“Rocky” tops another “Best All Time Sports Movie” list. – Craig
Category: 2008
Rocky’s Tough Territory
If you’re planning to tour Rocky’s Philly neighborhood, then you might want to first check out this article that Joe Bordsen wrote for The Age.com. – Craig
Rambo’s Impact
On December 5, 2008, Marco Lanzagorta took a look at the impact the Rambo movies have had on U.S. culture for Popmatters.com. You can read his piece here. – Craig
Sly and Beckham
The Sun.co.uk posted a much larger version of the photo above of Sly and David Beckham as well as a few others of celebs in attendance at the Ricky Hatton fight. You can see them by clicking here and then going to to the slide show. – Craig
Sly as "The Wrestler"
Darren Aronofsky, director of the critically acclaimed “The Wrestler” is quoted as saying that Mickey Rourke was not his first choice for the starring role. In fact, Sylvester Stallone was one of his first choices. Aronofsky said, “I was thinking it’d be interesting to see him go back to the ring in some way because he’s so good in the ring. Then he did ‘Rocky Balboa,’ the latest ‘Rocky,’ and it kinda ruled it out for me because it was about an older guy going back to the ring. There were enough connections there that I didn’t want to go near it.” You can read the full article here.
While it would have been very cool to see Sly in “The Wrestler,” I think that the path he is on now is better. Sly is back to writing, directing and starring in his own projects. Plus, it allowed Mickey Rourke another opportunity to shine. This way fans get to see two actors doing what they do best! – Craig
Sly, Statham and Beckham
Sly, Jason Statham and David Beckham were ringside when Ricky Hatton recently defended his title. You can see a larger version of the photo above as well as several others here at the DailyMail.Co.UK. – Craig
Sly Makes Dolph Expendable
Sly Stallone recently attended the premiere of “Transporter 3” which stars his “Expendables” co-star Jason Statham. During his brief interview on the red carpet Sly announced that Dolph Lundgren had been signed to join the cast of “The Expendables.”
So now we have Stallone, Statham, Li and Lundgren. I say, let’s go all out and get Kurt Russell, Danny Trejo, and Mickey Rourke to round out the cast. Hey, I can dream, can’t I? – Craig
Sage Stallone and Sam Raimi
Metro.co.uk quotes Sam [“Spider-Man” “Evil Dead”] Raimi as saying that his new horror movie, “Drag Me to Hell” is his scariest ever. Sage Stallone co-stars. More news will be posted as it becomes available.– Craig
On the Set of 1st Blood
Herve Attia is back with his third and final installment of “On the Set of First Blood.” We first learned about Herve’s work here. At that time, I posted that I hoped we see more from him and now we can by clicking here. – Craig
SZ Discount @ Hollywood Collectibles
Mark, from the Hollywood Collectibles Group recently dropped an e-mail to give SZoners an update on their Rambo II Sylvester Stallone Signature Knife. The museum quality replica knife was officially authorized by Sly, features an authentic reproduction of his signature, and is a strictly limited edition of just 10,000 individually numbered pieces worldwide. Mark also provided SZoners with the following 10% dicount code: R2SLY [all uppercase]. You can read more about the piece here.Thanks to Mark for the StalloneZone discount! – Craig