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While the superhero multiverse takes a break to try and rule the billboard again next season, having wiped out the entire roster of ’80s-based releases… Remakes and later sequels, Hollywood offices are filled with stories about all sorts of celebrities and more or less related historical events that try to sneak into the list of the best biopics in cinematic history.
Now it’s the turn of Sylvester Stallone in general, and “Rocky” (John G. Avildsen, 1976) in particular, thanks to “I Play Rocky,” the new film from Peter Farrelly, which according to diverse“It will follow Stallone long before his action hero days.”. They have a hard time getting past I Made Roque III (Mariano Osiris, 1980).
Peter Farrelly, who made history with his brother Bobby Essential Stracanada classics like “Dumb and Dumber” (1994), “What a Couple of Idiots” (1996), “There’s Something About Mary” (1998), and “Me, Myself and Irene” (2000)., took a turn in his career when he decided to single-handedly captivate audiences with the Oscar-winning film “Green Book” (2018). After not repeating the success with “I’m in Charge of the Beer” (2022) and “Ricky Stanicki” (2024), he will attempt to tell the story of Sly who is willing to do anything to get a movie studio to buy the script he wants. He wrote about a neighborhood boxer who became the city’s champion.
Toby Emmerich, president of Warner Bros. Films, will present the film. The former, producing the film alongside Christian Baha and Farrelly himself. “I’ve been a fan of Peter Farrelly as a director and as a person ever since I worked with him on the music for Dumb and Dumber,” Emmerich explains. “But it was Green Book that made me think of Pitt for this inspired script. We’re thrilled to have Pitt at the helm of this film. Just as we did when a little-known Stallone starred in Rocky.” Pitt will conduct a global search to discover another actor who just needs a chance on “I Play Rocky” to show the world what he can do.“.
Peter Gamble, the screenwriter, is responsible for the horror-comedy Zombie Attack (Lin Oeding, 2018), available on Prime Video, Movistar Plus+ and Filmin.
“When I first read Peter Gamble’s lively and poignant script, I knew he captured something very specialComments Bahaa. “The story of ‘I Play Rocky’ is as unique as Sylvester Stallone himself, an ordinary man with undeniable talent who needs to share it with the world and refuses to take ‘no’ for an answer. Just like the hero of our film, Baha Productions showed courage and determination, and fought for years to make this project a reality. “We are very fortunate to partner with Toby Emmerich and Peter Farrelly, two legendary talents who not only share our vision for the film, but enhance it.”
“Rocky”, from indie gem to cultural phenomenon
Although the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay that year went to Paddy Chayefsky for Network, a Stubborn World (Sidney Lumet, 1976), The film, written and starring Stallone, was nominated for nine awards, winning three of them (Best Picture, Direction and Editing). It was an unparalleled box office success and a cultural phenomenon that is still alive almost 50 years later.
- “Rocky” (John J. Avildsen, 1976)
- “Rocky II” (Sylvester Stallone, 1979)
- “Rocky III” (Sylvester Stallone, 1982)
- “Rocky IV” (Sylvester Stallone, 1985)
- “Rocky V” (John J. Avildsen, 1990)
- “Rocky Balboa” (Sylvester Stallone, 2006)
- ‘Believes. The Legend of Rocky (Ryan Coogler, 2015)
- “Second Creed: The Legend of Rocky” (Steven Caple Jr., 2018)
- “The Third Doctrine” (Michael B. Jordan, 2023)
Ricardo Rosado He is a film critic, cultural journalist, and expert on American comedies, horror films of any kind, and everything that happens between genres and forms. Raised on Steven Spielberg’s films, spoiled ever since he met David Lynch, he’s been writing about the art he’s been consuming for a decade.
In FOTOGRAMAS, you’ll read him commenting on the latest theatrical releases, promoting peace between Marvel and DC fans, reviewing all the Star Wars news or diving deep into the catalogs of Netflix, HBO Max, Prime Video and Filmin. He also likes to create galleries and ratings for films and series, but no one trusts his judgment too much.
After studying audiovisual communication at the Complutense University of Madrid, he created Movie review blog Hoping to attend free film festivals and press screenings. Now, after seven years of writing in FOTOGRAMAS about the latest theatrical releases, current series, and any content available on various streaming channels, he still thinks it’s worth it.
Frontman of two awkward music projects, director of various videos for heavy metal bands from Madrid and author of quite a few short films hidden in the network, editor and one of the proud members of the Culture Podcast.Those next to the Pumares“, a space that allowed him to participate as a collaborator in other radio formats such as “Eres de cine” (Castilla-La Mancha Media) and “The Lighthouse” (SER Series)In addition, it made him one of the main voices in FOTOGRAMAS videos.
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