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Sam Elliott In JOHN RAMBO?!
Hey, everyone. ”Moriarty” here.
That’s what AB King says, and if anyone’s got his radar tuned in to catch every little bit of RAMBO news out there, it’s AB King. He sent us the link to the story that originally appeared over at JoBlo.com:
RAMBO IV (or JOHN RAMBO or whatever it'll be titled) is gearing up for production, but we haven't heard much by way of official casting. Now we hear that Western regular Sam Elliot may apparently be assisting Stallone's former Green Beret with his familiar drawl and masterful mustache.
An LA-based actor auditioned for a role as a young mercenary in the flick, and claims that aside from the previously announced Matt Marsden and an unknown actor named Sai Mawng as the villain, Elliot just joined up this week.
The new movie finds Stallone again directing himself as the old soldier, this time aiding persecuted Burmese residents and rescuing captured missionaries from local warlords, which will no doubt require bullets, blades and possibly explosive-tipped arrows. And, apparently, the "cooler" skills of Wade Garrett.
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John Rambo is a lazy title-are we going to get sequels of every film where the title is the main characters name from now on??
By the way-first at last!! -
What a twat I am!
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Rambo is a psycho
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will be titled the full name of his leading character. I can't wait for RAYMOND TANGO.
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he was the best thing about these movies...
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...Marion Cobretti. Stallone and Nielsen - reunited at last!
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CHANGE THE MAIN PAGE ANIMATION, ALREADY! ARGH!
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Please stop with the Production immideatly and rewrite the Screenplay again.
Do the next Rambo Apocalypse Now Style in Afghanistan, with John Rambo in the Role of Kurtz, who felt uncomfortable about the Military Decision of his former goverment and staied there after Part III to rule his own territory/own laws there.
Then send out the Bunch of Mercs led by Sam Elliot to get rid off John Rambo once and for all.
Build up Rambos Character as a mysterious old Lion who staied in the Shadows for the Past 20 Years and tell his Backround via Elliots Monologues. Dont even show Rambo in person till the end of the Journey.
Sly said himself that Rambo isnt a real Hero like Rocky, and he was compared to Brando before.
So give us a classy Anti-War movie in the Desert like Apocalypse Now was and not another cheesy One Man Army Flick in Asia. -
Sam Elliot is goinig to reprise his role as General Ross from 'Hulk'. Ross will sic Rambo on Bruce Banner ending up with a big brawl between Rambo, Hulk and Rocky with a cameo appearance by Patrick Swayze as 'Dalton'. I can't wait.
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I mean it. I'm therial.
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...that either he and/or the studio did not want to do a RAMBO sequel, especially with the world tired of 4+ years of the Iraq War?
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and I'd be there! "Cut my head and bowl the motherfucker" hahahahaha. Also like the Marion Cobretti. Or "Man on Street" in Staying Alive. Actually, f that.
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...Elliott doesn't play Trautman's long lost brother, Phil Trautman or something dumb like that. This movie does not need any bobafettitis.
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Three was enough and this is NOT COOL NEWS. Sam Elliot - a great actor with surely the worst taste in scripts in Hollywood (since Big Lebowski of course).
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and thats if they set this thing in America, with John Rambo Drifting and getting caught up in a one man war against some arogant law enforcement officials. Seriously.
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Sometimes there's a man, and...sometime's there's a man.
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come back and reply. Been waiting for another Stallone talkback.
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there is only one Rambo and it was the first. It's still great in Espanol tambien!
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then maybe the character would make some fucking sense. First Blood was a strecth. Fucking Rambo III was like a poorly concieved Napoleon Dynamite creation of the "Best Action Movie Ever." I'm surprised Stallone didn't fly and shoot laser beams out of his nipples in that last one.
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sponsered by Taco Bell
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But where is Stop! Or My Grandmom Will Shoot?
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...is a Hobo With A Shotgun!
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Rambo: Do we get to win this time?
