Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week

Craig / / 2020, Celebs, Cliffhanger, Cop Land, Demolition Man 2, Escape Plan 2, Escape Plan 3, First Blood, Nighthawks, Rambo 3, Rocky, Sly's Art, Tango & Cash

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:

“First Blood” Prequel, Anyone? (Updated)

Craig / / 2020, Books, First Blood, Rambo

Paolo Cubadda created the very cool art above.  I saw it at Sylvester Stallone’s Official Sly Stallone Shop on Instagram.  Here’s what they said about the art…

Amazing fan art of what a FIRST BLOOD prequel look like called Baker Team. Who would love to see the origins of John Rambo?

I think a First Blood prequel could work under the right conditions.  It would be easier as a novel but I would want to see David Morrell return to his creation.  A movie would be tougher since Sly Stallone is so associated with the character.  One thing I’ve learned over the years though is never say never.

Thanks to SZoner, Bruno Leon for providing Bruno’s name!

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week

Craig / / 2020, Celebs, Creed, Creed 2, Creed 3, D-Tox, Demolition Man 2, Eye See You, Hunter, Nighthawks, Rocky 7, Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot, TV

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:

“Rambo: First Blood, Part II” – Mission Knife and SZoner, Randy Rousseau Featured in Blade Magazine!

Craig / / 2020, Rambo 2, StalloneZone

I wanted to give SZoners a heads-up that the latest issue of Blade magazine features an article about Rambo II‘s Mission Knife.  Eagle-eyed readers have probably noticed that SZoner, Randy Rousseau on the cover with Sly!

Randy said that…

Blade magazine asked for a retrospect on the Mission Knife used in Rambo First Blood Part 2 for the 35th anniversary of the film & Jimmy Liles knifes. Similar to the anniversary we did for First Blood.

Thanks to Randy for the update! – Craig

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week

Craig / / 2020, Celebs, Cliffhanger, Cop Land, Escape Plan, Expendables, Grudge Match, Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Lords of Flatbush, Rambo, Rambo: Last Blood, Rhinestone, Rocky, Rocky 4

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:

“Rocky II” is Quentin Tarantino’s Favorite Movie from 1979

Craig / / 1979, 2020, Celebs, Rocky 2

Everyone knows Quentin Tarantino is an ultimate movie connoisseur.  He loves all types of films and has seen more than most folks.

Any idea what his favorite movie of 1979 is? (Ok, since you’ve seen the photo above, you’ve probably figured it out.  But were you surprised?)  Here’s what QT had to say about Rocky II…

“Now, this was my favorite movie of the year in 1979. I like Rocky II even more than Rocky. Stallone, his follow-ups didn’t do well and the press made a big, big deal about that, about how F.I.S.T. flopped. And Paradise Alley was a flop. The press machine that had made him the Cinderella boy was now rolling over on him, and they go, ‘Oh well, he can only play a stupid boxer. And that’s all he can do and he’s completely flopped out and he’s a real loud mouth in his press interviews.’ And so then he comes out with Rocky II and now he’s directed Rocky II. So Rocky II kind of has to work or he is Sylvester come lightly. And it’s a smash. It’s a terrific movie. It actually betters on a lot of the aspects of Rocky and he is… beyond charming in the film. To see him play the Rocky character again, it actually reminded you why you like Rocky so much in the first place. The first Rocky movie is more of a character study. This is more of a personality…expansion, but it works completely as a personality expansion. It’s just he kind of has the audience in the palm of his hand. I was so happy for him, that he pulled it off and the movie meant a lot to me and it was, again, it was inspirational and you’re always trying to get in shape after you see the movie because you got caught up in the montage.”

Source: W Magazine.