ROCKY and MGM Set Date For Fight

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Thursday, May 18, 2006
Source: Hollywood Reporter

The next installment of Rocky will be headed back to theaters on December 22, 2006. The movie will be titled Rocky Balboa and stars Sylvester Stallone as Rocky.

The movie is being produced via a three-way deal between Revolution Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment and MGM.

"All three partners involved in this project are tremendously excited with this new film and Sony is thrilled to be handling international distribution of the motion picture as well as home entertainment on a worldwide basis," Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group chairman of worldwide marketing and distribution Jeff Blake said.

MGM will be handling domestic distribution for the film.

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Comments/Responses

• May 18, 2006, 04:56am •

Hmmmm...

videocide • May 18, 2006, 06:24am •

They moved it up huh? I thought originaly it had a feb 2007 release date

• May 18, 2006, 07:33am •

For some reason I'm looking forward to this. I really hope Stallone's delivered a good film and a strong final chapter in Rocky's journey.

• May 18, 2006, 09:33am •

Stallone is in desperate need of something worthy of his talents. After seeing him in Copland back in 1997, you'd think he woul've been treated with alot more respect. It's painful to see him on the direct-to-video route with past duds like Eye See You and Shade.

For his sake, I hope this delivers...

lracors • May 18, 2006, 09:57am •

Maybe it will focus on the ravages of steriods on the human body.

fft5305 • May 18, 2006, 10:11am •

Especially after seeing Sly again on The Contender, I really hope he has another good outing and reinvigorates his career. I'm not holding my breath, though.

• May 18, 2006, 11:18am •

Who is he fighting in this movie, George Foreman? They must be about the same age. Seriously, I've always like Stallone and I hope this film does well.

• May 18, 2006, 11:28am •

I'm glad its been moved up. This would seem to indicate that the studio has an increased faith in this movie. Moved it away from the early part of the calendar and put it into end of the calendar where studios put movies they think are going to better financially and creatively appealing.

I have high hopes for Rocky Balboa

• May 18, 2006, 11:45am •

I probably would have been more interested in this if they had cast Roy Jones Jr instead of sorry Antonio Tarver, but I still hope it does well for Sly's sake(but it is going to flop).

coldhardtruth • May 18, 2006, 12:42pm •

Stallone has no talent. This is a pathetic attempt to make a hit after a disasterous track record as of late. I expect this movie to make less than Rocky 5.

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