Posts Tagged ‘rocky’

  • Sly scotches Rocky rumours

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    Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone has revealed that his 2006 movie Rocky Balboa was the last Rocky movie he will ever make.

    The 63-year-old star played the underdog boxer in five of the original movies before heading back to the ring for his sixth Rocky movie in 2006.

    However, he has now denied reports that he will make a seventh flick.

    He said: “Rocky Balboa is the last Rocky I’ll ever do.

    “I did plan to use footage of Apollo in Balboa, but Carl [Weathers, who played boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky movies] refused to let me use his likeness. Ever since Rocky IV, he’s been aggravated that he died.

    “Even at the time he was like, ‘Why do I have to die? Why can’t I just be in a coma?’ He’s never forgiven me. But I had my own worries.”

    He added: “With Rocky Balboa, I was concerned people would think an older Rocky fighting was one step too far. To some people, it was like Al Pacino doing The Godfather VIII.”

    2010.01.11 / no responses / Category: Actors, Movies

  • Hugh Jackman joins Steven Spielberg for a blockbuster described as Rocky with robots

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    Wolverine star Hugh Jackman is joining forces with Steven Spielberg for a blockbuster described as Rocky with robots.

    The Australian actor has been signed up by the director’s DreamWorks studio for Real Steel, its first big film since new funding brought it back to life after financial problems last year.

    Directed by Shawn Levy, of Night at the Museum, the picture will see Jackman as a former boxer reinventing himself as the promoter for a fighting robot in a future where machines take over from humans in the ring.

    It is a recurring theme for Spielberg, who has explored the subject of technology taking over from humans in the likes of Minority Report and A.I.: Artificial Intelligence.

    According to Variety, the ‘Rocky-esque’ film has been described by Levy as a “rousing sports movie” with Jackman’s character “a former boxer who can no longer do the only job he’s good at, and one particular robot that may be his return to grace”.

    Jackman will reportedly play a struggling robot boxing promoter who finds a discarded robot that always seems to win.

    He also discovers he has a 11-year-old son, and they bond as the robot brawls its way toward the top.

    Production on the film, which is based on a short story, is set to start in June.

    2009.11.27 / no responses / Category: Actors, Hugh Jackman

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