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Amid the new trailers and announcements at CinemaCon, we also learned that a new Sylvester Stallone movie is still in the works. This isn't a movie starring, written by, or directed by Stallone: it's about Stallone. I Play Rocky, a biopic about the actor's struggles getting his breakout film Rockymade, is still in development at Amazon MGM Studios. MovieWeb reports that Oscar-winner Peter Farrelly is attached to direct the film.

Farrelly, who won Oscars for co-writing and producing Green Book, which he also directed, is set to take the director's seat for I Play Rocky, which will detail how struggling actor Stallone wrote and sold a script about a Philadelphia boxer to United Artists, and even convinced the studio to let him star in it, too. The film is set to be produced by veteran Hollywood hand Toby Emmerich (Game Night), while Peter Gamble is penning the script. Notably,...

Among some of the most famous stories about making iconic movies, one that is exceptionally well-known is how Sylvester Stallone made the first Rocky. The actor's perseverance in what could be considered one of the lowest points of his life, paired with the massive success that Rocky turned out to be, turns the making-of story into an underdog story in and of itself. The executives at Amazon MGM Studios seem to have realized this themselves, as an exciting update on a film adaptation of Stallone's campaign to make and play Rocky has now been confirmed.

During the Amazon MGM Studios panel at the recent CinemaCon event (via Film Stories), the project was revealed to be officially moving forward and going into production soon. The film, tentatively titled I Play Rocky, was first announced in a report from Deadline back in May 2024. Peter Farrelly is attached to direct the project,...

The story of how Rocky came to be could be just as interesting as the film itself. This is the thinking that's in mind for the upcoming biopic about Sylvester Stallone that focuses on the actor and filmmaker getting his legendary boxing movie off the ground.

Previously, it was reported that Peter Farrelly (Green Book) was set to direct I Play Rocky, a feature film focusing on the 1976 movie's creation. It's now been revealed that the movie is officially moving forward at Amazon MGM Studios, as this was verified at CinemaCon, though it's still not known who will play Stallone. Farrelly is also serving as a producer in addition to directing, while Peter Gamble wrote the screenplay.

As of now, there's no word yet on whether Stallone himself will be involved with the movie in any capacity. Stallone wrote the screenplay for the original film in which he also starred,...

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.

Prequel and origin stories, eh? There was a period of time where it looked as though we were going to get a sixth Die Hard movie. The idea was to set half of it in the past, so we could learn the origin story of John McClane, arguably Bruce Willis’ most iconic screen role.

We didn’t need to know the origin of John McClane of course. Every piece of information we needed is in the script to the original Die Hard. We’re given what we need for the story to be told and for us to understand the story. What we didn’t need was an exploration of why John McClane became a cop, how he met his wife, and other such details.

Earlier this year it was announced that Academy Award-winning director Peter Farrelly (Green Book) would be tackling the subject of Sylvester Stallones Rocky for his next project, and now we have a few more details to share from the filmmaker himself. Released in 1976, Rocky would go on to win the Oscar for Best Picture and make a household name out of Stallone, but its how the film got made in the first place that will be at the center of Farrellys biographical pic, I Play Rocky.

Speaking with Variety, Farrelly was joined by his brother, Bobby, to discuss a number of topics, including the latters new Jack Black movie, Dear Santa. The siblings have worked together on a number of films in the past, including hits like Dumb and Dumber, Theres Something About Mary, and Shallow Hal. This time, Peter will be flying solo for I Play Rocky, which was penned by Peter Gamble.

I Play Rocky will showcase Sylvester Stallone pre-fame, proving himself through determination and talent in Hollywood. Peter Farrelly, known for Green Book and comedic hits, will direct this inspiring tale of Stallone's rise to fame. The movie will follow Stallone's refusal to sell his script unless he plays the lead.

Green Book director Peter Farrelly will helm I Play Rocky, which tells the story of a young Sylvester Stallone and his efforts to make the first Rocky movie back in 1976. Stallone is now one of the most recognizable stars in Hollywood, with Rocky being his breakout role and leading to the actor creating one of the most iconic franchises of all time, as well as becoming a major action movie superstar.

