Author: Craig

“RAMBO IV” BY CHRIS MURPHY

Craig / / 2001, Rambo 4, Sly Fan

Chris Murphy (who many will remember as the webmaster of Sly’s Gym) checked in after a long absence. Chris has been working on a variety of things including his artwork, and he created this teaser exclusively for the SZ! (Who now could doubt that Sly could get in shape to play Rambo or Rocky?)

– Craig Zablo
(December 1, 2001)

LOOSE TALK: SLY ON “RAMBO IV”

Craig / / 2001, Rambo 4

In the Loose Talk column in the December 10, 2001 issue of US Weekly the art to the left (created by Risko) appears with the following quote:

“I’d love to do one more, but I don’t think it would be in good taste at this age.”

On the prospect of making Rambo IV, Sylvester Stallone.

Craig Zablo
(December 1, 2001)

9/11 HEROES PAINTING BY SLY STALLONE

Craig / / 2001, Sly's Art

There is currently an auction running on ebay.com for the original Sylvester Stallone art posted above. The original oil painting titled “Hero” by the internationally acclaimed, academy-award winning actor, Sylvester Stallone was painted as a tribute to the firemen ‘heroes” whose efforts contributed to saving lives involved in the September 11th tragedy as well as the firemen whose lives were sacrificed. This piece was painted specifically for a charity event that raised money for the Sept. 11 Fund. The painting is 4′ by 8’ and depicts a fireman (center in blue), a clock commemorating the time of day (6:10am PST) that he heard about the tragedy (the ‘o’ in hero in the upper left corner), the words “heven (sic) is closed” (right side in white) as well as other intricate remembrances of the tragedy that were poignant to him. His famous signature can be seen in blue in the lower right hand corner (and is reprinted below).

  • Craig Zablo
    (December 1, 2001)

“Rocky” Musical Coming and Maybe “Dolan’s Cadillac” Too!

Craig / / 2001, Dolan's Cadillac, Rocky Musical, Unmade Films

Army Archerd, Daily Variety Senior Columnist, posted in his column:

“Rocky” steps into the ring again — this time on stage. SYLVESTER STALLONE heads to N.Y. next week to talk a musicalized version of the hit pix. He cowrote the book, would produce and oversee” the Broadway version. As for STALLONE’s film future, he says he’s re-interested in doing “Dolan’s Cadillac,” and will do it next year.

Sly Says, “Show Me the Money” or “I Thought it was Dropped”

Craig / / 2001, Celebs, Dolan's Cadillac, Unmade Films

From Dark Horizons –

Dolan’s Cadillac: The New York Daily News seems to have found a reason for STALLONE’s departure from the project, and it ain’t the “non violence clause” excuse that emerged the other day – seems SLY “upped his money demands at the last minute” though the official word from his publicists is that the actor “thought the project had been dropped”. STACY TITLE [“The Last Supper”] is still attached to direct the film based on her script adaptation of the STEPHEN KING short story. Thanks to ‘AB King’.

Sly Departs “Dolan’s Cadillac”

Craig / / 2001, Celebs, Dolan's Cadillac, Unmade Films

From Dark Horizons –

Dolan’s Cadillac: The New York Daily News reports that SYLVESTER STALLONE is out of this short story turned movie thriller which was set to start shooting very soon and is based on the first tale from STEPHEN KING’s Nightmares & Dreamscapes anthology. The paper indicates that he may have left due to a new ‘non-violence’ policy SLY is adopting for his roles these days thus playing a violent gangster is kind of out of the question. KEVIN BACON is still set to play the teacher who gets revenge on the gangster who killed his wife by slowly burying him alive, though how much of a delay there will be due to SLY’s leaving remains unsure.