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 told about the project, and received a hard copy of the script.
Long story much shorter; now (three years later), a very well known producer is involved, and is negotiating with one of the major studios.
Becoming Rocky is an incredible true story of hope, perseverance, and thrilling triumph over adversity, yet few people know what happened.
Almost everyone in the world is familiar with Stallone & Rocky, but most people don't know how they came to be. Soon they will!
Long story much shorter; now (three years later), a very well known producer is involved, and is negotiating with one of the major studios.
Becoming Rocky is an incredible true story of hope, perseverance, and thrilling triumph over adversity, yet few people know what happened.
Almost everyone in the world is familiar with Stallone & Rocky, but most people don't know how they came to be. Soon they will!
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