SZoner, Gerardo Moreno sent in a photo of his latest Stallone piece — Sly from “The Expendables.” Gerardo did this oil painting over the course of four days. Well done, sir!
You can see more of Gerardo’s work at his site!
“Rocky III” Fan Art
SZoner, Manuel Scholz is back with his new “Rocky III” painting. Manuel has other Stallone paintings and much more at his site.
Expendables @ Planet Hollywood
Sly Stallone and Jason Statham are set to appear at the re-opening of Planet Hollywood London when it moves to its new location later this month. You can read the full report here.
Sly Makes the List
The candid shot of Sly on location behind-the-scenes while filming “The Expendables” shows what great shape he’s in. People are really starting to take notice. Sly made the top ten list of the Sexiest Celebrities Age 60 or Over. The survey was sponsored by Date.com, Matchmaker.com, and Amor.com and voting was open to single men and women 18 to 55. You can see the full article here.
Congrats to Sly.
Rambo & Iron Man
That’s Robert Downey, Jr. and Sly from a Vanity Fair photo shoot.
On April 24, 2009, Downey was profiled at Metro International and asked after “Iron Man” and “Sherlock Holmes” what movies were in his future. Downey hinted it could be Stallone’s “Poe” saying:
“Stallone wrote a great script that he wants to direct about Edgar Allen Poe.”
Sly’s “Poe” script has been percolating for years. Some day it will get done and Robert Downey, Jr. would be perfect in the role. For the full article, click here.
Jeff Warmester’s Rocky
I first discovered Jeff Wamester on his ComicSpace page. I really liked Jeff’s art and thought his concept pieces for a futuristic bounty hunter graphic novel had a ton of potential. I’ve continued to follow his postings at DeviantArt.
When Jeff recently offered his sketchbook [along with a free headsketch], I immediately put in my order. Jeff was quick to respond that he got my request. The sketchbook arrived in no time at all and was securely packaged. [If you had a mail carrier like mine, you’d appreciate that!] The sketchbook rocks and contains a nice cross section of Jeff’s work. I’m not sure if it’s still available, but if so, you can’t go wrong by ordering one.
“Victory” for “Rocky”
On April 17, 2009, The National Post listed their choices for the Top Ten Sports Movies of All Time. Any guesses who had two films make the list? That’s right, Sly. “Victory” came in at number 8 and “Rocky” was #1. Here’s what they had to say about each film:
8. Victory!
Pele and Sylvester Stallone in the same movie? Count me in, though what I mostly remember about this is trying to watch it on HBO with my father as his snoring pretty much drowned out everything that either men said.
1. Rocky
His whole life was a million to one shot. This movie was so good that they tried making it a million more times. I heard Stallone wrote nearly 100 drafts of the original Rocky script. There’s a reason it one best picture, I guess.
You can read the who article by clicking here.
Shippee’s Fan Art
It’s been a while since we heard from SZoner, Adam Shippee, but he’s back with his latest piece of Sly art.
Official “Expendables” Photos
Official photos from “The Expendables” are starting to appear online. You can see much larger versions of these two shots as well as more by clicking here.
Sly Squad Scores!
SZoner, Osmar recently checked in with these photos and report:
Hi Craig,
First I would like to thank you very much for the post about me and my blog.
Second I would like to tell you how was the reunion of the Sly Squad Group. In the first day, Saturday, we waited the whole day at the hotel and at around 6:30 PM, Sly arrived at the hotel Sofitel at Copacabana, RJ. Sly Squad was there waiting for him … our group was very organized and we started to shout: Rocky, Rocky, Rocky …
He left the car smiling and he raised his arm exactly like he does in the film. It was great. But at this moment, Copacabana was full of people that heard all that and came to see him. Then a big mess started with many people pushing … still I could talk to him a bit. Then, when I said that I came from an Amazonia area, 2.000 away just to see him, Sly said come in… It was a great moment … It was a GREAT moment! I greeted him and gave him the picture of my fiancee with Stallone´s wax figure in Madame Tussads in London.
I tried to take pics with my camera but I was too nervous and they didn’t work but with the help of my friends from Sly Squad, they sent to me a few pics of me beside him. Sly was a gentleman with his fans all the time even with the mess.
In the other days, we went to Mangaratiba to watch the filming. We got many pictures and videos from the set … all them will be available next week on the blog ( http://www.stallone.com.br ).I attached a few pictures: StalloneandOsmar – Stallone and Me // StalloneandOsmar2 – Stallone and Me // EdmundoOsmarEdinho – Edmundo (edmrocky.blogspot.com – you made a post from his blog before. He is holding the picture of my fiancee) me // Edinho Maga, the sculptor – you know him) // Slywiththestatue – Edinho gave him the two statues (Rocky and Rambo) // Sly squad – Part of the fan Club
Osmar Daou
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Thanks to Osmar for sharing the photos. More to come! Be sure to check out his blog.
