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To adapt a Nelson DeMille novel, The Lion\’s Game and James Byron Huggin\’s novel Hunter, which Stallone had the film rights for several years and originally planned to use the plot from Hunter for Rambo V. In 2009, Stallone expressed interest in starring in a remake of Charles Bronson\’s 1974 movie Death WishThe ExpendablesCurrently, Stallone is working on a film .
Titled The Expendables, for which he will star, write and direct. The movie was filmed during 2009 and is in post-production. It is set for release in August 2010. Joining him in the film will be fellow action superstars Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger as well as Terry Crews, Mickey Rourke, Danny Trejo, Randy .
Couture, Robert Knepper, Eric Roberts, David Zayas, and Stone Cold Steve Austin. The cameo appearances of Willis and Schwarzenegger in a scene with fellow action legend Stallone is eagerly awaited. Due to the overwhelmingly positive reaction to early test footage and trailers, producer Avi Lerner has reported that there is already talk of making two more sequels, or at least .

Contained many photographs of Stallone throughout the years as well as pictures of him performing exercises. In addition to writing all six Rocky  films, Stallone also wrote Cobra, Driven, and Rambo.  He has co-written several other films, such as F.I.S.T., Rhinestone, Over the Top, and the first three Rambo films. His last major success as a co-writer came with 1993\’s .
Cliffhanger. In addition, Stallone has continued to express his passion in directing a film on Edgar Allan Poe\’s life, a script he has been preparing for years. The movie, called Poe, is to be produced by Avi Lerner and will feature Robert Downey Jr.[citation needed] Stallone will also be making a fifth Rambo film after the success of the fourth .
One in 2008. In July 2009, he appeared in a cameo in the Bollywood  movie Kambakkht Ishq where he played himself, for which he has been nominated by the Indian version of Razzies, Golden Kela Awards.[21]  Stallone will also provide the voice of a lion in Kevin James\’s planned comedy The Zookeeper. Stallone has also mentioned that he would like .

Of the movie was only $24 million. His performance in Rocky Balboa has been praised and garnered mostly positive reviews.[19]Stallone\’s newest release was the fourth installment of his other successful movie franchise, Rambo, with the sequel being titled simply Rambo. The film opened in 2,751 theaters on January 25, 2008, grossing $6,490,000 on its opening day and $18,200,000 over its .
Opening weekend. Its current box office stands at $42,653,401 in the US and $112,481,829 worldwide.Asked in February 2008 which of the icons he would rather be remembered for, Stallone said \”it\’s a tough one, but Rocky is my first baby, so Rocky.Stallone\’s debut as a director came in 1978 with Paradise Alley, which he also wrote and starred in. In .
Addition, he directed Staying Alive (the sequel to Saturday Night Fever), along with Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky Balboa, and Rambo. In August 2005, Stallone released his book Sly Moves which claimed to be a guide to fitness and nutrition as well as a candid insight into his life and works from his own perspective. The book also .

Surrounding Los Angeles Police Department corruption scandal.[16] It was later titled Notorious but was shelved.[17]In 2005, he was the co-presenter, alongside Sugar Ray Leonard, of the NBC Reality television boxing series The Contender. That same year he also made a guest appearance in two episodes of the television series Las Vegas. In 2005, Stallone also inducted wrestling icon Hulk Hogan, .
Who appeared in Rocky III as a wrestler named Thunderlips, into the WWE Hall of Fame; Stallone was also the person who offered Hogan the cameo in Rocky III.[Revisiting Rocky and RamboSylvester Stallone Hollywood Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAfter a three year hiatus from films, Stallone made a comeback in 2006 with the sixth installment of his successful Rocky .
Series, Rocky Balboa, which was a critical and commercial hit. After the critical and box office failure of the previous installment Rocky V, Stallone had decided to write, direct and star in a sixth installment which would be a more appropriate climax to the series. The total domestic box office came to $594.3 million (and $910.3 million worldwide). The budget .

Special “Worst Actor of the Century” Razzie award, citing “95% of Everything He’s Ever Done” rather than an individual movie. By 2000, Stallone had been awarded four Worst Actor Razzie awards for individual movies, a “Worst Screen Couple” Razzie, and a “Worst Actor of the Decade” Razzie for the 1980s.[14] He had been nominated for the Worst Actor award for .
Nine consecutive years from 1984 to 1992.2003–2005In 2003, he played a villainous role in the third installment of the Spy Kids trilogy Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over which was a huge box office success (almost $200 million worldwide). Stallone also had a cameo appearance in the 2003 French film Taxi 3 as a passenger.Following several poorly reviewed box office flops, .
Stallone started to regain prominence for his supporting role in the neo-noir crime drama Shade (2003) which was only released in a limited fashion but was praised by critics.[15] He was also attached to star and direct a film tentatively titled Rampart Scandal, which was to be about the murder of rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. and the .

