A Film About The Making of ROCKY is in Development with Director Peter Farrelly
Rocky is one of the most iconic films of all time, and the making of Sylvester Stallone’s film will now be turned into a feature film. The film will be directed by Peter Farrelly (Green Book, Dumb & Dumber) from a script written by Peter Gamble.
The film is titled I Play Rocky, and the story is described as follows: "A struggling actor with a partially paralyzed face and a speech impediment writes a script that a big movie studio wants to buy, but he refuses to sell it unless he gets to play the lead.
“Turning down an offer of life-changing money, he instead works for pennies to get the movie made with himself in the starring role. The movie becomes the biggest box office hit of 1976, garnering 10 Academy Award nominations and winning Best Picture."
The film is set up at Warner Bros. and studio chief Toby Emmerich shared in a statement: "I've been a fan of Peter Farrelly as both a filmmaker and a person since getting to work with him on the music for Dumb and Dumber.”
He added: “But it was Green Book that made me think of Pete for this inspiring screenplay. Christian Baha and I feel blessed to have Pete at the helm for this movie.
“And like the unknown Stallone starring in Rocky, Pete will be conducting a worldwide search to discover another actor who just needs one shot — in I Play Rocky — to show the world what he can do."
The studio’s Christian Baha added: "When I first read Peter Gamble's energetic and poignant script, I knew it captured something very special. The story of I Play Rocky is as unique as Sylvester Stallone himself, a seeming Everyman with an undeniable gift who needs to share it with the world and refuses to take 'No' for an answer.
Baha continued: “And like the hero of our film, Baha Productions needed grit and determination as we fought for years to make this project into a reality. We are so fortunate to have teamed up with Toby Emmerich and Peter Farrelly, two legendary talents who not only share but enhance our vision of the film."
The story behind Stallone getting Rocky made is an incredible one, and I’m excited to see that story will be getting the feature film treatment. As a fan of Rocky and it’s behind-the-scenes story, I’ll be looking forward to watching this!
Casting for the biopic is currently underway.
Source: The Wrap