Category: 2011

Walter Hill May Take a Headshot

Craig / / 2011, Bullet to the Head, Headshot

On April 6, 2011, Deadline reported that Sly was in talks with Walter Hill to take on the directoral regins of “Headshots.” 

  • Stallone said he has had serious meetings with the helmer: “I completely respect Walter’s incredible body of work and hopefully this legendary director will become attached to the project.”

Sly was also quoted as to why Wayne Kramer left the picture:

  • Word was that Kramer exited because he didn’t see eye to eye creatively with Stallone, who’ll star. Said Stallone: “Initially, Mr. Kramer was hired to direct a dark comedy; however his vision was much darker and exceptionally more violent than how the project was originally conceived. It was decided that it would be better for everyone to move on and consequently Mr. Kramer was dismissed by producers earlier this week. There were no volatile clashes, it was simply a professional parting of the ways.”
  • Hollywood.com: Walter Hill to Direct…
  • First Showing: Walter Hill to Direct…
  • IndieWire: Grumpy Old Tough Guys…
  • /Film: Walter Hill May Direct…
  • IGN: Stallone’s Headshot…
  • CinemaBlend: Walter Hill is…

“Headshots” Loses Director

Craig / / 2011, Bullet to the Head, Headshot

On April 6, 2011, IndieWire reported that director, Wayne Kramer, who was set to direct Sly in “Headshots” is no longer attached to the film.  IndieWire speculated that Kramer may be moving on to “Pretty Boy Floyd” and that Sly may take the directorial reigns of “Headshots” since it has to get started soon. 

Barney Ross “Expendables” Statue!

Craig / / 2011, Expendables

Sylvester Stallone fans are going to love this Barney Ross statue sculpted by SZoner, Edinho Maga!  From the HCG website:

  • From the new Sylvester Stallone action franchise The Expendables, we present this 1:6 scale statue of Sylvester Stallone as “Barney Ross”. Depicting his first encounter with General Garza’s soldiers, Sly is still in civilian attire, but still all action with pistol blazing! 
     
    This highly detailed 1:6 scale statue stands approx 14″ tall, and features an authentic likeness of Sylvester Stallone as Barney Ross. Constructed from heavyweight polystone and then hand painted to the finest detail, it comes complete with a movie themed display base.There is no HCG Exclusive version of this piece. However if you like low serial #’s, we are reserving # 1 to # 100 for retail customers only. So the first 100 retail orders will receive the desirable low edition numbers!

Strictly Limited to 500 Pieces Worldwide.  $149.95 and HCG 4 Pay is available

As an added bonus for SZoners, if you use the coupon code “Barney” at checkout you will receive a 10% discount thanks to Mark and the fine folks at HCG! My guess is that this statue will sell out fast, so get your order in early if you want one! – Craig

 

Sly Stallone Creates “Chaos”

Craig / / 2011, Stallone Montegrappa Pens

That very cool pen is called the “Chaos” and was designed by Sly with inspiration from his movie “The Ependables.”  The “Chaos” will be available in a limited edition of 1,000 fountain pens and 912 roller balls.  There will also be an additional 100 fountain pens and 100 roller balls in solid 18K gold.  An even more expensive edition of 10 fountain pens and 10 roller balls will be in solid 18K gold with precious stones will be available.

You can read more about the pen at:

Sly Develops New Clothes Line Called Stallone

Craig / / 2011, Stallone Clothes

On March 24, 2011, Men’s Week posted a piece about Sly starting his own line of clothing.   Here are a few quotes from the full piece:

  • Sylvester Stallone… “has created a new business to develop Stallone, a men’s lifestyle brand, for launch in 2012.”
  • The business, appropriately named Sly Inc., is owned by Stallone, veteran beauty and retail executive Michael Henry and other unidentified financial backers. 
  • Stallone said the first time he personally became “truly involved in style,” was between “Rambo 2” and “Rambo 3” when he underwent a “huge weight change,” dropping from 185 to 160 pounds. “Nothing fit so I started buying custom clothing. I found out I really like this world.”
  • Among the first categories to be introduced will be jeans, shirts, outerwear, underwear and watches, he said. That will be followed by eyewear, grooming products, fragrance, activewear and athletic shoes.
  • Stallone said that while the Rocky and Rambo characters were “very, very urban,” his brand will be designed to appeal to a broad base of customers. “I want clothing that will be appropriate to my generation,” said the 64-year-old actor, “or the generation before.”
  • The line is expected to be targeted to midtier department stores such as Macy’s, Henry said, and will be “a little premium,” although specific retail price points have yet to be determined. “This is a brand for a guy’s guy.”

As you can imagine, other sites picked up the story…