U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone looks at the trophy he received during the Golden Icon Award ceremony at the 4. Zurich Film Festival September 26, 2008. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (SWITZERLAND)
Sly Profilin’ with Award
Category: 2008
Rambo Rolls into Zurich
On September 25 2008, Swissinfo.ch posted a piece titled “Rambo Rolls into Zurich” which gave details about the Zurich Film Festival and Sly’s Golden Icon Award. You can read the full piece here. – Craig
Sly Fan Art
It’s been a while since we heard from SZoner, Adam Shippee, but he’s back with his latest piece of Sly art. Adam can be reached at ashippee1@cox.net – Craig
Sly Arrives
Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone, left, with festival director Nadja Schildknecht, center, and Karl Spoerri, right, during his arrival at the Film Festival Zurich, Friday, Sept. 26, 2008 in Zurich, Switzerland.
(AP Photo/KEYSTONE/Walter Bieri)
Rocky vs Rambo
On January 23, 2008, Cole Haddon profiled Sly and his work on bringing Rocky and Rambo back to the big screen. In the piece Sly talks about his debate with Quentin Tarantino in regard to the artistic choice to not kill off Rambo, how vanity got in the way of earlier movies, and how age has added a certain weight and responsibility to Rocky and Rambo. The piece is definitely worth a look. – CraigSly @ Extra Bash
On September 17th, Extra celebrated it’s 15th year on television with a little bash. Sly was on hand for the festivities. You can click here to see a short video of the event. – Craig
Stallone Art Slideshow!
Over the years Gerardo Moreno has created quite a few pieces of Stallone art, which he has always been gracious to share with us. Gerardo put together a slide show of the art that you can see above. Thanks for Gerardo for sharing his talents. We hope to see more Stallone art in the future. – Craig
Frank Performs on the 26th!
SZoner, Jacy asked me to remind everyone about Frank’s performance on the 26th! Remember to send photos if you make it! – CraigSly as The Dark Knight
Frank Miller, the genius behind such comic book classics as “Batman: Year One,” “The Dark Knight Returns,” “Sin City,” and many other classic tales has been riding high on the success of movie adaptations of his work. Miller recently told a reporter that if “The Dark Knight Returns” was to make it to the big screen, he’d love to see Sylvester Stallone in the title role. Miller was quoted as saying, “I loved ‘Rocky Balboa.’ This wounded warrior, that’s what Batman is in ‘Dark Knight Returns’… Just that mouth of his, the scowl and the way it would look in a mask.”
Of course this is just speculation on Miller’s part. I can’t imagine that Miller’s “The Dark Knight Returns” would be heading for the big screen at this point due to the fact that Christopher Nolan’s version did so well. What would be cool though is for an animated “The Dark Knight Returns” be made using Miller’s designs and story. Even if it wasn’t done for theatrical release, as long as it wasn’t geared down for little kids, it could work. And you know you’d love to hear Stallone’s voice coming from The Dark Knight. This would be a great project for HBO or Showtime, or even FX.
PS – And, you just know I’d love to see Miller and Stallone working on any project!
New Stallone Fan Site
Edmundo is a long time Brazilian Sylvester Stallone fan who discovered the StalloneZone four years ago. Edmundo has started up his own site which you can see here. Check it out and let him know that I send ya! – Craig
PS – I almost forgot to mention the sweet Bill Pruitt painting used in his logo.