Building Blunt Force Trauma

Duke [TONY BURTON] trains Rocky [SYLVESTER STALLONE] so that he can call on “blunt force trauma” when he steps into the ring against Mason Dixon [ANTONIO TARVER] in “Rocky Balboa.”
– Craig Zablo

The final round of the Academy Award ®-winning Rocky franchise hits theatres Friday, December 22, 2006. Written and directed by SYLVESTER STALLONE.

Photo by: John Bramley

"What We Need is Strength"

With Duke [TONY BURTON} on board, Rocky [SYLVESTER STALLONE] can now focus on what it takes to win… building strength… building “hurting bombs.”
– Craig Zablo

The final round of the Academy Award ® -winning Rocky franchise hits theatres Friday, December 22, 2006. Written and directed by SYLVESTER STALLONE.

Photo by: John Bramley

2006 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc., Columbia Pictures Industries Inc., and Revolution Studios Distribution Company, LLC

Duke is Back!

Fan favorite, TONY BURTON returns as “Duke” to train Rocky [SYLVESTER STALLONE] as he prepares to go to war with a younger more skilled oppponent. – Craig Zablo

The final round of the Academy Award™-winning Rocky franchise hits theatres Friday, December 22, 2006. Written and directed by SYLVESTER STALLONE.

Photo by: John Bramley

2006 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc., Columbia Pictures Industries Inc., and Revolution Studios Distribution Company, LLC

Gonna Fly Now!

Rocky (SYLVESTER STALLONE) knows that strength coupled with endurance will give him a “slugger’s chance” against a younger and more skilled fighter.
– Craig Zablo

The final round of the Academy Award™-winning Rocky franchise hits theatres Friday, December 22, 2006. Written and directed by SYLVESTER STALLONE.

Photo by: John Bramley

Feeling Strong Now

Rocky (SYLVESTER STALLONE) knows that in order to go toe-to-toe with a younger, more skilled fighter, he’s going to need to build strength…
– Craig Zablo

The final round of the Academy Award™-winning Rocky franchise hits theatres Friday, December 22, 2006. Written and directed by SYLVESTER STALLONE.

Photo by: John Bramley

Rock Bottom

Everyone is getting on the “Rocky Balboa” bandwagon!

Entertainment Weekly’s August 18, 2006 issue highlights “Rocky Balboa” in the “Things We’re Pumped for in December” section and calls it the “unlikely, but still stirring idea of Stallone climbing back into the ring for ‘Rocky Balboa.'” EW also runs a cropped version of today’s photo with a look at the film.

Here are a couple of excerpts: Adrian’s death “is a dramatic ploy to put Roc at rock bottom” and from Sly, “What they [Mason Dixon’s camp] don’t understand is that Rocky’s got this beast inside, this grief, and to him it’s not a fight, it’s a purging.”

– Craig Zablo

The final round of the Academy Award™-winning Rocky franchise hits theatres Friday, December 22, 2006.
Written and directed by SYLVESTER STALLONE.

Photo by: John Bramley

"Skill vs Will"

Although Rocky (SYLVESTER STALLONE) just wanted some small local fights, he finds himself back into the ring facing a new rival, Mason Dixon (ANTONIO TARVER) in a dramatically different era.
– Craig Zablo

The final round of the Academy Award™-winning Rocky franchise hits theatres Friday, December 22, 2006.
Written and directed by SYLVESTER STALLONE.

Photo by: John Bramley