Category: 2005

POW – “First Blood” Rare Behind-the-Scenes

Craig / / 2005, First Blood, POW [Picture of the Week]

Our extremely rare POW [Picture of the Week] of Sly on location for filming of First Blood comes to us from the collection of Oliver Wegner who lives in Germany.

Some of you long time SZoners may remember Oliver was the webmaster of “The Sly World“, which unfortunately has been down for some years now.

Oliver is a huge “First Blood” fan and got this picture from a shop owner in Hope, British Columbia who took it when Sly was there filming First Bood.

Oliver is back with a very, very cool new website dedicated to First Blood called Rambotown. Check it out!

Thanks Oliver! – Craig

The Contender Making a Comeback?

Craig / / 2005, The Contender

The odds of The Contender returning next season are looking better all the time. On Monday, July 18th, ESPN announced it was close to acquiring the rights for a second season of “The Contender.”

My guess is that if ESPN picks it up, Sly won’t appear each week. I say this for two reasons: 1] ESPN‘s budget won’t match NBC‘s and 2] Sly is gearing up for some major film work.

Still, I’m hoping that The Contender is able to make a comeback! – Craig

Sly: Notorius to HBO

Craig / / 2005, Nortorious
According to The New York Daily News, Sly has decided to take Notorious, his biopic of the murder of rapper Biggie Smalls to HBO.

Stallone is set to play [and possibly direct] LA Police homicide Detective Russell Poole, who probed the rapper’s still-unsolved murder and was the first to suggest that crooked cops might be behind it.

The Notorious BIG‘s death is currently a hot issue in LA due to the rapper’s wrongful death trial.

After the report of Sly‘s agreement to take Notorious to HBO appeared on the SZ, several websites, picked up the story and credited the StalloneZone and AB King [StalloneZone regular] for the news! You can see what I mean HERE, HERE,and even HERE.

Way to go, Andrew! – Craig Zablo

Sly on EW’s Hit List

Craig / / 2005, Rambo 4

Sly made Entertainment Weekly‘s June 17, 2005 Hit List by Dalton Ross.

#9 SLY STALLONE TO START WORK ON RAMBO IV
“I have the headband, machine gun, and bow and arrow ready to go,” said Sly. “Now watch me
go bludgeon some NBC execs for canceling The Contender. Oh yeah, and lots of commies, too.”

And that was supposed to be funny? – Craig