Overview
- Amazon MGM released a first-look photo of Anthony Ippolito portraying a young Sylvester Stallone, confirming the biopic is now filming under director Peter Farrelly.
- The film dramatizes Stallone’s refusal to sell his Rocky script unless he could star, framing the underdog origins of the 1976 Best Picture winner.
- Ippolito, known for playing Al Pacino in The Offer, leads a cast that includes Stephan James as Carl Weathers and AnnaSophia Robb as Sasha Czack.
- Supporting roles reported by industry outlets include Matt Dillon as Frank Stallone Sr., P. J. Byrne as Irwin Winkler, Toby Kebbell as Robert Chartoff, Jay Duplass as John G. Avildsen, and Tracy Letts as a composite studio executive.
- Farrelly directs from a screenplay by Peter Gamble with producers Toby Emmerich and Christian Baha, FilmNation handling production services and international sales, and no release date announced.