RAMBO is Getting a Feature Film Reboot Without Sylvester Stallone
Say it ain't so! Nu Image and Millennium Films are planning a reboot of the classic action film franchise Rambo. I'm a huge fan of Rambo and I've been waiting to see if Sylvester Stallone would ever make that fifth installment of the franchise, but it looks like that's dead now.
The worst part of the news is that Stallone will not be a part of the reboot. According to THR, this film will "see a younger actor inhabit the role. The company is looking at Rambo as a character akin to James Bond." Stallone is Rambo and replacing him with a new actor just seems utterly ridiculous.
The reboot will be called Rambo: New Blood and the production company has hired Brooks McLaren (XOXO) to write the script and Ariel Vromen (Criminal) to direct the movie.
There are no plot details to share right now but I imagine they plan to contemporize the story and character. I'm not too thrilled to hear that a classic franchise like Rambo is getting the reboot treatment, but I guess that's the kind of thing we should expect from Hollywood these days. Heaven forbid they try to come up with an original new action hero.