Hillary Clinton: No. -
That flick is a classic, and is easily Stallone's best performance ever, outside of Rocky. The other Rambo flicks, however, were just plain terrible. I hope the new one is good, but I haven't got much hope. What made "First Blood" so great wasn't really the character of Rambo the marine, it was the fucked up situation in which he found himself.
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I'm with you on that. David Brunt totally needs to be in this! "Jerk on this, you child-molestin' shitburger!"
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Stallone delivered such a wonderful movie with Rocky Balboa and it payed off being both a blockbuster hit and a critical one...anyone who have doubts how he will direct JOHN RAMBO should think again! He won't fuck up!
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Fucking hell, Sylvester Stallone, what's that all about? How about Rambo IV: Water Of The Dog, Rambo IV: Cream Of Sum Yung Guy, or Rambo IV: Jism Of The Mugwump.That last one is the one I'd like to see, by the way. John Rambo all thin and strung out on the bug powder. That would be a bold new direction for this series about a ludicrously invulnerable man-god.
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So Rambo has taken one too many head injuries and is now forced to escape from a military mediacl center.
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Don't forget Nighthawks.
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and his wits like in First Blood, and make booby traps from his surroundings , that was the best part of the movie. He should be a ghost that scares the crap out of his enemies, not an over the top killing machine, blowing up everything in sight. Really hope that's how Sly goes with this.
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May of 2008 will be a great time...both RAMBO and JONES are gonna burn up the box-office!
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in Australia? Apparently they raided his hotel room and private jet for some "banned substances". Damn Aussies!
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HUuuauauauaaaaaaggghHHHHHHHH! cue explosion behind Sly.
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Only they've been blended down into a "denture friendly," paste.
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"I'm gonna sleep in your dead carcasses, TA-NIGHT!"
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Holy cow! Now there is a Talkbacker blast-from-the-past. Where have you been lately?
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I forgot about that with FIRST BLOOD. I guess he aquired a few more things than just a shotgun in that movie.
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He was doing both, I guess.
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I'm praying that Sly has the savvy to rework the late great Jerry Goldsmith's Rambo themes into the score, to my mind they were a significant factor in the success of the franchaise. Looking forward to John J's swansong, Balboa was extremley well crafted entertainment, Sly's turning into a highly competant director. Here's to another Q&A before John Rambo's release.
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There's a lot of cool stuff coming to the cinema, like Spidey and Indy and Die Hard and Rambo. I'm gonna rub it raw masturbating with anticipation. Better stock up on some cocoabutter.
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Best line of Rambo II
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Where the hell have you been? Many a time have I shouted HhhhuuuuaaAAAAARRRGHHH!! in Stallone TBs in the vain hope you'd answer the call. Your absence was most tangible in the Sly Q&A TBs. Did you end up in a Chinese prison or what?
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I wonder what it will be like... Defintely should have the first movie element to it.
Maybe Rambo can attend a veteran's musuem or something and 'SNAP' after looking at photos, artifacts, etc! Then he breaks the glass cases and pulls weapons/ammo out, firing upon anyone that comes near him. And at the end he could go down in a hail of bullets. OR the Colonel sneaks up behind him and blows his head off and whispers something like, "I should have done this a long time ago..."! 5 STAR HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER!!! FILM THIS SHIT ALREADY!!! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! *pulls out an ak-47 and starts shooting everything in the room*
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Can Stallone still whip out the full RAMBO III mane???? Rambo isn't gonna be Rambo with a medium-length CLIFFHANGER-cut. Since Sly was going ROCKY BALBOA publicity with relatively short hair, and since he's somewhere around 60, I worry that he hasn't or can't grow the hair long again in time for this. Will he have extensions? RAMBO HAS LONG HAIR. Sly doesn't seem to have lost TOO much hair in his middle age, but it definitely does seem a little thinner, flatter, and more shoe-polished than it was in the mid-80s. GROW IT LONG, SLY!!!!
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...but after witnessing the marvel that was Rocky Balboa saying such things feels like an unforgivable blasphemy.
