If you missed out on the teaser trailer, now's your chance to catch new footage from the film. If you head on over to the official blog for Sony's upcoming Rocky Balboa (aka Rocky 6), you can watch the first clip from the film, which stars Sylvester Stallone, Mr T, Milo Ventimiglia, Talia Shire, Geraldine Hughes, Antonio Tarver, Burt Young, Tony Burton and Geraldine Hughes.
In the new installment hitting theaters this December, Rocky, lonely and retired in Philadelphia, comes out of retirement, intending to fight a few low-profile local fights. He's approached to fight a match with reigning heavyweight champ Mason "The Line" Dixon, and soon his comeback ignites a media firestorm.
Sylvester Stallone also wrote and directed the pic.
'Rocky Balboa' officially announced for December 22nd!!
Rocky is back in the ring just in time for Christmas with MGM in his corner! Rocky Balboa, the next installment of the saga about the beloved boxer from Philadelphia -- written, directed by and starring the Sylvester Stallone -- will be distributed in the United States and Canada by MGM Studios on Dec. 22, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Although "Balboa" has long been an MGM title, it is being produced as a three-way partnership between Revolution Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment and MGM. As such, MGM will handle domestic and Sony will handle international theatrical and video distribution. "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.
Sure, it's easy to make fun of Sylvester Stallone and the fact he's making a sixth Rocky movie ... but admit it -- odds are you'll check it out once it's in theatres. With that in mind, check out the Rocky Balboa Blog for three production stills from the making of the movie. For a guy who's turning 60 later this year, Stallone is still in great shape. A teaser trailer was also available briefly on Stallone's web site but it's been pulled. Never fear. Here's the Rocky VI Teaser Trailer with Spanish subtitles.
Philadelphia wonders where to put donated Stallone statue
PHILADELPHIA — A recurring question since Sylvester Stallone gave the city a statue of himself from the Rocky III film has been where to locate such a memento. In donating the 8-foot, 6-inch, half-ton statue of himself in boxing trunks in 1982, Stallone favored a prominent location, such as the top of the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps made famous in the original Rocky movie.
Art Museum officials and the city Art Commission, citing its commercial nature, and some questioning its artistic worth, opposed the idea.
In a compromise, the statue was located on the steps for a few months, then moved to the Spectrum, in the Philadelphia Sports Complex about four miles south of Center City. Later moves found the statue near the Wachovia Center — and, most recently, in storage.
Now the statue may be making a comeback. After what Joan Schlotterbeck, the city's commissioner of public property, described as ongoing interest from Stallone and his representatives in a prominent display, another proposal is being considered.
City officials proposed, and the Fairmount Park Commission on Wednesday approved, a site at the foot of and just east of the museum steps. Schlotterbeck said Stallone agreed. "This is the first time we gave him a compromise that works and he accepted," she said.
The Art Museum also "OK'd" the site, said Norman Keyes, a museum spokesman, but the decision still was not final.
E. Harris Baum, the city's park commissioner, expressed dismay. "If a film about Donald Duck in Philadelphia comes out, do we put a Donald Duck statue in our park system?" he asked. "Rocky is fine. But other films have relevance, too. Where do we stop?"
Stallone, 59, is bringing Rocky out of retirement. He wrote, directed and stars in Rocky Balboa, the sixth film in the franchise, which is expected to be released in December.
Laura Griffith of the Fairmount Park Art Association, a public organization maintaining other sculpture along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, said that group was not involved in the Rocky relocation and she had no comment on the site.
The location also requires city Art Commission approval.
