New Rocky and Rambo films kick off Sylvester Stallone's 2015 shooting schedule...
Sylvester Stallone is set to be a very busy man in 2015, with a trio of new projects set to film.
Stallone has confirmed on his occasionally-updated Twitter feed that he's heading off to Philadelphia to reprise the role of Rocky Balboa in spin-off movie Creed. That's the one where Michael B Jordan will be playing the grandson of Apollo Creed (who was, of course, played by Carl Weathers in the Rockyfilms). Rocky Balboa will become the new Creed's trainer in the film.
Then, he's making Last Blood, which is expected to be the final film in the Rambo series. No further details are available on that one yet. It's still unclear, therefore, whether Stallone will be directing Rambo: Last Blood as well.
Finally - at least for now - he's then going to move on to Scarpa, the biopic of Gregory 'The Grim Reaper' Scarpa. Scarpa was both a crime family enforcer and FBI informant for many decades. Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) is directing Nicholas Pileggi's script for that one. Pileggi, of course, previously penned the screenplays for Casino and Goodfellas.
More news on all of these projects as we hear it.