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....but this is a big, big mistake. Has anyone SEEN the pics of Stallone with his long hair? He looks like a fucking APE. And will this be dedicated to the gallant fighters in Afghanistan, too?
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...But fuck another Rambo sequel, i want a Coneheads sequel. Just watched this last night for the first time in ages, and realised it was funnier than anything else in the universe. Bring on Coneheads 2!!!!!!!!
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...I was stoned off my arse for most of the film. Nevertheless, i want a sequel.
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He's in charge, knows his character, and did a good job with Rocky Balboa.
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Saw the premiere, met the man for the second time. He's one cool dude and I eagerly anticipate this one. I don't think he will be rushing back to Australia as our customs gave him a hell of a time (allegedly he had some illegal steroids on him). The bitching thing is that yes, he may have had them on him and not known they were illegal here, but the first reports coming through our media suggested he had intent to sell. Stupid hey, Rocky gotta eat and all but thats too much.
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He's like our best bud now.
Roll Fizzlebeef, I think he said that he was going to do the Poe movie first and put Rambo IV off 'til then. At least I think that's what he said.
Anywho, First Blood was really good. And after Rocky Balboa, I have complete faith in the man. So any news on it is good news, plus Sam Elliot is supercool. I'm there. -
It wasn't illegal steroids that Aussie Customs stopped Sly for,
(and want to fine him $Aus
110 000 for), but human growth hormone that he's obviously using for the final Rambo film. He mustn't have realised it was banned in Australia and should've left it at home, as he wasn't even in the country for that long.
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I live in Sydney, all this stuff went down in Sydney, and not one of our newspapers confirmed anything on this. Human Growth Hormone or steroids, its all a storm in a fucking teapot.
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You guys are what RAMBO would call a "bunch of pussies!"
Sly knows where he is going with this: replicate the 1985 double whammy of Rocky IV AND RAMBO II. He was the Box Office King that year and people are realising just how great he was.
This is exactly the right move to make Sly: give the people what they want; you are still young enough (and pumped from Rocky Balboa)to give Rambo some credit. We want John Rambo and we want him to show the world what a real action star he is.
Sly: watch Casino Royale, Apocolypto, Predator, Bourne Identity, Dances with Wolves and Troy to find your mood and inspiration.
John Rambo is a real opportunity for greatness! -
Sly if you are out there: I saw the latest picture with you and "the mullet". You look great. Can I just say that I am 27 and my friends and I want to tell you that you are "The greatest action star ever!".
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Is Matthew Fox gonna be in this fucker or what? I think he would also be good as the lead in a movie of Stephen King's Cell, what the fuck do you reckon? Not that he'd be able to make it due to Lost and how he seems to be on it more than ever and it's as though they want us to think Sayid, Sun, Jin, Claire and Locke don't exist anymore.
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of Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley from "We Were Soldiers". Plumley was way more badass than General Ross.
Sgt. Savage: "Beautiful day, Sergeant Major!"
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Where does that "Hobo With a Shotgun" thing come from? I missed it.
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Don't get me wrong, I liked the movie and saw it opening day, but it ain't no blockbuster. I know the budget was only $24 million, but remember back in the day Stallone could crap in a bag and the film of it would break $100 million (adjusted). It was a nice little film. Not great, but enjoyable. I enjoyed it, and I think the highest compliment that can be paid to it is it wasn't embarrassing, which it certainly could have been.
I don't think the idea of another Rambo is nearly as good, or will be as successful.
Stallone seems like a nice enough guy from his appearances here, but how much of that is because time has been harsh to him box office wise?
And all of this is coming from a long-time fan of his. I love Nighthawks, and much of his earlier works. But the BO gross of RB is good, but definately not a blockbuster. -
fighting NATO. Wanna see it, wanna see it. Muuuuaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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John Rambo. JR. As in Junior.
