Whoopi Goldberg & Sly

Craig / / 2011, Celebs

Whoopi Goldberg and Sylvester Stallone arrive to the opening night performance of the Broadway musical “Sister Act” in New York, Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Goldberg, who starred in the original film, is also a producer of the musical.

(AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

It’s interesting to note that Broadway World has theorized that Sly was with Whoopi on opening night because he has started work again to get Rocky made into a Broadway musical.

Sly Knocks Out Fake Rocky Gloves

Craig / / 2011

On April 13, 2011, TMZ posted that Sly through his legal counsel, Marty Singer, informed aution house, Profiles in History, that boxing gloves in thier auction advertised as being used in “Rocky” were not authentic and should be pulled from the auction.  TMZ posted the cease and desist letter.    Profiles in History pulled the gloves.

 

 

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