Sylvester Stallone to reprise 'Rocky' role 30 years on

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2005

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Hollywood heavyweight Sylvester Stallone will reprise his role as a working-class boxing champ in a new sequel to "Rocky," the film that propelled him to fame almost 30 years ago, his publicist said.

The actor, now 59, will also direct, write and co-produce "Rocky Balboa," the sixth film in the winning Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) film series launched with the Oscar-winning "Rocky" in 1976, Stallone's spokeswoman and MGM said.

"It's all very exciting," Michelle Bega, the spokeswoman for the star who won Academy Award nominations for starring in and writing "Rocky," told AFP.

The new film will begin shooting in January, according to MGM and co-producers Revolution Studios.

"Rocky Balboa" will pick up the saga of boxer Rocky Balboa...