Army SOC sends Johnny Green Beanie to take down rogue Rambo, and then they team against the Martians. Change the title to "Teen Rambo" and put a dog in it. Go, Rambo!!!!!!!!!! -
How many films can you name this year that has made almost 3 times its budget domestic? Not too many! And that 70 MILLION is just domestic...overseas RB is making a killing (where Sly is still a god)! How many part 6's in a series can you name to making the kinda money that ROCKY has (STAR WARS only comes to mind)! ALOT was going against ROCKY BALBOA and that fact that it grossed over 70 million in the U.S. is a huge success! JOHN RAMBO or RAMBO IV is gonna be another blockbuster. It should make no less than 70 MILLION in the U.S. ROCKY BALBOA is a "BLOCKBUSTER" plain and simple!
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Great casting
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You mean to say that you've missed out on the sheer genius of HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN?!? It's one of the fake trailers for the Grindhouse competition and is a thing of sublime beauty. Go to youtube and check it out. HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN!
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Hello,again!YUp I'm still in the wonderful world of Chin-A battling forever more against the powers of bad manners,screaming into telephones for no logical reason,spitting in restaurants,kids shitting in the streets and an intelligence that seems to think black guys skin smells and that HIV can be cured by aspirin!But I love it,especially since I got to see RB on Christmas Day thanks to my jolly dvd pirate.No Jack Sparrow,this guy!The Sly talkback was cool indeed but I just couldn't bring myself to ask him a question.Certainly his description of lovemaking with Brigette N. was fuckin' classic.So the Priapic is still about,the locals here still don't wash in winter,Sly is still punching,still drawlin' and hopefully still gonna be jumping from cover just in the nick of time from a large fireball with "HuuuuuuuUUUUUAAaaaaAAARRRrrrrghhhhhhhHHH!"Hopefully next will be Paradise Alley 2 "Idz doo clozzz du Paradasszzz......dooo cloozzzz du Hellll......."er,forgot the rest.
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.....I`m sick of you!You`ve ruined The Arnold Fans with your twattish so called "stories"which are purely figments of your twisted imagination-how Randy ever let you loose on there is beyond me!
Oh,by the way,here`s the definition of the term BLOCKBUSTER:
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I dont want no teenage Rambo BS.
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...That you're dealing with an expert in Guerrila Warfare. A man who's the best; with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, Ignore weather. To live off the land; to eat things that would make a Billy Goat puke. In Vietnam his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill. PERIOD. Win by attrition. Well, Rambo was the best. ---RIP Richard Crenna.
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Well,when I was a kid..er,I think 14 when Rambo came out...I thought she was plain but after living in Asia for 2 years I think she may have been one hell of a fucking hottie!What has happened?I ....I ..have a ...fever...only Zhang Ziyi or Cecilia Cheung can save me now!Actually Ziyi is fairly hated here as she is seen as an average beauty.Maggie Cheung seems to be the fave................If I may say..I certainly could never pretend to be as hard as Rambo or ABKIng for that matter but I certainly know the life of eating shit that'd make a billy goat puke.Some students are cooking dumplings for me on Monday at 10-30am.Yup,even branded the time into my head....and generally I'd say they're a quiet bunch.Then again they have their fucking fingers up they're noses most of the time.It's meant to mean a sign of concentration.Roll on the Olympics,they'll need another cultural revolution after that!....BUt...I love them,Gor'bless'em..some say it's a lack of education or poverty but Ii's freee of terrorism and they haven't banned footie because a policeman was killed in fan riots!Gor'bless'thos'gor'luvv'em Europeans,eh?Stallone is not well known(as a name) here but his films are readily available at any dvd joint.Then again,I can't go in a pirate shop without finding Eragon or that Kevin Smith film with Ben Affleck and JLo that had the kid and the Barber stuff blah,blah...I'm just ranting.Personally,good luck to Stallone.I've always liked him but Rambo is a tough character to re-mould because of that fucking third film.First one was fucking ace.And still is......and as I'm rambling.....Silver Surfer's face looks ugly,Venom was and is a rubbish example of Spidey in the days of foil covers,extreme violence over storytelling.The Star Trek Reboot is a fucking insult.Fuck you,Paramount.I will not be party to it.Get someone with some spunk and get NG up and running and given a damn good film or two.Idiots.What does look good,I hear you moan?Hmm......anything that'll either put a smile on my face or prove me wrong!RB did!I thought it was smashin'.BUt that Star Trek reboot and Star Wars tv show can get fucked.I swear to God,I find better ideas in the spit on Zhong Shan Lui than in Hollywood.Wankers.Still fancy Tasha Yar(not know..as she was...pref.Playboy 79),still getting sex with dirty wimmin(and being ashamed after),still drinking too much(but it helps to get rid f the taste of MSG out of the food I eat),still refuse to dumb down(as there's nowhere left to go),and I still rant on.HUuuuuuUAAAAAArrrRRRRRggggHHHHHAAAA!I miss my Traci Lords(legal)porn i.e.that one she made in France on her 18th.I gave it to Britpop but the bugger has left the planet!Ou est tu,Britpop?
