Post by SAVE_US.WBTC on Oct 18, 2005 0:07:24 GMT
Yes, it's happening.
I loved Rocky 1-3, and 4 was decent. 5 completely sucked the meat missile, and I knew any future attempts would as well. It might be a manageable and believable plot if it centered around Rocky training his son as a fighter. The premise is old, dragged out, and tired. It's basically just a rehasing of what happened in every other Rocky movie. Is his opponent's name really Mason "The Line" Dixon? That has to be the worst pun name since Pizza Pasta in the original arcade Punch Out. This film will further degrade a once great series.
Stallone to Star in Sixth 'Rocky' Movie
Oct 17, 3:05 PM EST
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES -- Yo Adrian! Rocky is planning another comeback. Fifteen years after starring in "Rocky V," Sylvester Stallone is reprising his role as the boxing champ in the sixth "Rocky" movie, publicist Michelle Bega said Monday.
The 59-year-old actor will write and direct "Rocky Balboa," which will begin shooting in Philadelphia and Las Vegas next year.
Stallone told the Daily Variety trade magazine the movie will focus on an aging, widowed Rocky who is reluctant to get back in the ring but ends up doing it "just to compete, not to win."
"I am drawing on a lot of my feelings that are in sync with many people's feelings about facing the last chapter of their lives and how they want it to be written," Stallone said.
Dan Taylor, president of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which is co-producing the film, said the movie focuses less on boxing and more on character.
"It's about self-examination, an opportunity to see what kind of person he is and act on it," Taylor said.
It wasn't immediately clear whether actress Talia Shire, who appeared in five previous "Rocky" films as the boxer's love interest, Adrian, will return in the sixth installment, said Stuart Herriot, a spokesman with Revolution Studios, which is co-producing the film.
"In the script, she did pass away, but it's unsure whether she might appear in a flashback or in older footage," Herriot said. "It's too early in the production to tell."
But, Herriot said, actor Burt Young is expected to return in "Rocky Balboa" as Adrian's brother, Paulie.
Stallone wrote all the "Rocky" films and directed the second, third and fourth entries.
Copyright 2005 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Oct 17, 3:05 PM EST
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES -- Yo Adrian! Rocky is planning another comeback. Fifteen years after starring in "Rocky V," Sylvester Stallone is reprising his role as the boxing champ in the sixth "Rocky" movie, publicist Michelle Bega said Monday.
The 59-year-old actor will write and direct "Rocky Balboa," which will begin shooting in Philadelphia and Las Vegas next year.
Stallone told the Daily Variety trade magazine the movie will focus on an aging, widowed Rocky who is reluctant to get back in the ring but ends up doing it "just to compete, not to win."
"I am drawing on a lot of my feelings that are in sync with many people's feelings about facing the last chapter of their lives and how they want it to be written," Stallone said.
Dan Taylor, president of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which is co-producing the film, said the movie focuses less on boxing and more on character.
"It's about self-examination, an opportunity to see what kind of person he is and act on it," Taylor said.
It wasn't immediately clear whether actress Talia Shire, who appeared in five previous "Rocky" films as the boxer's love interest, Adrian, will return in the sixth installment, said Stuart Herriot, a spokesman with Revolution Studios, which is co-producing the film.
"In the script, she did pass away, but it's unsure whether she might appear in a flashback or in older footage," Herriot said. "It's too early in the production to tell."
But, Herriot said, actor Burt Young is expected to return in "Rocky Balboa" as Adrian's brother, Paulie.
Stallone wrote all the "Rocky" films and directed the second, third and fourth entries.
Copyright 2005 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
I loved Rocky 1-3, and 4 was decent. 5 completely sucked the meat missile, and I knew any future attempts would as well. It might be a manageable and believable plot if it centered around Rocky training his son as a fighter. The premise is old, dragged out, and tired. It's basically just a rehasing of what happened in every other Rocky movie. Is his opponent's name really Mason "The Line" Dixon? That has to be the worst pun name since Pizza Pasta in the original arcade Punch Out. This film will further degrade a once great series.
