BECOMING ROCKY
An upcoming Stallone biopic
The unbelievable yet true story of million-to-one underdog Sylvester Stallone's journey from homeless in NYC, to writing and starring in the legendary film "Rocky".
Original cover page for the Becoming Rocky screenplay
What made you decide to write Becoming Rocky?
In 2014, while conducting research for my book REJECTED! True Tales of (nearly) Overlooked Greatness, I came across the Stallone story, which just floored me, (and of course went into the book). Here was a guy from Hell’s Kitchen who had literally been homeless before writing Rocky, and when he was eventually offered hundreds of thousands of dollars for the script on the condition that he NOT star in it? Although he was flat-broke, and had just sold his beloved dog Butkus, he STILL turned them all down! To me, that was stunning, and hugely inspirational.
The story really stayed with me, so when I was kicking around ideas for my next project this jumped out at me, and & I was like; “Of course! This story MUST be told!"
The story really stayed with me, so when I was kicking around ideas for my next project this jumped out at me, and & I was like; “Of course! This story MUST be told!"
BECOMING ROCKY screenwriter Robert Lawton, and his dog.
What's the latest news on Becoming Rocky?
In 2017, as luck would have it the script got to Bonnie Bernstein at ICM, who gave it to another agent there, and eventually Stallone himself was informed about the project, and received a hard copy of the script.
Long story shorter; now (in 2020), all I can say about it at the moment is; A very well known producer is currently in talks with a major studio to produce the film.
Stay tuned, more will be revealed soon!
Long story shorter; now (in 2020), all I can say about it at the moment is; A very well known producer is currently in talks with a major studio to produce the film.
Stay tuned, more will be revealed soon!
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