Happy Birthday Sly!

Sylvester Stallone is 56 today! Happy Birthday, Sly!

To keep Sly‘s birthday in perspective, this year…

Arnold Schwarzenneger is 55… Robert DeNiro is 59…
Harrison Ford is 60… Al Pacino is 62… and Sean Connery is 72…

Did you know that Sly shares the exact same birthday with Burt Ward[Robin from the 60’s Batman series]? They are both 56 today.

– Craig Zablo [July 6, 2002]

Sly and the Art of Renato Casaro

Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes sent in the following report:

The current [July 2001] issue of AIRBRUSH Art + Action INTERNATIONAL has SLY as Gabe Walker on the cover. There is a big question and answer with renowned movie poster artist Renato Casaroentitled ‘ The Art of RENATO CASARO , PAINTED MOVIES.’

The issue also includes a two page long tear out poster of his work for “Rambo III.” I’ve attached a smaller version of the art used for the poster. The poster has the mag logo on the upper left and the words RENATO CASARO – PAINTED MOVIES across the bottom. It’s the only poster in the mag so it’s nice they chose SLY“RAMBO III” as the one.

Sly to Direct “Driven 2”

In the Reel World column of Entertainment Weekly, the following item appears:

SLY NEWS: SYLVESTER STALLONE is pining to direct “Driven 2” [we must have missed the avalanche of “popular demand” for that particular follow-up] but he says first he’d like to tackle “an ambitious project that deals with a historical event.” Maybe he’s up for a Rambo sequel after all… [Additional reporting by William Keck]

TNT / TBS Pays $16 Million for “Driven” and…

TNT/TBS Pay $16 mil for “Driven,” 3 More Pix By John Dempsey

NEW YORK (Variety) – Warner Bros. Pictures has sold the network window of “Driven,” “Angel Eyes,” “Exit Wounds” and “The Dish” to Turner Broadcasting‘s TNT and TBS. Turner will pay a total license fee for the four movies of about $16 million and will start premiering them in December 2003.

The license fee amounts to about 15% of the domestic gross of each movie, which means STEVEN SEAGAL starrer “Exit Wounds” will cost far more than the three others, having grossed $51.8 million in U.S. theaters. “Driven,” starring SYLVESTER STALLONE, is heading toward a domestic gross of $34 million and JENNIFER LOPEZ“Angel Eyes” should wind up at about $25 million.