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I don't really like "Pearl of the Cobra"...it sounds too passive...It sounds like one of those old "Choose Your Own Adventure" books.
I want the Rambo title to be AGGRESSIVE....like Rambo: SPINESHATTER!....Rambo: GUT IMPLOSION!!....ofr simply, Rambo IV: KILL YOU!!...
"Coming this summer to theaters, Rambo: KILL YOU!!!!" -
It carrys on the first-blood theme?
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This sounds good?
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This is a great title!
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It gives the title a sense of urgency and finality, in a way that "John Rambo" sounds like a Dickens character study!
"Rocky Balboa" was a title that served the piece: intimate, raw, knowing and moving.
Do we need to know that rambo is John? Or do the force and power of his actions drive the story i.e "RAMBO : LAST BLOOD". It is short, sharp, conclusive and mysterious: like the character himself! -
The Rambo 2 poster is so iconic.
Sly: try to capture a homage to that poster. Anything less will be underserving and contrite: capture that spirit again.
Imagine the sherif from first blood had family, and they want revenge.
The "Last blood" of the sherif track down Rambo in Thailand to execute payback and extract the "last blood2 from Rambo.
The thrill of the chase can echoe First blood 1=2,Apocolypto, Predator and a Dances with Wolves aspect to it (Rambo can befriend local "tribes" and have a pet like the wolf in Dances with Wolves.)
The ending can be shocking: mirror the end fight in Troy; Rambo is Hector, the Sherif's "Son" is Achilles. Rambo loses to the bad guy, but in a noble way where the baddie looks vicious and evil and Rambo is the hero.
The dead carcass of Rambo is dragged all around to see, it seems as though the baddie has one, but Rambo's noble death inspires the people to insurrection! -
This will catapult Stallone to a $100m + hit: promise.
(I apologise for any previous spelling mistakes in my "picture this" article. Last Blood2 should just read "last blood" and "one" should be "won".)
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RAMBO 4: THE HASHISH EATERHe takes a hit, runs for cover, eats some cannabis indica, cuts out the bullet with a big knife, patches the wound, recovers while sleeping up in a tree overnight, seeing fresh, green dreams of adventure... wakes up, and continues his 1 man tour de bodycount, relaxed and smiling at Death!
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in a mind-numbing ultra-violent. tons of kills, people blowing up, cool sov hind copters. RAW HARDCORE!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks for the info. And yes, I missed some of those trailers. Damn College!
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Not the smartest and most sophisticated, but simply the best. (As said above) in a mind-numbing ultra-violent kind of way.
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or Rambo IV: Peeling Scabs. I like that name....Peeling Scabs....yuck lol.
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Feb 26, 2007 1:13:39 AM CST
Does the mainstream audience know Rambo's name is John?
by gibsonusa returns
There's the risk of customer confusion. The poster should have Stallone with long hair and red headband to alleviate that, should the title be "John Rambo". A whole generation has simply referred to him as Rambo.
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It works guys?
Come-on back me up!
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