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[Stitch]

I Play Rocky is an upcoming American biographical drama film directed by Peter Farrelly and written by Peter Gamble. It follows the development and production of the film Rocky (1976). Anthony Ippolito stars as Sylvester Stallone, alongside Stephan James, AnnaSophia Robb, Matt Dillon, P.J Byrne, Toby Kebbell, Tracy Letts, Jay Duplass, and Robert Morgan.

I Play Rocky is set to have a limited theatrical release by Amazon MGM Studios in the United States on November 13, 2026.

 

[jason10mm]

I'm in!

I got all excited that Sly was actually a lefty but no, thats just the actor playing him

NGL, they need to start prepping Arnies illegitimate kid to play him, he is getting close if he just blasts the gear for a year or 2

hah hah hah, who are we kidding. NO ONE beats the GOAT

it would have to be a CGI character to accurately represent him, even modern bodybuilders can't look like that

 

[roosnam1980]

this dude also portrayed al pacino in the offer

 

[AJUMP23]

Sly Stallone made his career. It is good story.

 

[Gusy]

I don't know why.. Maybe it was the music, but that trailer got me pretty emotional.

I think that's a great trailer

 

[Chuck Berry]

I'd much rather watch an actual documentary about the making of the movie.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Loved the Rocky movies from 1 through 4.

 

[jason10mm]

Loved the Rocky movies from 1 through 4.

Rocky IV in the theater was such a sublime moment.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Rocky IV in the theater was such a sublime moment.

Woah dude you're on Team Fossil just like Topher huh? Gatdayum.

 

[jason10mm]

Woah dude you're on Team Fossil just like Topher huh? Gatdayum.

Yup. Plus waaaaaay back in the day it was SUPER COMMON to get dropped off at the theater at the age of 10+ with your friends and just watch movies all afternoon until your folks came back round to get you.

And movies were just better, theaters were safer, and $10 in your pocket got you snacks, drunks, a bunch of games in the lobby, and 2 movies!

 

[OverHeat]

This look good!!

 

[calico]

Yup. Plus waaaaaay back in the day it was SUPER COMMON to get dropped off at the theater at the age of 10+ with your friends and just watch movies all afternoon until your folks came back round to get you.

And movies were just better, theaters were safer, and $10 in your pocket got you snacks, drunks, a bunch of games in the lobby, and 2 movies!

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

I've never seen someone impersonate Sly without trying to be funny. This will take some time to adjust.

 

[Trilobit]

Looks better than I anticipated. I always like an underdog story. Movie itself looks quality-wise like a 6/10, but that's good enough for me,

 

[dragonyeuw]

I had no idea this was a thing, but I'm definitely in.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Rocky IV in the theater was such a sublime moment.

I was two years old when that movie came out in theaters

I watched it for the first time a couple of years ago and it's my favorite in the franchise

 

[Liopleurodon]

It looks really, really good.

Wouldn't mind if it was an actual remake of the first movie.

 

[Davevil]

This trailer gave me chills.

I think Stallone is unique in his journey to success, and many tend to label him as an actor with all brawn and no brains, when in fact he's very close to being a genius.

 

[AJUMP23]

I hope I live long enough to see the making of I Play Stallone.

 

[DetectiveBananas]

 

[Barrier Island Dweller]

Looks dope, probably going to make a lot of money.

 

[nush]

I Play Rocky is set to have a limited theatrical release

I can see that changing from the online buzz this has created.

 

[spookyfish]

Yup. Plus waaaaaay back in the day it was SUPER COMMON to get dropped off at the theater at the age of 10+ with your friends and just watch movies all afternoon until your folks came back round to get you.

And movies were just better, theaters were safer, and $10 in your pocket got you snacks, drunks, a bunch of games in the lobby, and 2 movies!

The summer of 1980 -- I wasn't even 10 until August -- my friend Mike and I were dropped off at the theater to see Empire Strikes Back like three times. We just made a day of it. Eating theater food, hanging out in the lobby, going to the bookstore in the parking lot of the shopping center --- just free-range.

I would never drop my 13-year-old off like that today. Our parents were crazy.

 

[jason10mm]

The summer of 1980 -- I wasn't even 10 until August -- my friend Mike and I were dropped off at the theater to see Empire Strikes Back like three times. We just made a day of it. Eating theater food, hanging out in the lobby, going to the bookstore in the parking lot of the shopping center --- just free-range.

I would never drop my 13-year-old off like that today. Our parents were crazy.

It really was different back then. The folks working the theater were often teens themselves, there was like 1, maybe 2, adults in the entire place, but it was safe, we all knew where the line was, they looked the other way for letting in kids through a fire door or going from 1 screen to another so long as it was kept under control and you were spending money anyway.

Theaters in "indoor" malls were another big one, as we would often be left to roam the mall for HOURS, so food court/theater/hit some stores/flirt with the big boobed girl at the ice cream place was a weekend ritual.

And before cell phones you just had to set a time and a place for pick-up. No checking in, no constant surveillance. Maybe a dad hanging back in the rear of the theater just to make sure no hanky panky was going on if girls were involved.

Once I was 12 or so I could just take my bike and ride the couple of miles to the closer theaters. Across a few highways in the commercial district.

These days it would be dodging kidnapper vans every 20 feet, but back then we KNEW to avoid the run down van with "Free Candy" scrawled on the side and that was all you needed to know!

 

[spookyfish]

It really was different back then. The folks working the theater were often teens themselves, there was like 1, maybe 2, adults in the entire place, but it was safe, we all knew where the line was, they looked the other way for letting in kids through a fire door or going from 1 screen to another so long as it was kept under control and you were spending money anyway.

Theaters in "indoor" malls were another big one, as we would often be left to roam the mall for HOURS, so food court/theater/hit some stores/flirt with the big boobed girl at the ice cream place was a weekend ritual.

And before cell phones you just had to set a time and a place for pick-up. No checking in, no constant surveillance. Maybe a dad hanging back in the rear of the theater just to make sure no hanky panky was going on if girls were involved.

Once I was 12 or so I could just take my bike and ride the couple of miles to the closer theaters. Across a few highways in the commercial district.

These days it would be dodging kidnapper vans every 20 feet, but back then we KNEW to avoid the run down van with "Free Candy" scrawled on the side and that was all you needed to know!

I remember a buddy of mine and I walked a mile or two down the side of one of the busiest roads in Roswell, GA, to Showbiz Pizza. This had to be 82, or 81, so I was between 10 and 12.

Parents. Nuts.

 

[jason10mm]

I remember a buddy of mine and I walked a mile or two down the side of one of the busiest roads in Roswell, GA, to Showbiz Pizza. This had to be 82, or 81, so I was between 10 and 12.

Parents. Nuts.

I'm about to trigger THE FUCK out of you then........

i pity the kids who don't know what Five Nights at Freddy's is based on. Showbiz Pizza these days is a MUCH sadder place. Almost no arcade games, its just ticket machines.

 

[AJUMP23]

Project Hail Mary could make this documentary too.

 

[Vlodril]

The summer of 1980 -- I wasn't even 10 until August -- my friend Mike and I were dropped off at the theater to see Empire Strikes Back like three times. We just made a day of it. Eating theater food, hanging out in the lobby, going to the bookstore in the parking lot of the shopping center --- just free-range.

I would never drop my 13-year-old off like that today. Our parents were crazy.

Better times man. I used to at 13 travel 30 minutes by bus to a different city to see movies or visit a friend because there was nothing where i lived. I went alone. I came back alone. No one knew exactly where you were since you know no mobiles. The absolute freedom we enjoyed (and took for granted).