You can check out a synopsis for I Play Rocky below, courtesy of Variety.

I Play Rocky, the upcoming film, will follow Stallone long before his action hero days.

Peter Farrelly has been set to take the helm on a movie inspired by Sylvester Stallone’s journey into making his Rocky franchise a reality.

Titled ‘I Play Rocky,’ the movie follows a struggling actor with a partially paralyzed face and a speech impediment who writes a script that a big movie studio wants to buy, but he refuses to sell it unless he gets to play the lead. Turning down an offer of life-changing money, he instead works for pennies to get the movie made with himself in the starring role. The movie becomes the biggest box office hit of 1976, garnering 10 Academy Award nominations and winning Best Picture.

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The upcoming film is being produced by a team consisting of Toby Emmerich, who previously held the position of the film chief at Warner Bros., Christian Baha,...

Peter Farrelly is to direct a film about the making of 'Rocky'.The 67-year-old filmmaker is to helm the movie 'I Play Rocky', which tells the story of how Sylvester Stallone bet on himself to play the career-defining role in the 1976 sports film.A logline for the project reads: "A struggling actor with a partially paralysed face and a speech impediment writes a script that a big movie studio wants to buy, but he refuses to sell it unless he gets to play the lead. "Turning down an offer of life-changing money, he instead works for pennies to get the movie made with himself in the starring role."The movie becomes the biggest box office hit of 1976, notching 10 Oscar nominations and winning Best Picture. The true story of the making of the iconic movie 'Rocky'."'Green Book' director Farrelly is producing the flick alongside former Warner Bros.

"Rocky" is one of the most beloved sports movies of all time. One could probably even stretch beyond to say that it's plainly and simply one of the most beloved American movies ever made. Now, the movie is getting the "making of" treatment in a new film titled "I Play Rocky." The project has lined up a slightly unexpected director in the form of Peter Farrelly, known best for his work on screwball comedies such as "There's Something About Mary" and "Dumb & Dumber."

According to Variety, Farrelly is set to direct. What's more, casting is already underway for the lead role. Sylvester Stallone, who played Rocky Balboa in the original and its many sequels, is not specifically named as the inspiration for this lead role. However, it's crystal clear this movie is about the actor and his journey to get the cinematic classic made. The logline for the film...

Back in 2021, we got a sitcom titled Young Rock, based on the life of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Running for three seasons, the show told the story of Johnson’s life from his childhood to his early days as a WWE wrestler in a fictionalized version. The current day Rock is running for the President of the United States of America in the 2030s and reminisces about his past life with every episode.

Sylvester Stallone wrote and played the lead in 1976’s Rocky

Now, in 2024, we have another star who will be getting a movie made on his life, and it is none other than Sylvester Stallone. From the time before he came to his Rocky fame and the early days of his life, the upcoming movie will showcase the struggle before Stallone became a worldwide sensation. Director Peter Farrelly is attached to the project as of now, which will...

The making of Rocky is going to be chronicled in a scripted movie about the film's production. While it hasn't yet been revealed who will play Sylvester Stallone, the director of the movie has been confirmed.

Per IndieWire, Peter Farrelly (Green Book) is attached to direct I Play Rocky, a new movie about how the 1976 boxing movie came together to find huge success against all odds. The concept could be compared to The Offer, a limited series at Paramount+ that was about the making of The Godfather. Casting is reportedly underway for I Play Rocky, and the film is set to be shopped at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival market. Farrelly will produce with former Warner Bros. boss Toby Emmerich and Christian Baha. Peter Gamble (Office Uprising) is penning the script.

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Peter Farrelly is ready to eat lightning and crap thunder for a unique project focusing on Sylvester Stallone‘s beloved Rocky franchise. I Play Rocky finds Farrelly directing a film about Stallone’s journey to play the Italian Stallion on the silver screen. Toby Emmerich is producing, with Peter Gamble penning the script.

Here’s the official blurb for I Play Rocky:

A struggling actor with a partially paralyzed face and a speech impediment writes a script that a big movie studio wants to buy, but he refuses to sell it unless he gets to play the lead. Turning down an offer of life-changing money, he instead works for pennies to get the movie made with himself in the starring role. The movie becomes the biggest box office hit of 1976, notching ten Oscar nominations and winning Best Picture. The true story of the making of the iconic movie Rocky.

