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Bill Conti wrote the
horn-heavy "Gonna Fly Now" as the theme song from Rocky.
No sooner had the Hollywood
press spilled the announcement of a sixth Rocky movie
did the masses begin pitching the Greater Philadelphia Film
Office in an unprecedented outburst.
Let's say the word now
among Rocky heads is "gonna try now."
Everybody wants to
horn into the act when Rocky Balboa comes here early
next year for a few weeks of shooting in star/creator
Sylvester Stallone's onetime hometown. Most of the film will
be produced in Las Vegas.
Marching bands, boxing
referees, stand-ins, extras and location owners are
volunteering their services, says city film boss Sharon
Pinkenson. So are people who had connections to the
Philly-shot first, second, third and fifth installments of
the popular series.
Yo. Pinkenson advises you
to wait. No local casting or other details have been
announced.
Stallone, 59, told Daily
Variety that he'll star as an aging widower who reluctantly
gets back in the ring "just to compete, not to
win." He also will write and direct.
Burt Young, who played love
interest Adrian's brother Paulie, is expected to return.
It's not clear if Talia Shire, who played Adrian, will be in
it. Conti, who scored the three-Oscar-winner, will compose
again. And heavyweight boxing champ Antonio Tarver
supposedly is in line to play Rocky foil Mason Dixon.
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