Rocky IV, and when filmmakers re-cut their own movies
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 09, 2026 | Feature, News
In 2021, Sylvester Stallone re-cut his 1985 Cold War boxing epic, Rocky IV. But how often do filmmakers improve their own work with these edits?...
Actor: Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone | Memoir arriving this month, will be “gritty”
by Simon Brew | Sep 04, 2026 | News
The Steps is the title of Sylvester Stallone's autobiography, with the memoir going on sale in September 2026. More here....
I Play Rocky | First trailer gives us a glimpse of Anthony Ippolito's Sylvester Stallone impression
by Ryan Lambie | Jul 15, 2026 | News
Amazon MGM's film about the making of Rocky - called I Play Rocky - has a first trailer. Anthony Ippolito stars as a young Sly Stallone....
Modern action films and the trouble with digital bullet hits
by Ryan Lambie | Jul 13, 2026 | Feature
They’re safer and cheaper than squibs and pyrotechnics, but there are limitations to digital gore and bullet hits, Ryan writes....
Sylvester Stallone and the $60m, three-picture deal that fell apart
by Simon Brew | May 18, 2026 | Feature, News
Sylvester Stallone landed the biggest ever deal of its type for a movie star in the mid-1990s: but the three picture plan would splutter after one....
Podcast | Judge Dredd (1995), and the long battle to get it made
by Simon Brew | Mar 30, 2026 | Podcasts
Sylvester Stallone as Judge Dredd? The story of how 2000AD's law enforcer made it to the big screen is told right here....
Damien Chazelle's prison film sounds like a remake of Stallone's Lock Up
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 19, 2026 | News
The upcoming prison film from director Damien Chazelle sounds curiously like an old Sylvester Stallone slammer drama if a synopsis is anything to go...
John Rambo | Sylvester Stallone hops aboard as executive producer
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 10, 2026 | News
As director Jalmari Helander directs the early life of John Rambo, original star Sylvester Stallone belatedly gets involved as exec producer....
One year on, what happened to Donald Trump’s special envoys to Hollywood?
by Simon Brew | Jan 21, 2026 | Feature, News
In January 2025, Donald Trump appointed Jon Voight, Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone as his Hollywood envoys. What happened next?...
A few of cinema's more unexpected and strange robots
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 15, 2026 | Feature, News
One's furry. Another throws a killer basketball. We salute a few of cinema's ungainly, weird and downright unexpected robots......
Cliffhanger | Sylvester Stallone allegedly backed out of the reboot over pay
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 22, 2025 | News
Sylvester Stallone was originally intended to play Lily James' dad in the 2026 Cliffhanger reboot. But then an alleged disagreement over pay happened....
Podcast | Rocky IV (1985) and Rocky IV: Rocky Vs Drago - The Ultimate Director's Cut (2021)
by Simon Brew | Dec 15, 2025 | Podcasts
Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren go head to head in Rocky IV - but there's a bit of a story behind it, and the movie's new cut....
The Expendables | Rights change hands to action franchise
by Simon Brew | Nov 04, 2025 | News
It sounds like we can expect more The Expendables, as well as Rambo prequel John Rambo. More on a new Lionsgate deal, here....
The three films that were supposed to kill off Rocky and Rambo
by Simon Brew | Oct 29, 2025 | Feature, News
Sylvester Stallone’s career owes a lot to decisions to reverse the killing off of John Rambo and Rocky Balboa…...
The mysterious economy of Mission Alarum, starring Sylvester Stallone
by Ryan Lambie | Sep 29, 2025 | Feature
Sylvester Stallone, Scott Eastwood and more star in Mission Alarum, now on Prime Video. We ponder how such a cheap film got such a great cast....
Demolition Man | Why Nigel Hawthorne hated making the film
by Simon Brew | Jul 23, 2025 | Feature, News
Nigel Hawthorne once wrote of his experience making Demolition Man opposite Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes - and it'd be fair to say he wasn't a...
