Rocky 6 Green lighted!!!!

[GodDamnImDaMan]

Oh I cant wait!

When i was a child....I had a dream of Rocky 6. It went alittle something like this...

Because of the severe brain damage, Rocky Balboa's brain was transplanted into a robot. Limited with his robot powers the family learned to cope with the new Balboa, in a sitcom type way.
Genius no?

[Newtron]

Cool...

I voted for Bush.  :D

[Gold Trumpet]

Considering Stallone's fondness for the fourth Rocky film, this one will be Rocky in a street fight with Saddam Hussein where Rocky faces all the challenges of having military shooting at him and Iraqi citizens trying to kill him because the government told all of them, "That American scum stole all your fucking food!" Then of course, there is Saddam, who will attack Rocky by thowing all his romance novels at him.

~rougerum

[Pwaybloe]

Hey, don't forget Sadam's massive porn collection!  

Due to moral and legal contraints on pornographic material in Iraq, Sadam has massed a large collection of extremely graphic sexual pictures like these in his private collection:


Sinful!  Outrageous!  





Ouch! That's Hot!

[GodDamnImDaMan]

U'z some F'ed up ho's...

[MacGuffin]

Harry Knowles from Aint It Cool News visited the set of "Spy Kids 3" and talked to Sylvester Stallone about what to expect in the next sequel. The storyline is rather surprising: "It seems that Stallone has taken inspiration from George Foreman with ROCKY 6. George after getting whupped by Spinks just sort of walked away from boxing and gained weight, took up charity work, but then one day discovered that the money had run out for the charity and himself, and nobody would give him a loan, his friends told him that the ships had sailed. And he just didn't have anything anymore. He was an overweight, out of shape, middle aged man of questionable diminished fame. George decided to go back to boxing, mainly small club fights, tiny venues, people calling him a joke, but he was winning, and around that 16th fight, people started to take notice, things began to turn around. Well Stallone wants to basically tell that story, the has-been giving it a run story, but he also has in ROCKY 6 a character that he's heading towards fighting, a new champ, which represents the modern black athlete which is very different from the Apollo Creeds or Alis of yesteryear. That new generation of Athlete with their posses and hanger ons. And what he wants is a DMX or a LL COOL J type to have in there, that has his own reasons for fighting, his own motivations. Not just some icon of evil that he has to defeat, but someone with their own demons and their own reasons to step into that ring".

[Pwaybloe]

Well Stallone wants to basically tell that story, the has-been giving it a run story, but he also has in ROCKY 6 a character that he's heading towards fighting, a new champ, which represents the modern black athlete which is very different from the Apollo Creeds or Alis of yesteryear. That new generation of Athlete with their posses and hanger ons.

Yeah, I know this is old news...

Anyway, that idea sounds really promising.  It kind of harkens back to the original "Rocky."  Let's just hope Stallone doesn't screw this up.  

On another note, did anyone else like "Copland?"

[MacGuffin]

On another note, did anyone else like "Copland?"

That's a great one. Stallone should go back and do more films like that.



The laserdisc has a nice director commentary track; the DVD doesn't have the track at all.

[oakmanc234]

'Copland' was cool. A slick ensemble flick.

Stallone needs HIS comeback flick. Schwarzenegger has had two flop comebacks ('6th Day' and 'Collateral Damage', 'End of Days' did fine) and he's back in kickass mode for 'T3'. Stallone has had his flop comebacks ('Driven', 'Get Carter' and 'D-Tox') so I hope he'll blow us away with another 'Rocky' (I'd much rather him do another 'Rocky' than 'Rambo'). I like Stallone, always have. Cant wait for his triumphant return. But in a few weeks there will probably be a headline about it being cancelled or something...

[MacGuffin]

On another note, did anyone else like "Copland?"

That's a great one. Stallone should go back and do more films like that.[/size]

Yeah right... Scripts doesn't grow on trees.

Where do you think paper comes from?  

[NEON MERCURY]

they need to bring back mr T.,
the Russian boxer
..and add a remix of "living in America" done by dave matthews and tori amos.with the blue man group on the instruments.
and make the final fight be on a UFO
.then have montage of all the "classic" fight scenes from previous rocky filmss.
then a cameo by roger lodge...
amnd use bullet-time in the fight scenes
..have half of the film spoken in Spanish
...make the ending  surreal.......

[Find Your Magali]

they need to bring back mr T.,
the Russian boxer
..and add a remix of "living in America" done by dave matthews and tori amos.with the blue man group on the instruments.
and make the final fight be on a UFO
.then have montage of all the "classic" fight scenes from previous rocky filmss.
then a cameo by roger lodge...
amnd use bullet-time in the fight scenes
..have half of the film spoken in Spanish
...make the ending  surreal.......

How about a computer-generated Mickey, with movements generated by Andy Serkis?

[ElPandaRoyal]

Errr...... never been a great Rocky fan....... I enjoyed Copland though. Stallone was surprising in that.

Did you guys knew he refused the role of Lou Canova in Woody Allen's "Broadway Danny Rose"? I'd like to have seen him on that one...

[MacGuffin]

A Studio Insider dropped in to Moviehole with a bit of a Sly update. Firstly, the recently rumoured-to-be-canned “Rocky 6”. “It was all purely fiscal. The suits didn’t want to hand over bags of currency to anyone that’s going to go away and make a sequel that nobody wants to see, but the star. But things are looking up for the project. And why not, there’s a bit of a void to fill in the action world now that Arnie has as good as called it quits, and secondly though it didn’t make a lot of pool, “Spy Kids 3” proved Sly’s still got appeal."

"The screenplay’s done, and it’s quite good - Very reminiscent of the first film. In other words, lots of character detail, not so many 15 minute training montages. The opponent of the movie is a guy called Excel, who’s just your typical new-age smart arse athlete. The audience is going to be begging Rocky gives this guy a thumping. Talia Shire is ready to come back too [as Adrian]”.

Not so good news on the “Rambo” front. “Very, very doubtful. Sly and the studio had early discussions about it, but I think ultimately those discussions led to him getting the part in Spy Kids instead. No one wants to do a terrorism flick anyway.”

Apparently, Rocky 6 will happen “when people get wind of how good Sly’s Biggie and Tupac flick is. It’s shaping up superbly.”

[MacGuffin]

'Rocky' back for a sixth round
Source: Hollywood Reporter

Sylvester Stallone is signing on to reprise his role as boxer Rocky Balboa, and will direct the sixth installment of the long-running film series, titled simply "Rocky Balboa," from his own script.

The film will be co-produced and co-financed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios and will be distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Stallone has been trying to make a sixth movie for years and has spent time reworking a script. The latest version, which sources said is similar to tone and grit to the first two movies, persuaded the studios to negotiate a deal.

"In many ways, the screenplay really took me back to the original 'Rocky,' " Revolution Studios founder Joe Roth said in a statement. "As a past champion, Rocky Balboa is once again a regular guy who has to find himself and deal with real life. This film brings Rocky's story full circle."
 
In the new installment, Rocky, lonely and retired in Philadelphia, comes out of retirement, intending to fight a few low-profile local fights. He's approached to fight a match with reigning heavyweight champ Mason "The Line" Dixon, and soon his comeback ignites a media firestorm.

" 'Rocky Balboa' is about everybody who feels they want to participate in the race of life, rather than be a bystander," Stallone said in a statement. "You're never too old to climb a mountain, if that's your desire."

Shooting is scheduled to begin in December in Los Angeles and Philadelphia.

The film will be produced by Charles Winkler, William Chartoff, David Winkler and Kevin King. Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler, producers of the previous "Rocky" films, will serve as executive producers.