Overview
- The studio released the first official image of Anthony Ippolito as a young Sylvester Stallone and said filming is underway.
- I Play Rocky dramatizes Stallone’s refusal to sell Rocky unless he could star, aligning with the underdog origins of the 1976 Best Picture winner.
- The cast features Stephan James as Carl Weathers, AnnaSophia Robb as Sasha Czack, Matt Dillon as Frank Stallone Sr., P. J. Byrne as Irwin Winkler, Jay Duplass as John G. Avildsen, Tracy Letts in a composite studio role, and Toby Kebbell as Robert Chartoff.
- Peter Farrelly directs from a screenplay by Peter Gamble, with Toby Emmerich and Christian Baha producing and FilmNation handling production services and international sales.
- Stallone shared an Instagram message wishing the team well, while a separate report quoted him saying he was “shocked” by the project and had “zero to do with it,” and no release date has been announced.