Rocky is getting ready to return to the ring. But this time, it’s not via another sequel or Creed spin-off – upcoming movie I Play Rocky will follow star Sylvester Stallone as a young actor, before he became the stuff of big-screen boxing legend, as he fights for the right to play the titular character in his first feature screenplay. The film has now officially found its young Sly in Anthony Ippolito, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed, who has form for playing cinematic heavyweights as they shoot legendary movies after appearing as Al Pacino in the 2022 The Godfather making-of series, The Offer .

Rocky was a true underdog story, both in its content and its very being, with Stallone writing the script in just three days when he was a broke actor struggling to find

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