Sylvester Stallone Starring in First Television Series OMERTA

Surprisingly, Sylvester Stallone is making his television acting debut sometime soon. THR says the actor will star in Antoine Fuqua's adaptation of Mario Puzo's Omerta, which is the final book in The Godfather series. If you've never read the books, that's a bit confusing as you would assume Omerta = The Godfather III, when in fact all three stories are part of the first book.

Omerta was released after Puzo's death and follows a mafioso family in New York. Big surprise, right? They even go to Sicily! All jokes aside, Puzo basically is the godfather of the gangster genre so I'm sure whatever is being adapted will be top-notch! Sidebar: am I the only one who thinks it's crazy Sylvester Stallone is making his acting debut in scripted television just now?! I would've sworn it would have happened sooner than that!