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Oscar winner Peter Farrelly will direct and former Warner Bros Motion Picture Boss Toby Emmerich will produce I Play Rocky, a film about how Sylvester Stallone bet on himself to play the star-making title role in Rocky. CAA Media Finance and FilmNation are selling at Cannes.

Emmerich and Farrelly are producing with Christian Baha, and Peter Gamble is writing the script.

Here’s the pic’s blurb: A struggling actor with a partially paralyzed face and a speech impediment writes a script that a big movie studio wants to buy, but he refuses to sell it unless he gets to play the lead. Turning down an offer of life-changing money, he instead works for pennies to get the movie made with himself in the starring role. The movie becomes the biggest box office hit of 1976, notching 10 Oscar nominations and winning Best Picture. The true story of the making of the iconic movie Rocky.

“Green Book” director Peter Farrelly will take audiences behind-the-scenes on the unlikely and tumultuous production of “Rocky,” the boxing drama that catapulted Sylvester Stallone into stardom.

“I Play Rocky,” the upcoming film, will follow Stallone long before his action hero days. Here, he’s a struggling actor whose partially paralyzed face and a speech impediment hasn’t left him in demand by Hollywood. But betting on his talent, Stallone writes a hot script that a big movie studio wants to buy. However, he refuses to sell it unless he gets to play the lead. Turning down an offer of life-changing money, he instead works for a pittance in order to get the movie made with himself as the title character. The result is the biggest box office hit of 1976, as well as an Academy Award juggernaut that went on to win best picture.

Farrelly will produce the film with Toby Emmerich,...

Now here’s a real underdog story. Peter Farrelly (“Green Book”) is set to direct a film inspired by the story of how Sylvester Stallone came to make his seminal 1976 boxing film “Rocky.”

The film is titled “I Play Rocky,” and per its official logline, which never names Stallone directly, the film “follows a struggling actor with a partially paralyzed face and a speech impediment who writes a script that a big movie studio wants to buy, but he refuses to sell it unless he gets to play the lead.”

The logline continues: “Turning down an offer of life-changing money, he instead works for pennies to get the movie made with himself in the starring role.” The movie becomes the biggest box office hit of 1976, garnering 10 Academy Award nominations and winning Best Picture.

That movie of course is “Rocky.” “Casting is underway” for who would be tapped to play Stallone...

Adjunct instructors at the USC School of Cinematic Arts are seeking to form a union, citing concerns about low pay and a recent move to drop health coverage.

Organizers say that 75% of the 248 adjunct faculty members have signed on to the drive to join the Uaw. They are seeking voluntary recognition from the university.

The cinema school relies heavily on adjunct professors, who are typically working Hollywood professionals. According to the organizers, more than 70% of the instructors are adjuncts, compared to just 20% in the 1970s.

Adjuncts who teach two classes make around $22,000 a year. Many teach courses there because they are also eligible for health insurance. But the organizers say that the university has recently started cutting second classes, so that instructors no longer qualify.

The faculty are seeking increased pay and a path to full-time and tenured positions.

“One student pays more money to take my class than I am paid to teach it,...

“I love the school. I bleed cardinal and gold,” says Katy Garretson. The Punky Brewster, Frasier and Fuller House director, who holds two degrees from the University of Southern California, has gotten football season tickets since she was 18 years old and even hosted a Trojan marching band at her wedding.

Still, after she came to USC five years ago to teach at its prestigious School of Cinematic Arts as an adjunct professor, “to say that I was shocked would be an understatement, at the working conditions that the adjuncts are working under.” She was initially struck by the fact that there were only two full-time female professors in the directing program and that adjunct instructors do not get designated parking on campus free of charge (options include paying a $20 flat rate for USC parking or finding street parking, which can be difficult around the school). But other issues surfaced: The pay was low — one year,...

Gigi Saul Guerrero will direct the Halloween-themed horror thriller 10-31 for Orion Pictures. Horror maestro Eli Roth is also on board to produce the project alongside Roger Birnbaum under their Arts District Entertainment banner, while John Zaozirny is also producing via Bellevue Productions. "We are unbelievably excited to collaborate with [Guerrero] on 10-31 as she continues to blaze a trail in the horror space," Orion Pictures president John Hegeman said in a statement.