Podcast | The Godfather Part III (1990) and Clueless (1995)
by Simon Brew | Jul 07, 2025 | Podcasts
Francis Ford Coppola and why he finally made The Godfather Part III. Amy Heckerling, and the knockbacks before she got Clueless off the ground....
Over The Top | Sylvester Stallone arm-wrestling epic heading to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
by Simon Brew | Apr 24, 2025 | News
Sylvester Stallone drives a truck and arm wrestles in Over The Top, and now you can see all this in 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray....
I Play Rocky | Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky origins is happening
by Simon Brew | Apr 03, 2025 | News
A film telling the origin story of the first Rocky movie is pressing ahead at Amazon MGM. Green Book's Peter Farrelly will be directing....
Demolition Man, RoboCop and more | The stories behind five classic sci-fi cars
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 18, 2025 | Feature
We talk to some of the designers behind the cars in such sci-fi movies as Demolition Man, Back To The Future, Total Recall and RoboCop....
Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Jon Voight to be Donald Trump’s ambassadors in Hollywood
by Simon Brew | Jan 17, 2025 | News
Donald Trump appoints Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight as his Hollywood ambassadors. Nothing could go wrong....
Podcast | Demolition Man (1993) and Hundreds Of Beavers (2022)
by Simon Brew | Nov 25, 2024 | Podcasts
The stories of the heavily overrunning production of Demolition Man, and the years to bring Hundreds Of Beavers to the screen....
When movies make unexpected cameos in retro videogames
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 25, 2024 | Feature, Gaming, News
From Grease in a brawler to Kindergarten Cop in a classic survival horror, movies had a habit of unexpectedly popping up in 80s and 90s videogames....
Podcast | Charlie's Angels (2000) and D-Tox (2002)
by Simon Brew | Nov 18, 2024 | News
How Drew Barrymore fought to make Charlie's Angels, and the Sylvester Stallone film with three names. It's all in the Film Stories podcast....
Rocky | Sylvester Stallone says he's working on a prequel
by Ryan Lambie | Sep 02, 2024 | News
"It's like Lady And The Tramp but with real people," Sylvester Stallone says of his in-progress Rocky prequel script....
Sylvester Stallone | Memoir to be published in 2025
by Jake Godfrey | Jun 12, 2024 | News
Rocky creator Sylvester Stallone has penned a memoir called Steps, and it'll be with us next year. More here:...
Alarum | Filming wraps on Scott Eastwood and Sylvester Stallone action thriller
by Ryan Lambie | May 15, 2024 | News
Featuring Sylvester Stallone in what sounds like a rare villain role, action thriller Alarum has just finished shooting. Scott Eastwood and Willa...
Podcast | Halloween (2018) and Rocky V (1990)
by Simon Brew | May 13, 2024 | Podcasts
Two notable films in the Rocky and Halloween sagas, one of which was a lot more successful than the other......
Peter Farrelly to direct a film about the making of Rocky
by Dan Cooper | May 08, 2024 | News
The director of Green Book, Peter Farrelly, is set to make a film based on the ultimate Hollywood underdog story: the making of 1976's Rocky.
Podcast: Cop Land (1997) and Junior (1994)
by Simon Brew | Nov 13, 2023 | Podcasts
Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger take centre stage in the latest Film Stories podcast: but neither, in this case, was first choice....
Jason Statham starring in the David Ayer-directed Levon’s Trade, from a script by Sylvester Stallone
by Maria Lattila | Nov 02, 2023 | News
Levon’s Trade, a new film from David Ayer with a script by Sylvester Stallone, will star Jason Statham as Levon Cade.
Samaritan 2 | Sequel confirmed, Sylvester Stallone to return
by Simon Brew | Oct 26, 2023 | News
Sylvester Stallone is returning to the world of Samaritan, it's been revealed, as Amazon invests in a sequel to the 2021 superhero film....
