Sylvester Stallone arrives at the premiere of the HBO documentary film ‘His Way’ in Los Angeles, Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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Sly and Bruce Willis @ Premiere
Actors Sylvester Stallone (R) and Bruce Willis attend the premiere of the HBO documentary “His Way”, which portrays the life of legendary movie producer Jerry Weintraub, at the Paramount theatre in Los Angeles March 22, 2011
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Sly Greets Matt Damon
Actor Sylvester Stallone (L) greets actor Matt Damon at the premiere of HBO documentary “His Way,” which portrays the life of legendary movie producer Jerry Weintraub, at the Paramount theatre in Los Angeles March 22, 2011.
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Sly Attends Premiere
Actor Sylvester Stallone poses at the premiere of the HBO documentary “His Way”, which portrays the life of legendary movie producer Jerry Weintraub at the Paramount theatre in Los Angeles March 22, 2011
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Craig Rousseau: Demolition Man
I had the good fortune to get this cool sketch from Craig Rousseau back in 2009 when I purchased one of his sketchbooks. It was a great deal, because with each sketchbook, Craig included a free headsketch. [If you’re interested, the deal is still available, and since the sketchbook is worth the price of admission, the headsketch is a great bonus!]
SZoner’s Take on Rocky & Apollo
Earlier this week I recieved the art above with this e-mail:
- Hey Craig, my name is Cole Ramey I have been a big fan of your site for years. I was playing around on MS paint and made a Rocky picture I like, feel free to put it on the site. Thanks – Cole
Thanks to Cole for sharing his talent! – Craig
The Expendables Game w/ SZoner Input!
I was recently contacted by Rod J. Walters who is the lead developer on The Expendables game. As you can see from the image above and many more on the site, Rod and his team are well on their way to creating one of the most realistic games possible. Rod has asked me to come on as a detail advisor. Rod also said that they have more positions available to fill within his team. He’ll let us know about that.
I’ve created a locked thread for Rod to communicate directly with SZoners on our StalloneZone Message Board. This is a wonderful opportunity. Let the fun begin!
Dolph Talks Expendables & More
On Wednesday, March 16, 2011, Jason Rugaard at Movie Mavericks posted an interview with Dolph Lundgren who happened to mention Sly a few times. Here are a couple of tidbits:
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Physically ‘Rocky IV’ was very special. We didn’t use any doubles, there was no CGI, and you couldn’t augment anything. We just had to be in great shape, and both Sly [Stallone] and I were… I enjoyed ‘The Expendables’ too, even though I didn’t take my shirt off, I had to bulk up a bit because I was surrounded by guys like ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin and a few boys that aren’t exactly small. In cinema today there aren’t that many big guys around, but in that film we had a bunch.
- J: Recently some footage surfaced of you and Stallone in Mexico. Internet speculation was that you were location scouting for ‘Expendables 2′. Can you comment on this? DL: Ya, we were scouting a couple of locations, but I don’t think it will be shot there for whatever reasons. Though It will be filmed on multiple locations in France, China, and Ukraine. I’m not 100% sure when it will happen because Stallone is doing a couple of movies and I have a few other movies, but I’ll find out in the next couple of weeks.
- I have always been grateful towards Stallone for giving me my shot in ‘Rocky IV’, and then again in ‘The Expendables’. Anytime he wanted to use footage of Ivan Drago, that was fine with me.
- J: In early drafts of ‘The Expendables’ script your character was a clear-cut drug addict and psychopath. Was it a conscious decision to scale the character back? DL: The original drafts were good, my character was a loose cannon a little more out there, but I think Stallone made the right decision by pulling him back a little. Some of it was cut out before it was shot, you kind of understood that he maybe had problems with drugs, but you weren’t sure. You never saw the guy use in the movie, I think that it made him easier to forgive. In the long term, I think it was a good choice.
You can read the full piece here. Thanks to Jason Rugaard the great interview and heads-up! – Craig
Sly’s Art Approved By Renowned Critic Donald Kuspit
On March 16, 2011, Flavorwire posted “Sylvester Stallone’s Art Approved by Renowned Critic Donald Kuspit” written by Paddy Johnson. You can check out the article using the link and here’s a look at a couple of Sly’s paintings.
Sly and the Family Stallone in Denver
On March 15, 2011, Bill Husted’s piece titled “Sly and the Family Stallone Turn Up in Denver” ran at the DenverPost.com.
- Sly about town
Sly Stallone and his family made a splash wherever they went in Denver over the weekend. The actor was in town to watch his teenage daughter play in the Crossroads Volleyball Tournament.
He stayed at the Four Seasons, where staffers were making a promotional video Sunday morning about the bar/restaurant Edge. Stallone took time to chat with the already excited models. The family even stopped in Sam’s No. 3 diner near the hotel.