Wine cooler and exclaims, “Stupid cheap studio!”[13]Following his breakthrough performance in Rocky, critic Roger Ebert had once said Stallone could become the next Marlon Brando, though he never quite recaptured the critical acclaim achieved with Rocky. Stallone did, however, go on to receive much acclaim for his role in the crime drama Cop Land (1997) in which he starred alongside .
Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta, but the film was only a minor success at the box office. His performance led him to win the Stockholm International Film Festival Best Actor Award. In 1998 he did voice-over work for the computer-animated film Antz, which grossed over $90 million domestically.As the new millennium began, Stallone starred in the thriller Get Carter .
— a remake of the 1971 British Michael Caine film of the same name—but the film was poorly received by both critics and audiences. Stallone’s career declined considerably after his subsequent films Driven (2001), Avenging Angelo (2002) and D-Tox (2002) also underachieved expectations to do well at the box office and were poorly received by critics.In 2000, Stallone received a .

2000 AD in the film of the same name. His overseas box office appeal saved the domestic box office disappointment of Judge Dredd with a worldwide tally of $113 million. He also appeared in the thriller Assassins (1995) with co stars Julianne Moore and Antonio Banderas. In 1996, he starred in the disaster film Daylight which made only $33 million .
In the U.S but was a major hit overseas taking in over $126 million, totalling $159,212,469 worldwide.That same year Stallone, along with an all-star cast of celebrities, appeared in the Trey Parker and Matt Stone short comedy film Your Studio and You commissioned by the Seagram Company for a party celebrating their acquisition of Universal Studios and the MCA Corporation. .
Stallone speaks in his Rocky Balboa voice with subtitles translating what he was saying. At one point, Stallone starts yelling about how can they use his Balboa character, that he left it in the past; the narrator calms him with a wine cooler and calling him, “brainiac.” In response, Stallone says, “Thank you very much.” He then looks at the .

With the then recent success of Lock Up and Tango and Cash, at the start of the 1990s Stallone starred in the fifth installment of the Rocky franchise Rocky V  which was considered a box office disappointment and was also disliked by fans as an unworthy entry in the series. It was intended to have been the last installment in .
The franchise at the time.[citation needed]After starring in the critical and commercial disasters Oscar (1991) and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) (which he claimed was the worst film he appeared in)[citation needed] during the early 90s, he made a comeback in 1993 with the hit Cliffhanger which was a moderate success in the U.S. but more successful worldwide, .
Grossing over US$255 million. Later that year he had a hit with the futuristic action film Demolition Man which grossed in excess of $158 million worldwide. His string of hits continued with 1994’s The Specialist (over $170 million worldwide gross).In 1995, he played the comic book based title character Judge Joseph Dredd, who was taken from the British comic book .

Poorly received by critics. It was around 1985 that Stallone was signed to a remake of the 1939 James Cagney classic Angels With Dirty Faces. The film would form part of his multi-picture deal with Cannon Pictures and was to co-star Christopher Reeve and be directed by Menahem Golan. The re-making of such a beloved classic was met with disapproval .
By Variety Magazine and horror by top critic Roger Ebert and so Cannon opted to make Cobra instead. Cobra (1986) and Tango and Cash (1989) did solid business domestically but overseas they did blockbuster business grossing over $100 million in foreign markets and over $160 million worldwide. The Rocky and Rambo franchises at the end of the decade were billion .

As opposed to the way he is portrayed in the book of the same name, in First Blood and in the other films. Three Rambo sequels Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Rambo III (1988) and Rambo followed. Although box office hits, they met with much less critical praise than the original. He also continued his box office success with .
The Rocky franchise and wrote, directed and starred in two more sequels to the series: Rocky III (1982) and Rocky IV (1985). Stallone has portrayed these two characters in a total of ten films.It was during this time period that Stallone’s work cultivated a strong overseas following. He also attempted, albeit unsuccessfully, roles in different genres when he co-wrote and .
Starred in the comedy film Rhinestone (1984) where he played a wannabe country music singer and the drama film Over the Top (1987) where he played a truck driver who enters an arm wrestling competition to impress his estranged son. For the Rhinestone soundtrack, he performed a song. These films did not do well at the box office and were .