New "Rocky" movie to start production

johnswan1 · Post by **johnswan1** » 12 Oct 2005, 07:44

Sylvester Stallone will direct and reprise his role as Rocky Balboa in the sixth installment of the boxing franchise, reports Production Weekly.

In the film, lonely and retired boxer Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement, intending to fight a few low-profile local fights just to keep his hand in. But when he's approached to fight a match with reigning heavyweight champ Mason "The Line" Dixon, Rocky's modest little comeback becomes the center of a media firestorm.

Rocky 6 is scheduled to begin filming early December in Los Angeles.

Foggy · Post by **Foggy** » 12 Oct 2005, 07:52

I'm probably gunna sound sad saying this but i'm looking forward to this one (Lets just hope its better than Rocky 5).

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 12 Oct 2005, 08:32

Sounds like a carbon copy of Rocky 1.

BunglesFingers · Post by **BunglesFingers** » 12 Oct 2005, 08:48

Is Stallone going to be playing the part of Rocky?
He may be in good shape but he's 60 next year. Even George Formean wouldn't comeback at that age.

BTW, production of Rambo IV is also underway.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 12 Oct 2005, 08:50

What a fornicating joke, let me guess in the title fight he looks on the brink of defeat eyes cut up and swollen shut and he turns it around to win. Hmmmmmmmm.

Loftgroov · Post by **Loftgroov** » 12 Oct 2005, 08:53

Surely he’s too old now? Stallone won’t look convincing.

E · Post by E » 12 Oct 2005, 09:02

Loftgroov wrote:Surely he’s too old now? Stallone won’t look convincing.

He looks kind of good for his age, though his face has taken on that weird half plastic, frozen look of someone who has had too much platic surgery and botox.

Slapsie Maxie · Post by **Slapsie Maxie** » 12 Oct 2005, 09:07

As a regular purchaser of " SLY" magazine ( BE YOUR BEST IN YOUR 40's 50's and 60's ) when in the USA

I have been "lucky" enough to read extracts from the scripts. Of coursed, they were curtailed before the denoument, but, I am guessing Our Hero succeeds in the face of almost unsurmountable odds.

The mag is fun though. Particularly the monthly head to head between Sly and James Caan whose vocabulary scarecely seems to get beyond the words " nice rack"

Slapsie

Smit · Post by **Smit** » 12 Oct 2005, 09:14

E wrote: He looks kind of good for his age, though his face has taken on that weird half plastic, frozen look of someone who has had too much platic surgery and botox.

Lol... In the adverts for Contender on ITV2, he looked completely plastic, kind of looked like a mask.

Don't know what to think about this one... everyone knows he'll win the end

or maybe we'll get surprised and he'll suffer the same fate as Apollo

Slapsie Maxie · Post by **Slapsie Maxie** » 12 Oct 2005, 09:18

Smit wrote:
E wrote: or maybe we'll get surprised and he'll suffer the same fate as Apollo

What, become a theatre in Hammersmith?

bugs · Post by **bugs** » 12 Oct 2005, 09:30

I think it is is good, he has always been a supporter of boxing and a new Rocky movie will raise the sports profile again.

I think the first two Rocky's were great, not the formulaic predictable outcomes of the others (and even they had their twists, Apollo dying, Mickey dying, Tommy turning on him, the loss of his fortune, etc) so yeah I am looking forward to this, as long as his son is not in it, he cant act.

As for Rambo, First Blood is a strong touching and politcally incorrect for the time film that has been destroyed by Rambo II and III, I dont expect more from IV.

DG. · Post by **DG.** » 12 Oct 2005, 09:52

nickd wrote:What a fornicating joke, let me guess in the title fight he looks on the brink of defeat eyes cut up and swollen shut and he turns it around to win. Hmmmmmmmm.

No need to go and see it now!

DG. · Post by **DG.** » 12 Oct 2005, 09:57

Be more realistic if he fought the Champion and got knocked out in 10 seconds!

Come on Stallone - you know it makes sense!

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 12 Oct 2005, 10:20

Another straight-to-video production from Sly, just like everything else he's done in the last 10 years.

E · Post by E » 12 Oct 2005, 11:36

DG. wrote:Be more realistic if he fought the Champion and got knocked out in 10 seconds!

Come on Stallone - you know it makes sense!

