Today CNN, Dark Horizons, and the Internet Movie Database have all reported that SLY STALLONE will be back in “Rambo IV.”
According to the reports Miramax‘s Bob Weinstein has stated that a budget of around $50 million is expected to tell the story of Rambo taking on drug dealers in a U.S. government building. The script will be re-worked this summer and SLY will return to play John Rambo.
Before we all get too excited, we should consider the following:
#1. SLY has not announced his return for the fourth film.
#2. Garth at Dark Horizons is basing his report on tips sent in by two fans who read it at IMDB.com.
#3. The IMDB item quotes Bob Weinstein. Weinstein was also quoted earlier this year about the same thing — that the script was being reworked and that it was HOPED that SLY would return. Right after that announcement was made SLY was quoted as saying he had no plans to return to Rambo.
I think that most likely the IMDB item was based on the earlier report, or that Mr. Weinstein is again hoping to get fans [and possibly SLY] interested in a fourth Rambo.
In other words…until I hear it from an official source, I’ll consider it to be simply a rumor.
best,
– Craig Zablo