
I Play Rocky Faces Oscar Screenplay Category Battle as Academy Weighs Original vs Adapted
Peter Gamble's script about Stallone writing Rocky hits the final OSC deadline Thursday with no WGA classification to guide the Academy's Writers Branch.

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Peter Gamble's script about Stallone writing Rocky hits the final OSC deadline Thursday with no WGA classification to guide the Academy's Writers Branch.

Sylvester Stallone's biopic 'I Play Rocky' opened in seven theaters and grossed $344,000, sparking early talk of a November 20 national rollout. The film holds an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score and drew strong audience reactions.

The film opens in limited release today, expanding nationwide on November 20.

Stallone called Ippolito’s portrayal 'uncanny' and 'astounding,' saying he looked at the screen and thought he was seeing himself. He didn’t want the film to feel like a vanity project, so he stayed away from production. What’s on screen is original. And yet, he’s now predicting Oscar glory for Ippolito.

Anthony Ippolito isn’t just playing Rocky—he’s becoming him.

Amazon MGM’s I Play Rocky opens the 11th Coronado Island Film Festival, with a lineup that mixes biopics, indie dramas, and high-stakes genre fare. The real story? Who gets to own the myth.

Sylvester Stallone has broken his silence on I Play Rocky, the Peter Farrelly biopic that premiered at TIFF, saying he was initially unsettled but won over once he saw Anthony Ippolito's performance.

Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky, chronicling how Sylvester Stallone forced Hollywood to let him star in his own script, premiered at TIFF to standing ovations and early Oscar talk for lead Anthony Ippolito.

Sylvester Stallone has announced that Bill Conti, who composed the Rocky score, will provide original music for the audiobook edition of his memoir The Steps, out September 29.

Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky, starring Anthony Ippolito as a young Sylvester Stallone fighting to get his script made his way, premiered at TIFF to sharply divided reviews from Variety and TheWrap.