Author: Craig

The House that “Rocky” Built

Craig / / 2011, Celebs

On March 21, 2011, eCanadaNow posted a piece called “List of Most Expensive Celebrity Homes” and Sly’s house was discussed along with the homes of Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Lopez and Billy Joel.  Here is what they had to say about Sly’s house:

  • Sylvester Stallone has a home that looks like a huge hotel from the driveway and is worth a whopping ten million dollars. His home is often referred to “The House That Rocky Built.”

Sly Arrives

Craig / / 2011

Sylvester Stallone arrives at the premiere of the HBO documentary film ‘His Way’ in Los Angeles, Tuesday, March 22, 2011

(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Sly and Bruce Willis @ Premiere

Craig / / 2011, Celebs

Actors Sylvester Stallone (R) and Bruce Willis attend the premiere of the HBO documentary “His Way”, which portrays the life of legendary movie producer Jerry Weintraub, at the Paramount theatre in Los Angeles March 22, 2011

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Sly Greets Matt Damon

Craig / / 2011, Celebs

Actor Sylvester Stallone (L) greets actor Matt Damon at the premiere of HBO documentary “His Way,” which portrays the life of legendary movie producer Jerry Weintraub, at the Paramount theatre in Los Angeles March 22, 2011.

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Sly Attends Premiere

Craig / / 2011, Celebs

Actor Sylvester Stallone poses at the premiere of the HBO documentary “His Way”, which portrays the life of legendary movie producer Jerry Weintraub at the Paramount theatre in Los Angeles March 22, 2011

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SZoner’s Take on Rocky & Apollo

Craig / / 2011, Fan Art

Earlier this week I recieved the art above with this e-mail:

  • Hey Craig, my name is Cole Ramey I have been a big fan of your site for years.  I was playing around on MS paint and made a Rocky picture I like, feel free to put it on the site.  Thanks – Cole

Thanks to Cole for sharing his talent! – Craig

 

The Expendables Game w/ SZoner Input!

Craig / / 2011, Expendables

I was recently contacted by Rod J. Walters who is the lead developer on The Expendables game.  As you can see from the image above and many more on the site, Rod and his team are well on their way to creating one of the most realistic games possible.  Rod has asked me to come on as a detail advisor.  Rod also said that they have more positions available to fill within his team.  He’ll let us know about that. 

I’ve created a locked thread for Rod to communicate directly with SZoners on our StalloneZone Message Board.  This is a wonderful opportunity.  Let the fun begin!

 

 

 

Dolph Talks Expendables & More

Craig / / 2011, Celebs, Expendables, Expendables 2, Rocky 4

On Wednesday, March 16, 2011, Jason Rugaard at Movie Mavericks posted an interview with Dolph Lundgren who happened to mention Sly a few times.  Here are a couple of tidbits:

  • Physically ‘Rocky IV’ was very special. We didn’t use any doubles, there was no CGI, and you couldn’t augment anything. We just had to be in great shape, and both Sly [Stallone] and I were…  I enjoyed ‘The Expendables’ too, even though I didn’t take my shirt off, I had to bulk up a bit because I was surrounded by guys like ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin and a few boys that aren’t exactly small. In cinema today there aren’t that many big guys around, but in that film we had a bunch.
  • J: Recently some footage surfaced of you and Stallone in Mexico. Internet speculation was that you were location scouting for ‘Expendables 2′. Can you comment on this? 

    DL: Ya, we were scouting a couple of locations, but I don’t think it will be shot there for whatever reasons. Though It will be filmed on multiple locations in France, China, and Ukraine. I’m not 100% sure when it will happen because Stallone is doing a couple of movies and I have a few other movies, but I’ll find out in the next couple of weeks.

  • I have always been grateful towards Stallone for giving me my shot in ‘Rocky IV’, and then again in ‘The Expendables’. Anytime he wanted to use footage of Ivan Drago, that was fine with me.
  • J: In early drafts of ‘The Expendables’ script your character was a clear-cut drug addict and psychopath. Was it a conscious decision to scale the character back? 

    DL: The original drafts were good, my character was a loose cannon a little more out there, but I think Stallone made the right decision by pulling him back a little. Some of it was cut out before it was shot, you kind of understood that he maybe had problems with drugs, but you weren’t sure. You never saw the guy use in the movie, I think that it made him easier to forgive. In the long term, I think it was a good choice.

You can read the full piece here.  Thanks to Jason Rugaard the great interview and heads-up! – Craig