I think Stallone should have his ear bitten off, and the Champion should eat his children, Praise be to Allah!

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 12 Oct 2005, 11:38

MightyWarrior wrote:Another straight-to-video production from Sly, just like everything else he's done in the last 10 years.

I saw his biography on the biography channel, and it showed a consistent pattern, whenever he has a run of poor box office sales he falls to Rocky or Rambo that kickstarts his career. The only Rocky/Rambo that wasn't successful was Rocky 5 - but it still did the trick cause he had likes of Cliffhanger and Demolition Man after which brought him big success.

I fully expect it to do well in the box office for the first week, intrigue value alone will make sure of that. After that though will show how good the movie is.

Even Battlefield Earth and Crocodile Dundee III were top 10 in the box office for one week.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 12 Oct 2005, 12:07

stujones wrote: Even Battlefield Earth and Crocodile Dundee III were top 10 in the box office for one week.

True, never underestimate the gullibility of the paying public and all that.

But thankfully we never had Croc Dundee 6....at least not yet. Anyway, Top 10 doesn't mean a hell of a lot, could've been a slow week. No way you'd release those two the same week as say, Jurassic Park 3.

Some films get released on a Thursday, just so they can say "Highest grossing day release of the year! ( small print: on a thursday )"

A lot of duds only get a one week theatrical release, just to give the DVD a platform a few months later.

Can't imagine any of the major studios will bank roll the latest Rocky - big risk and chances of having a real bomb on their hands.

I reckon Sly's best film was his first - The lords of Flatbush.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 12 Oct 2005, 12:15

He is going to be hitting the 'roids bigtime to get his old arse into shape, no wonder his face looks like it does! ;)

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 12 Oct 2005, 12:24

Does anyone else remember that rumuor about 10-15 years ago about a Rocky & Rambo crossover film?

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 12 Oct 2005, 12:32

MightyWarrior wrote:
stujones wrote: Even Battlefield Earth and Crocodile Dundee III were top 10 in the box office for one week.
True, never underestimate the gullibility of the paying public and all that.

But thankfully we never had Croc Dundee 6....at least not yet. Anyway, Top 10 doesn't mean a hell of a lot, could've been a slow week. No way you'd release those two the same week as say, Jurassic Park 3.

Some films get released on a Thursday, just so they can say "Highest grossing day release of the year! ( small print: on a thursday )"

A lot of duds only get a one week theatrical release, just to give the DVD a platform a few months later.

Can't imagine any of the major studios will bank roll the latest Rocky - big risk and chances of having a real bomb on their hands.

I reckon Sly's best film was his first - The lords of Flatbush.

I'm sure Battlefield Earth made the top ten cause the public wanted to see if it was the worst film ever.... A case of "all publicity = good publicity"

states · Post by **states** » 12 Oct 2005, 12:39

stujones wrote:
MightyWarrior wrote:
stujones wrote: Even Battlefield Earth and Crocodile Dundee III were top 10 in the box office for one week.
True, never underestimate the gullibility of the paying public and all that.

But thankfully we never had Croc Dundee 6....at least not yet. Anyway, Top 10 doesn't mean a hell of a lot, could've been a slow week. No way you'd release those two the same week as say, Jurassic Park 3.

Some films get released on a Thursday, just so they can say "Highest grossing day release of the year! ( small print: on a thursday )"

A lot of duds only get a one week theatrical release, just to give the DVD a platform a few months later.

Can't imagine any of the major studios will bank roll the latest Rocky - big risk and chances of having a real bomb on their hands.

I reckon Sly's best film was his first - The lords of Flatbush.
I'm sure Battlefield Earth made the top ten cause the public wanted to see if it was the worst film ever.... A case of "all publicity = good publicity"

Either that, or every Scientologist on the planet was forced to see it.

ebeneezer · Post by **ebeneezer** » 12 Oct 2005, 16:02

bugs wrote: as long as his son is not in it, he cant act.

Like father like son

Rubio MHS · Post by **Rubio MHS** » 12 Oct 2005, 16:35

throw a bomb into the theater and kill anyone who pays for this shit.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 12 Oct 2005, 16:37

Take it your not keen then Rubio?

darkstar81 · Post by **darkstar81** » 12 Oct 2005, 17:29

rocky balboa is the worst boxer ever......but he has a good chin