I Play Rocky (2026) New Pics!

Bobby

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October 10, 2026

Anthony Ippolito is Sylvester Stallone in I Play Rocky, based on the True Story

Amazon MGM Studios released a fresh batch of stills from their upcoming release I Play Rocky coming to theaters November 6, 2026.

Long before he was an international icon, Sylvester Stallone was a struggling, flat-broke actor. In 1975, he had just $106 in his bank account, a pregnant wife, and a beloved bullmastiff named Butkus that he could barely afford to feed.

On March 24, 1975, Stallone watched a heavyweight boxing match between the legendary Muhammad Ali and a virtually unknown journeyman named Chuck Wepner. Inspired by Wepner’s refusal to back down, Stallone sat down and furiously wrote the entire first draft of Rocky in just three days.

When producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff read the script, they knew they had a goldmine. They offered Stallone a massive $360,000 for the rights—a life-changing fortune equivalent to over $1.8 million today.

The studio wanted an established A-lister like Robert Redford, Ryan O’Neal, or James Caan to play the titular boxer but Stallone flatly refused. He insisted that he had to star as Rocky. Impressed by his conviction, the producers finally relented. And the rest, as they say, is history!

I Play Rocky swings into theaters November 6, 2026.

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