'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.