Rocky Balboa Like You’ve Never Seen It: Green Book Director Revisits Stallone’s Iconic Film!

Peter Farrell, who owes us the Oscar-winning Green Book: Southern Roads with Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, is preparing to make a movie about Rocky, but beware, we are talking about the history of the making of the movie. On Rocky and how Sylvester Stallone became a boxing icon in 1976.

I play Rocky, his title follows “A struggling actor with a partially paralyzed face and a speech impediment is writing a screenplay that a major movie studio wants to buy. But the actor refuses to sell it unless he can play the lead role“, we can read in his official review, which does not directly name Sylvester Stallone. “Refusing an offer of money that could change his life, he works for pennies to cast his lead in a movie.”

This movie certainly is Rock. We know it will become the biggest box office success of 1976, garnering no less than 10 Academy Award nominations, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for Stallone. The film ended up winning three Golden Statues: Best Picture, Best Director for Jon Avildsen, and Best Editing.

According to Indiewire , the casting I play rock in progress So we will have to wait to find out who will play Sylvester Stallone – or at least a character inspired by Stallone. The film will be presented to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival fair.

Besides Peter Farrell Toby Emmerich, the former head of Warner Bros.’s motion picture division, will direct and Christian Baha will produce. Peter Gamble (The Office Rebellion) will write the screenplay.

“I’ve been a fan of Peter Farrell as a filmmaker and as a person ever since I worked with him on the music for Dumb and Dumber. But it was The Green Book that made me think of Pete for this inspiring script“, he said Toby Emmerich In a press release (via Indiewire ). “Christian Baha and I feel blessed to have Pete at the helm of this film. And, like the unknown Stallone who stars in Rocky, Pitt will be on a worldwide search to find another actor who just needs one chance – Me with Rocky – to show the world what he’s made of.“

“When I first read Peter Gamble’s energetic and poignant script, I knew it was something special.“, he added Christian Baha. “The story of I’ll Play Rock is as unique as Sylvester Stallone himself, an ordinary man with an undeniable gift who needs to share it with the world and who refuses to take no for an answer. And like the hero of our film, Baha Productions needed courage and determination as we fought for years to make this project a reality. We are extremely fortunate to be teamed up with Tobe Emmerich and Peter Farrelly, two legendary talents who not only share, but enhance our vision for the film.“

Peter Farrell Returned to acting this year with Ricky Stanick after directing The Greatest Beer Run Ever, a Vietnam War film also based on a true story starring Zac Efron. He is the most famous Green Book: On the Roads of the South (2018), which won three Oscars: Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor. Mahershala Ali.

Will Apollo be in the movie?

Rock fans recently lost Carl Weathers, who played the legendary Apollo Creed in the original film and its sequels. The actor died last February at the age of 76. In honor of a deceased friend, Sylvester Stallone He said he would never do it Rock without him, without her. Carl Weathers So it might as well be the main character I play rock.

Now all that remains is to find out Sylvester Stallone Whether or not he’ll be involved in the project, someone who was unhappy with a potential spin-off from the Creed saga centered on Rocky IV villain Drago claims the film was made behind his back. He also attacked the producer Rock, Irwin Winkler, whom he called a “parasite” during a long dispute over ownership of the film. To be continued.

While you wait to find out more, you can still watch The Rock’s entire saga on VOD.