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meatwad · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:56 am

Sylvester Stallone to Revive Rambo Role
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Rambo is back in business. Sylvester Stallone will reprise his role as gun-toting John Rambo in the upcoming "Rambo IV," said Ben Nedivi of Millennium Films, which is producing the project with Emmett/Furla Films.

The 59-year-old Stallone also intends to bring boxer Rocky Balboa out of retirement. He will write and direct "Rocky Balboa," the sixth film in that franchise, with shooting set to begin next year.

Nedivi said the $50 million "Rambo IV" will recapture the rawness of "First Blood," which launched the franchise in 1982.

Production is set to begin after "Rocky Balboa" wraps.

Michelle Bega, a spokeswoman for Stallone, said the actor wasn't available for comment Friday.

A new "Rambo" script hasn't yet been written, but the story calls for the reclusive Vietnam veteran to return to his vigilante ways when a young girl is kidnapped.

The first three films grossed a combined $614 million worldwide.

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I can't see this as anything but a bad, bad idea. They should have just left it alone after the first one.

meatwad · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:57 am

While we're on the subject, can one of you DVD freaks tell me which of these versions is definitive? I'm due to watch this one again.

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:22 am

They should have stopped after II.

Orpheus · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:26 am

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

:?

They should have stopped after II.

Rambo VII: First Blood Volume VI: Part II

Ensign9 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 4:18 pm

Serjical Strike wrote:

While we're on the subject, can one of you DVD freaks tell me which of these versions is definitive? I'm due to watch this one again.

The one w/the red cover is the "definitive" US version (but make sure it's widescreen).

meatwad · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 4:21 pm

Thanks Jeff!

Mercury · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:01 pm

OrpheusDescending wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

:?

They should have stopped after II.

Rambo VII: First Blood Volume VI: Part II

Peeps · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 6:15 am **Posts:** 33031

while its a horrible idea, if stallone got offered 50 million for it, hed be dumb to not have taken it

patrick · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:00 pm

The only person who should be able to reprise a role after more than 20+ years of the last time they did it should be Sean Connery doing Bond. That being said, who the hell thinks Sly Stallone is worth a damn any more, let alone making sequels to franchises that haven't had one in 15, 20 years?

tommymctom · **Posted:** Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:55 am

Peeps wrote:

while its a horrible idea, if stallone got offered 50 million for it, hed be dumb to not have taken it

I'm sure he has plenty of cash, he's probably just having a late-life crisis.

Peeps · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 6:15 am **Posts:** 33031

tommymctom wrote:

Peeps wrote:

while its a horrible idea, if stallone got offered 50 million for it, hed be dumb to not have taken it

I'm sure he has plenty of cash, he's probably just having a late-life crisis.

go see erics billion dollar thread, apparently you cant have enough

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