Overview

• Amazon MGM confirmed Ippolito will play a young Stallone in the making-of drama I Play Rocky.
• Peter Farrelly is directing, with Toby Emmerich and Christian Baha producing from a script by Peter Gamble.
• Ippolito secured the role after sending producers an unsolicited audition tape, according to multiple reports.
• The project remains in development with no release date announced, and Stallone is not publicly attached.
• Ippolito previously portrayed Al Pacino in The Offer, as coverage situates the new film within the Rocky franchise’s long-running success, reported at over $1.7 billion globally.