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Sylvester Stallone Has a Death Wish; Who Smells Franchise Reboot?

by Jeff Giles | November 05, 2007

Summary

Now that he's succeeded in resurrecting two of his own film franchises, Sylvester Stallone has apparently decided to pick up where another action hero left off. Back to Article

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theSuccessor. writes:
on Nov 05 2007 05:04 AM

omg.

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jasperoosterveld writes:
on Nov 05 2007 05:07 AM

hahahahaha this is unbelievable!

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cgcbooks writes:
on Nov 05 2007 05:16 AM

"I AM THE LAW." It sounds good to me. I am a huge Stallone fan and Bronson fan. Looking forward to this. Cameo by Jeff Goldblum.

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Gimy writes:
on Nov 05 2007 05:17 AM

they already did a remake, it was called The Brave One.

if stallone should remake anything...do another frikkin Mrs. Doubtfire. no need for makeup bra...you look like an elderly woman anyways. moisturizer anyone....anyone?? the roids have just made him look odd...

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Defmonkey writes:
on Nov 05 2007 05:53 AM

Wow.... I hope the strike lasts even longer now.

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jarek writes:
on Nov 05 2007 07:11 AM

Um.... didn't Stallone basically do this already when he did Get Carter? I mean different story, but brutal revenge flick regardless.

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peoplesicon8 writes:
on Nov 05 2007 08:09 AM

jackcoleman, I am with you the first word out of my mouth when i read this was OMG!!!

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JUDGE DREDD writes:
on Nov 05 2007 08:30 AM

I would rather see Stallone, face off against PREDATOR, in a Predator 3.

or at least give us RAMBO-5, cant wait for rambo-4. I just hope the studios dont cut out the gore we saw in the teaser.

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arendr writes:
on Nov 05 2007 09:39 AM

There was also the laughable "Death Sentence" this year.

This is hilarious. They played the new Rambo trailer before American Gangster and the whole theatre was laughing giddily at it. It's just such a stupid guilty pleasure, isn't it?

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BrianInSD writes:
on Nov 05 2007 10:32 AM

Couldn't he do a sequel to "Over The Top" instead?

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dahluzz writes:
on Nov 05 2007 10:48 AM

In reply to this comment (#1252700)
if you actually said the letters "o-m-g" instead of the words themselves, then I wish you death.

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arendr writes:
on Nov 05 2007 11:15 AM

In reply to this comment (#1253308)
I don't know about you, but when I laugh I say "L-O-L!" instead of "Hahaha".

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kissman24 writes:
on Nov 05 2007 11:41 AM

I like Stallone, but what he really needs to do is do something directed by someone else and something different overall right now.

This guy always just seems to find a way to sabotoge his momentum and in this case, doing three action sequels in a row just smells like a mistake.

I might like to see him star in a Death Wish remake, but he needs to get involved in something else (a la "Copland") first.

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TombstoneLawDog writes:
on Nov 05 2007 11:55 AM

I love (read: 'am smacking head with bat over') the fact that the bigwigs at MGM are literally saying "Being completely, clinically, soulfully bankrupt of anything that passes as an original idea, we raped and pillaged all our old stuff--which wasn't spankin' new, anyway-- and found a relatively unmolested dead horse that we feel needs a good wuppin,' after which we'll put it in a dress and see if we can't whore a couple more mill out of it's festering carcass. We've been in discussion with Brett Ratner, who we feel will bring the new, complex vision of an 'Xmen 3' or 'Rush Hour 3' to this project, and combined with the young, authentic presence like Sly Stallone, we're *very* *excited* about this. Does anyone have a french-cut mini that would fit a bowl-legged holstein?"

...or something like that. I wasn't actually THERE, so...

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themike314 writes:
on Nov 05 2007 12:12 PM

In reply to this comment (#1253300)
I agree with BrianInSD. I'd rather see a remake of "Over the Top" than this.

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rgallitan writes:
on Nov 05 2007 12:49 PM

In reply to this comment (#1253536)
L-O-L!!

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BrianInSD writes:
on Nov 05 2007 01:46 PM

In reply to this comment (#1253640)
I'd also rather see a remake of "Rhinestone" or "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!" before a new "Death Wish."

Did anyone see the episode of The Critic where they showed the clip from "Death Wish 9" and it was just Charles Bronson in a hospital bed saying, "I wish I was dead!" Granted it was funnier at the time it originally aired because Charles Bronson was still alive, but for all intents and purposes it's still kind of funny.

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Cmedic79 writes:
on Nov 05 2007 03:25 PM

Judge Dredd 2 The Musical!

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dylan21484nj writes:
on Nov 05 2007 03:42 PM

think they'll get Jeff Goldblum back to smack women and call them "goddamn rich c**ts"?

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eastern2western writes:
on Nov 05 2007 05:57 PM

stallone, you need retirement because you are just way over the hill. When arnold is currently working as the governor, stallone should know that it is time to quit because he is little too old to be pretending as an action hero.

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TheAnswerMVP2001 writes:
on Nov 05 2007 09:04 PM

One thing I can say about Stallone...he has nothing to lose. His career is basically over anyways I think he can only go up, plus his movies were never great anyways.

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Young Turk writes:
on Nov 05 2007 09:44 PM

In reply to this comment (#1256566)
What are you talking about, Stallone led Delta into Iraq during one of the preliminary missions, he actually made a movie about it before it even happened, it was called: Rambo Pt. 3: Urgent Fury.

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ck100 writes:
on Nov 05 2007 10:23 PM

I don't like this idea, but give credit to Stallone for not doing another cash-in sequel to a long-dormant franchise of his in a desperate attempt to boost his waning career.

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jacog writes:
on Nov 06 2007 01:25 AM

"Sylvester Stallone Has a Death Wish; Who Smells Franchise Reboot?"

I'd rather not say what I smell.

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CoUcH ToMaToE DoUgIe writes:
on Nov 08 2007 09:46 PM

i swear you guys treat sly so badly, its replusive to my every being.

the man deserves so much more respectr than what you guys give him. hey, i know sly

has made many bad movies but he did create two successful movie franchises, rocky and

rambo, and wrote one of the greatest characters and best movie scripts in rocky. yeah,

did countless sequels taint them, yes but it still does not take away their signifance

in movie and cultural history. can't waitto see death wish remake

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