Overview
- Director Jalmari Helander said the prequel will be more adventurous and not as dark as the 2008 and 2019 films.
- AGBO is producing the project, with Joe and Anthony Russo serving as executive producers alongside Angela Russo-Otstot and Michael Disco for AGBO and Kevin King Templeton, Les Weldon and Jonathan Yunger for Millennium Media.
- Helander will direct from a screenplay by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani.
- Noah Centineo is in final negotiations to play John Rambo in the Vietnam War–set origin story.
- Lionsgate holds global rights and is selling the film at AFM, with production slated to begin in early 2026 in Thailand as the sixth entry in the franchise.