Caffeinated Clint
It could be – depending on the success of his new reality series, "The Contender" – Sylvester Stallone’s big comeback year. If the show doesn’t take off, we predict a DTV "Rhinestone 2" in his future.
First, here’s the net’s biggest Balboa/Oak fan, ‘AB King’ with the latest on sequels five and three to "Rocky" and "Rambo" respectively.
"In the UK, "NOW Magazine" a good Hollywood source, says that Stallone’s Rocky 6 will 100% certainly be made providing The Contender does not bomb totaly. It said with Stallone’s passion to do another and with the completed script , sony and MGM now with different control are the most likely to distribute. Both companies feel that although this will be a 6th movie they are impressed with Stallone’s script and vision and that the movie can be made on a budget of $20m. It then said that fans will see a very different Rocky compared to previous films with a more gritty feel like raging bull with the emphasis on realism and characterisation not the comic book action seen in previous. Insiders say people will be shocked at just how dark and real "touching modern issues" the script is. And that it could be filmed with a shaky camera style like The Bourne Supremacy and the Shield. It then said that the script for Rambo 4 is completed and Stallone wanting to make it but finding a studio to cough up millons of dollars to make and market it will be difficult as Stallone has not had a big budget hit since 1993 Cliffhanger".
"Rambo 4" without a studio? Let’s check in with a studio insider on that.
OK, Here’s our answer. Nope, seems Miramax/Dimension still captains the "Rambo" ship, and – this is good news – they’re in talks with writers at the moment actually.
The rest, especially the "Rocky 6" bit being budgeted at $20 million sounds pretty much on-the-money. Apparently it’s going to be a return to the Indy-esque feel of the original.
Thanks to ‘AB’
