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    Sylvester Stallone Won't Return for 'Creed 3'

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    The original ‘Rocky’ actor will not reprise his role for the upcoming third installment which will become the directorial debut for the Creed depicter Michael B. Jordan.

    Apr 8, 2021

    AceShowbiz –
    Sylvester Stallone will not appear in the third “Creed” movie.

    The 74-year-old actor created the character of Rocky Balboa in the 1970s and previously played a starring role in the first two “Creed” films – but a spokesperson for the actor told The Hollywood Reporter he’ll be absent from the upcoming movie – although no additional explanation was offered.

    Stallone first appeared as the underdog fighter in 1976’s “Rocky” and subsequently established the character as one of the most iconic in recent cinema history.

    He reprised the role for the “Creed” franchise as Rocky became a mentor to Michael B. Jordan’s character, Adonis ‘Donnie’ Creed.

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    In fact, his performance in the first “Creed” movie led to an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, as both of the “Creed” movies proved to be critical and commercial successes.

    Jordan is confirmed to take double duty for the upcoming third installment. The film, which is scheduled to hit cinema screens at the end of 2022, will be his directorial debut.

    “Directing has always been an aspiration, but the timing had to be right,” he said. “Creed III is that moment – a time in my life where I’ve grown more sure of who I am, holding agency in my own story, maturing personally, growing professionally, and learning from the Greats like Ryan Coogler, most recently Denzel Washington, and other top tier directors I respect. All of which sets the table for this moment.”

    This franchise and in particular the themes of Creed III are deeply personal to me. I look forward to sharing the next chapter of Adonis Creed’s story with the awesome responsibility of being its director and namesake.”

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      Sylvester Stallone Developing 'Rocky' Prequel TV Series

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      Warner Bros. Pictures

      The original star of the ‘Rocky’ franchise is working on an origin story for a potential television series as the movie spinoff starring Michael B. Jordan flourishes on the big screen.

      Mar 31, 2021

      AceShowbiz –
      Sylvester Stallone is planning to take his “Rocky” franchise to TV by writing a treatment for a potential prequel series.

      The action man gave fans a glimpse at his latest project on Monday (29Mar21) by sharing pages of his handwritten notes for the show, which he is eager to pitch to online platform bosses.

      “I started out this morning by writing a treatment for a Rocky prequel for streaming. Ideally 10 episodes for a few seasons to really get to the heart of the Characters in there younger years,” he captioned the image.

      “Here is a small portion of how my creative writing Process starts … Hope it happens (sic).”

      The notes were titled, “Treatment for Rocky prequel series,” and begins with the scenario set-up: “Imagine a time machine that will simply transport us back to the origins of Rocky, a cinematic world brimming with characters that have been beloved by people around the world for nearly five decades!”

      Stallone explains the origin story would take fans back to the 1960s and “the most transformative generation in modern history,” citing the events of the moon landing, the civil rights movement, the assassinations of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Cold War, among many other milestones.

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      “Needless to say the 60s was a dynamic time,” he wrote. “Yet among all this Social Seismic Activity, we drop in on the rather plain life of 17-year-old Robert ‘Rocky’ Balboa.”

      “When we first met Rocky in 1976, he was a very lost soul… We now see this young man struggling like all young people trying to find their place.”

      On Tuesday, Stallone followed up the project teaser by sharing typed up notes and dialogue for the proposed show, which he reveals has already received the backing of studio bosses at MGM.

      “I KNOW my hand writing is very awkward. But so what it achieved the goal,” he began in the caption. “But I decided to show a little bit more of the creative process for the Rocky Prequel but this time it’s a lot more legible… Tell me what you think. I’m excited. MGM is excited. Hope you are too (sic).”

      Stallone made his big screen debut as loan shark-turned-boxer Rocky in the original Oscar-nominated 1976 film, which he wrote and starred in.

      It has since spawned five franchise sequels, as well as a spin-off movie series in “Creed”, starring Michael B. Jordan as the son of Rocky’s old rival, Apollo Creed.

      Stallone reprised his role as Rocky in 2015’s “Creed”, which earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nod.

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      Sylvester Stallone Officially Added to 'The Suicide Squad'

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      The Rocky Balboa star is set to reunite with ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ director James Gunn as he joins the cast of the upcoming ‘Suicide Squad’ soft reboot.

      Nov 16, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Sylvester Stallone has joined the cast of “The Suicide Squad”.
      The 74-year-old actor confirmed he’ll star alongside Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Peter Capaldi, and Viola Davis in the film in a post on his Instagram account.
      Speaking in a video that has since been deleted, the star revealed he was on the way to the movie’s set, telling fans, “Good morning everyone it’s Saturday and I’m on my way over to do a little work with a great director, James Gunn, on Suicide Squad 2 and I think it’s going to be a spectacular effort.”

