Entertainment Tonight posted a piece [with video] titled “Sly’s Venice Triumph”. You can check it out here.
Dick Giordano’s Demolition Man 3
Dick Giordano is a legend. During his fifty plus years in the biz he’s done everything from ink all the greats (including himself) to serve as Editor-in-Chief of DC Comics, to co-founding his own comic company. Mr. Giordano also has a great sense of humor.
I recently had the good fortune to pick up six model sheet headsketches of Sly that Mr. Giodano did before starting work on DC Comics adaptation of “Demolition Man.” That’s the third posted above.
Abs-solutely
Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes sent in the photo above saying it appears in the September 14, 2009 issue of People magazine.
Sly Arrives
On September 13, 2009, Yahoo News posted several photos of Sly from The Venice Film Festival. Here are photos of Sly that they ran.
(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Sly Poses in Venice
On September 13, 2009, Yahoo News posted several photos of Sly from The Venice Film Festival. Here are photos of Sly that they ran.
U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone poses during a photocall before he is presented with the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award during the 66th Venice Film Festival September 12, 2009. [REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi]
REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY ENTERTAINMENT)
REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY ENTERTAINMENT)
REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY ENTERTAINMENT)
Sly @ Venice Film Festival
On September 13, 2009, The Herald-Dispatch.com posted several photos from The Venice Film Festival. Here are photos of Sly that they ran along with their commentary.
U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone poses at the photo call for the Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the 66th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009.
(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone poses at the photo call for the Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the 66th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009.
(AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone arrives for the closing ceremony at the 66th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
You can see all of the Herald-Dispatch photos by clicking here.
“Rocky: The Undisputed Collection”
On November 3, 2009, MGM Home Entertainment will release ROCKY: The Undisputed Collection Blu-ray Box Set, comprising all six films in the “Rocky” series. The set is presented on seven discs, which includes a “Rocky Anthology” documentary disc, and other bonus features which you can read about here. You can even pre-order it here.
Sly’s Award, Not Rambo’s
On September 12, 2009, the DailyMail.uk posted some photos of Sly at the Venice Film Festival in a piece titled: Sly Stallone Raises Eyebrows… The piece says that although Sly wanted to look his best since he was the first American to receive the Jaeger-Lecoultre Glory To The Filmmaker award, perhaps he went about overboard.
Take a look at the photos and the piece and you can judge for yourself. Sounds to me, like the author of the piece wanted to see Rambo, but got Sly instead.
Sly Speaks
Sly spoke to reporters at the Venice Film Festival. Here’s some of what he had to say:
- On “The Expendable”: “Arnold, Bruce and I will be working together for the first time, maybe in two weeks, so I had to grow back my beard and get ready to film it in Los Angeles.”
- On “The Expendables”: “It’s very difficult to get us all together at the same time. It’s impossible to get all those egos in the same room.”
- On Rambo: “I don’t want to keep repeating myself and just doing films about war… This is a very psychological film about sophisticated man fighting primitive man.”
- On his career: “What’s very unusual in my life is that I’m now, at this age, starting to develop what I should have done 20 years ago which is more directing and writing and especially not the movies I am in.”
- On his career: “The key will be to direct other people and write for other people. Then that cycle will be broken.”
- On Movies: “The day of independent cinema is coming back. I think the young people in the audience are going to demand it. ‘Okay, we’ve seen enough fantasy, we’ve seen enough big spectacle, what about stories about us?'”
- On “The Expendables”: “I wanted to do a film that was more about men and just doing things that we did back in the ’80s and ’90s with films that were a little bit more men on men, and actual physical stunts and also a story that isn’t super-gigantic.”
For the entire reports check out:
- HeraldScotland.com: Stallone Teams Up with Arnie and Bruce Willis…
- The USDaily.com: Stallone, Willis, Schwarzeneger Dream Team
- WXEL: Stallone, Willis, Schwarzenegger Dream Team
- News.24: Stallone, Willis, Arnie Team Up
- SpiceZee: Stallone, Willis, Schwarzenegger Form Dream Team
Sly Receives Award
U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone is flanked by actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta during the closing ceremony of the 66th Venice Film Festival September 12, 2009. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY ENTERTAINMENT)
U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone makes a speech during the closing ceremony of the 66th Venice Film Festival September 12, 2009. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY ENTERTAINMENT)