"DreamWorks has tapped Jeremy Leven (The Notebook) to write the robot boxing project Real Steel and is in talks with Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) to direct.

DreamWorks launched the project last year when it bought Dan Gilroy's spec script for Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers to produce. DreamWorks-based ImageMovers, Don Murphy and Rick Benatar are producing.

Project takes place in a future in which 2,000-pound robots resembling humans battle in a boxing ring. Story revolves around a promoter who takes his fighter to the championships.

The Notebook grossed a surprisingly strong $80 million domestically for New Line. Leven's previous credits include Don Juan de Marco, Alex & Emma and The Legend of Bagger Vance.

Mostow recently signed on for Confessions of a Little League Coach, with Robbie Fox penning the script for Col"