Overview

• Deadline reports Dillon will portray Sylvester Stallone’s father in the azon MGMGM Studios biopic about the making of Rocky.
• Frank Stallone Sr., an Italian immigrant and hairdresser, is depicted in prior accounts as both charismatic and abusive, a dynamic explored in Netflix’s Sly.
• Anthony Ippolito plays a young Sylvester Stallone, with Stephan James as Carl Weathers and AnnaSophia Robb as Sasha Czack.
• Peter Farrelly directs from a script by Peter Gamble, focusing on Stallone’s insistence on writing Rocky and securing the lead role himself.
• Toby Emmerich and Christian Baha are producing for a planned theatrical release, with FilmNation handling production services and international sales, and the project is in pre-production without a release date.