For her part, Gigi Saul Guerrero is also excited to collaborate with Orion and Roth. "To be working with such a prestigious studio label like Orion, and alongside my friend, Eli, is next level incredible," Guerrero says of the collaboration. She adds: "This was a real page-turner of a script. I instantly felt passionate about taking on this story and making it a thrilling and visceral ride for audiences on the big screen." Eli Roth responded by stressing...

Deadline dropped the official word yesterday that Gigi Saul Guerrero will direct the horror thriller 10-31 for Orion Pictures. After helping blaze a trail for female genre filmmakers with excellent online content this will be Guerrero's first theatrical feature length project! ...the horror thriller 10-31, about a young woman who takes her niece and nephew trick-or-treating and discovers a note inside a candy wrapper informing her there’s a killer loose on her block. The script was written by Ian Shorr and Peter Gamble, based on a story by Laurie Ashbourne and screen story by Kathy Charles. Eli Roth is producing alongside Roger Birnbaum through their Arts District Entertainment, and John Zaozirny through Bellevue Productions. Said Guerrero “To be...

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Exclusive: In a hot button moment where many are scrutinizing the paucity of females in the Oscar nominations, Gigi Saul Guerrero continues to establish herself as a new voice in genre, a space usually haunted by men. She has just been set by Orion Pictures to direct the horror thriller 10-31, about a young woman who takes her niece and nephew trick-or-treating and discovers a note inside a candy wrapper informing her there’s a killer loose on her block.

The script was written by Ian Shorr and Peter Gamble, based on a story by Laurie Ashbourne and screen story by Kathy Charles. Eli Roth is producing alongside Roger Birnbaum through their Arts District Entertainment, and John Zaozirny through Bellevue Productions. This comes after Guerrero was set to direct an untitled film based on the mythology of Santa Muerte for Screen Gems. Guerrero is under a first-look film and TV deal with Blumhouse,...

The 15th annual Black List survey was revealed Monday December 16, and it includes 66 un-produced screenplays from up-and-coming literary talent. Results were pooled from a survey of more than 250 film executives, each of whom contributed the names of up to 10 favorite scripts that were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2019 and will not have begun principal photography during this calendar year. This year, scripts had to receive at least six mentions to be included on the Black List.

Since 2005, more than a third of the screenplays included in the annual Black List surveys have become produced films, and often to notoriety — such as “Argo,” “American Hustle,” “Juno,” “The King’s Speech,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Spotlight,” “The Revenants,” “The Descendants,” and “Hell or High Water.” Melina Matsoukas’s 2019 film “Queen & Slim,” written by Lena Waithe with a story co-authored by James Frey, was featured on the 2018 Black List.

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The Blood List, an annual survey of Hollywood’s best unproduced horror scripts, has anointed a class of 2019 which includes an Olivia Wilde project, an extreme bodybuilding misadventure and a sinister trip to a luxury spa.

Now in its eleventh year, the list was created by Brillstein Partners manager and producer Kailey Marsh (Hulu’s “Light as a Feather”). Over 50 film and TV executives at the story editor level and above voted on this year’s crop of scripts, a mix of both features and pilots, in horror and subgenres like thriller, sci-fi and dark comedy. The report also offers a user-submitted list called “Fresh Blood,” which saw 513 entrants on the Blood List site.

The most high profile of the projects is “Don’t Worry Darling,” set up at New Line with Wilde (“Booksmart”) taking the lead in front of and behind the camera. Carey Van Dyke and Shane Van Dyke...

Olivia Wilde’s next directorial project “Don’t Worry, Darling,” written by Carey Van Dyke and Shane Van Dyke, and the Eli Roth-produced “10/31” are among those unproduced scripts selected for the 2019 BloodList.

Also on the list is bodybuilding thriller “Apex” and time-traveling sci-fi film “The Traveler” by Austin Everett.

