chair Stacey Snider, "I‘m thrilled to be working with Shawn on this project. He‘s a master of combining heart and human stories with fantastic visuals. I‘m sure that in his capable hands, ‘Real Steel‘ will be a film that touches and excites all audiences."

DreamWorks Studios had earlier announced that the first three movies to roll out from the slate would be I Am Number 4, Pirate Latitudes and Harvey. They are a mix of adventure and play adaptations.

As reported in Indiantelevision.com, DreamWorks and Reliance Big Entertainment have locked their first phase of financing, sealing an amount of $825 million that would allow the joint venture to make six films annually.