Overview

• I Play Rocky is a biographical drama about the creation of the 1976 film Rocky rather than a sequel or remake.
• Amazon MGM plans a theatrical release, with no premiere date or complete cast announced yet.
• Toby Emmerich and Christian Baha are producing the film from a script by Peter Gamble.
• Ippolito secured the role after sending producers a self-recorded, spur-of-the-moment audition.
• The Rocky franchise has earned more than $1.7 billion worldwide, and the original won the 1977 Best Picture Oscar; Ippolito previously played Al Pacino in The Offer and appeared in Netflix’s Purple Hearts.