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Stax here with an exclusive
first look at Rocky Balboa! Sylvester Stallone has
written and will star in and direct Rocky Balboa, the
sixth installment in the franchise that launched with the
1976 Best Picture winner. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia
Pictures and Revolution Studios will bankroll the movie;
Columbia will distribute it. Filming begins next month in
L.A. and Philadelphia.
Now issuing a MINOR
SPOILER alert ...
"Rocky Balboa is about everybody who feels
they want to participate in the race of life, rather than
be a bystander," Stallone announced. "You're
never too old to climb a mountain, if that's your
desire."
Revolution Studios founder Joe Roth added, "As a past
champion, Rocky Balboa is once again a regular guy who has
to find himself and deal with real life. This film brings
Rocky's story full circle."
Indeed, from the draft I read, Rocky Balboa, like Rocky
V before it (the last "last Rocky
movie"), returns "The Italian Stallion" to
his Philly roots and strips him of his fortune but not his
fame. Rocky now runs a restaurant where patrons come in
just to hear some old fight stories. Yearning for a shot
at proving to himself that he still has it, Rocky manages
to get relicensed as a fighter. This move catches the
attention of the camp of heavyweight champ Mason Dixon.
After a recent computer match-up had Rocky beating Dixon
(shades of the Rocky Marciano-Muhammad Ali computer bout),
the possibility of a real match-up proves too enticing for
both parties to resist.
The bout isn't for the title. It's meant for publicity and
charity, nothing more. (Dixon needs to boost his image and
to get the pay-per-view and moneymaking crowd interested
in him again after a series of all too easy fights.) But
what was supposed to just be for show soon takes on a
greater meaning for both men. If Rocky does indeed want to
unload and get into a real fight with Dixon then the champ
will have no qualms about shutting him down ... or so he
hopes.
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