Overview
- Amazon MGM released the first trailer for I Play Rocky on Wednesday, July 15, giving the public its first full look at the biopic about the making of 1976’s Rocky.
- Anthony Ippolito is filmed as a young Sylvester Stallone and has drawn praise for his physical and vocal transformation in footage that recreates key Philadelphia moments from the original film.
- Peter Farrelly directs a screenplay by Peter Gamble with an ensemble cast that includes Stephan James as Carl Weathers, AnnaSophia Robb, Matt Dillon, P.J. Byrne, Toby Kebbell, Tracy Letts and Jay Duplass.
- Amazon MGM has scheduled a limited theatrical release beginning Nov. 6 with a wider rollout later in November, a timing the studio hopes will support an awards push.
- Accounts differ on Stallone’s involvement: Stallone said last year he had “zero to do with” the project, while Farrelly says the filmmakers reached out, showed Stallone the script and received his approval.