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      “I saw it and it’s unbelievable, so I’m very proud to be included and I can’t tell you anything more about it because you’re going to have to wait and see that but it’s going to be well worth the wait,” he added, reported ComicBook.com. “Anyway, keep punching and see you in the movies.” Gunn later took to social media to confirm the news himself, posting, “Always love working with my friend @officialslystallone & our work today on #TheSuicideSquad was no exception. Despite Sly being an iconic movie star, most people still don’t have any idea what an amazing actor this guy is.”
      Gunn previously directed the Marvel movies “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” – which featured Stallone as Ravager captain Stakar Ogord.
      “The Suicide Squad” is due to hit cinemas in August (21).
      Before “The Suicide Squad” is coming out, DC is going to roll out “Wonder Woman 1984”. After several delays due to Covid-19 pandemic, the Gal Gadot-fronted film is due Christmas this year. Meanwhile, “The Batman” starring Robert Pattinson is expected to be released on March 4, 2022.

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      Sylvester Stallone Finds It Lucky Original Ice Skating Scene Plan for 'Rocky' Was Scrapped

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      Chartoff-Winkler Productions

      ’40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic’ director Derek Wayne Johnson additionally admits there were several things that surprised him about the making of the iconic 1976 film.
      Jun 5, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Sylvester Stallone is glad his plans for an ice skating scene in his breakthrough movie “Rocky” fell through, because the end result was better than he could have imagined.
      The movie star has narrated new film “40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic”, which features home videos and behind the scenes footage from the 1976 classic, and in one segment he talks about the iconic skating scene he filmed with co-star Talia Shire, revealing it would have looked a lot different if he’d had his way.
      “I had written this scene for 300 extras,” he explains. “Adrian (Shire’s character) was supposed to be taken out on the ice by this incredible ice-skater and he’s showing off and Rocky is sort of humiliated. Then I get into a sort of a beef with the fella (as Rocky).”
      “I show up on the set and they said, ‘We’ve had to cut the extras back a little bit…’ And it was to none with no heads up. I had to rewrite it with just the two of us on the ice and since I can’t ice-skate Rocky runs alongside of her. She was not exactly Ice Capades either! It reflected that neither one of them was very graceful in life but together they’re a perfect fit. It turned out to be 1,000 times better than if there had been a big crowd, so I got very lucky on that day.”
      Meanwhile, the new documentary’s director, Derek Wayne Johnson, admits there were several things that surprised him about the making of the 1976 film, including the fact filmmaker John Avildsen had to shoot a pivotal boxing match around a beauty pageant.
      “The final fight, you find out in our documentary that a beauty pageant was scheduled in between filming,” Johnson explains. “So they had to film, wrap, set back up for a beauty pageant and then set back up the next day. I just thought that was so funny. It’s just low-budget filmmaking at its best.”

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      Sylvester Stallone Blames 'Rocky' for Him Losing Eyebrows for the Rest of His Life

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      Chartoff-Winkler Productions

      In ’40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic’, the actor known for his portrayal of Rocky Balboa recalls all the tests make-up artist Mike Westmore did to create every little thing about his character.
      May 30, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Sylvester Stallone struggled to find the right look for his boxer character Rocky Balboa and lost his eyebrows in the process.
      The movie icon has narrated a new documentary about the making of the classic 1976 film and in it he admits he and director John Avildsen went to extremes to create every little thing about the boxer character.
      “Mike Westmore was the make-up artist and he would do all these tests which were great but I wound up not having any eyebrows left for the rest of my life,” Stallone explains in “40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic”. “One time he wanted Rocky to look very, very punchy and I thought, ‘Why don’t you glue my nose to the side of my face’, so they got this kind of colostomy bag of glue and it was so bad it looked like a cartoon; like I had run into a wall… We took things to kind of extremes.”
      Stallone admits he had to fight for Rocky’s iconic hat: “That was a real bone of contention,” he adds. “No one wanted me to wear the hat. They wanted me to just be bareheaded.”
      “There was a store there (in Philadelphia) and I bought that hat for, like, three bucks and I was like, ‘I want to wear the hat.’ The producer goes, ‘You can’t wear the hat because Gene Hackman wore one in French Connection.’ I said, ‘So that’s the end of hats? Hats are banned?’ I said it kind of topped off the character and so we had him use the hat.”
      “I had never seen a hat like it. It was, like, this cheap felt cardboard hat but it just worked perfectly and I think made a great impression on the character.”
      Stallone also recalls Avildsen taking video footage between takes, which annoyed the actor at the time – but now those films have helped piece together the making of a classic in Derek Wayne Johnson’s film, which will be released digitally next month (June).
      “He was always in the background and he would drive me crazy taking these eight millimetre films,” the “Rocky” star laughs. “At the time I thought, ‘What a waste of film’, but I’m glad he did it because here we are.”

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