The BloodList is an annual list of the best unproduced screenplays and pilots of the year. It was created in 2009 by Kailey Marsh, who is a manager and producer at Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

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According to Studio System, 25% of the scripts that have been featured on the BloodList have gone on to be produced. Previous scripts that were featured on the BloodList include “Arrival,” “Birdbox,” “The Shallows,” “The Voices” and most recently, Sundance film “The Other Lamb” and Fantastic Fest’s “We Summon the Darkness.”

This year’s list also includes...

Eli Roth is set to produce a new Halloween horror film called 10-31 for Orion Pictures. The script for this film was written by Ian Shorr and Peter Gamble and a lot of studios were trying to acquire it, but Orion ended up getting their hands on it.

The script is based on a story by Laurie Ashbourne and screen story by Kathy Charles, and the story “follows a young woman who takes her niece and nephew trick-or-treating and discovers a note inside a candy wrapper that says there’s a killer loose on her block.”

That’s certainly an intriguing concept and hook. Roth talked about how great the script is in the following statement:

“Very rarely do you get a script that grabs you by the throat, holds you until the last page, and gives you nightmares after. I don’t want to reveal too much, but this is one of the best,...

Hostel director Eli Roth is set to produce a new slasher movie for Orion Pictures titled 10-31. Not much has been revealed about the flick just yet, but Roth seems to think we could have the makings of a new classic on our hands. That's a bold claim, to be certain, but Roth calls the script one of the best he's read in years with a truly scary premise at its center.

According to a new report, 10-31/">10-31 was written by Ian Shorr and Peter Gamble, then subsequently acquired by Orion Pictures. Shorr and Gamble were working from a story by Laurie Ashbourne and screen story by Kathy Charles. While details are slim, the story is said to center on a young woman who takes her niece and nephew trick-or-treating. Along the way, she discovers a note inside a candy wrapper that states a killer is on the loose in her neighborhood.

Brenton Thwaites (pictured right) embarks on a mission to save his one true love (Jane Levy, center) from an office building full of psychotic coworkers who have been "weaponized" by a new energy drink designed for the military in Office Uprising. Karan Soni (left) co-stars in the film alongside Zachary Levy and Alan Ritchson. The Exchange is handling international sales.

Lin Oeding directed Office Uprising, which is currently in post-production, from a screenplay written by Ian Shorr and Peter Gamble Robinson. Giulia Prenna, Jim Steele, Sean Lydiard and Will Clevinger are producing.

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Production wrapped recently on action spoof.

The Exchange has closed a raft of deals on action spoof Office Uprising starring Brenton Thwaites.

CEO Brian O’Shea and his team have licensed French rights to Ab Droits Audiovisuels, Latin America to Swen, the Middle East to Selim Ramia, China to DDDream International Media, Russia to Volga, and Thailand to SahaMongkol.

Office Uprising tells of an underachiever at a weapons firm who attempts to rescue his true love from a weapons manufacturer where the workers have been turned into psychopaths by a new energy drink.

Jane Levy, Karan Soni, Zachary Levy and Alan Ritchson round out the cast.

Production wrapped recently on the film that Lin Oeding directed from a screenplay by Ian Shorr and Peter Gamble Robinson.

Giulia Prenna, Jim Steele, Sean Lydiard and Will Clevinger serve as producers.

“The combination of the commercial concept, high production value and the established stars is allowing us to make aggressive...

Sons Of Anarchy actor Tommy Flanagan is reuniting with his co-star Charlie Hunnam in the upcoming Michael Noer-directed remake Papillon, based on the classic 1973 film that starred Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen. Written by Aaron Guzikowski, the pic, which also stars Rami Malek, is a modern retelling of the original, which was based on the memoirs of convicted felon and fugitive Henri Charriere. Tommy will play a mysterious figure with a dark past that Papillon encounters on his journey. Red Granite is producing along with Joey McFarland, Riza Aziz, David Koplan, Ram Bergman and Roger Corbi. Repped by Gersh, Untitled Entertainment, and the Curtis Brown Group, Flanagan will next be seen in Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 and the war drama Sand Castle.

Alan Ritchson has joined Brenton Thwaites, Jane Levy, Zachary Levi and Ian Harding in Office Uprising directed by Lin Oeding from a script...