Academy Award-winning film Rocky is headed to Broadway after a deal was reached to bring a musical version to the prestigious New York stage.

Sylvester Stallone, who wrote and starred in the 1976 film, gave Germany the first look at the musical in November to positive reviews.

According to the New York Times, the Broadway show will cost $15 million to produce, after a $20 million in development fees to bring the show to Germany first.

Producer Bill Taylor said, "The title has very high recognition, so I'm sure tourists will want to see it, but we wouldn't bring it to New York if we didn'...

Sylvester Stallone jetted to Germany to open a new musical adaptation of his boxing hit Rocky on Sunday.

The Hollywood action man, who created and starred in the Rocky franchise, teamed up with champion boxing brothers Vladimir and Vitali Klitschko to bring his classic 1976 film to the stage.

He was in Hamburg over the weekend for the production's opening night, and is hoping the show will be a knock-out with audiences.

Stallone says, "I'm so happy. It's amazing that the Klitschkos are here and they're giving birth to something that is first on the planet. I'm proud of you guys. I'm p...

Sylvester Stallone has abandoned plans to make his sequel to The Expendables more family-friendly by toning down the violence and bad language.

It emerged in January that the Rocky star was eyeing a PG-13 rating for the action movie amid rumors cast member Chuck Norris had requested no cursing in the script.

Fans of the first film feared the development meant the hard-hitting movie would be toned down for a younger audience - but Stallone, who writes and stars in The Expendables 2, has now revealed the sequel will have a restricted 'R' rating after all.

He tells the StalloneZone websi...

Rocky star Sylvester Stallone has raised $100,000 for the fight against diabetes.

The Hollywood veteran made a personal appearance at a fundraising event in Hamilton, Ontario last month in aid of the Canadian Diabetes Association.

The event, dubbed An Evening with Sylvester Stallone, featured the movie legend discussing his career, and during his speech the actor confirmed rumors he's closed the door on his famous boxing franchise, telling the audience, "Rocky is done."

Organizers revealed the event drew donations of $100,000 for the charity.

On Super Bowl Sunday, the best and baddest of the professional football world will lay it on the line for the biggest of prizes. But only a select few will go on to achieve an even greater glory: movie superstardom.

Okay, the odds of anybody from the NFL rubbing shoulders with Daniel Day-Lewis is somewhat slim, but there have been several former players who have acquitted themselves well on the big screen.

Join us as we salute these gridiron heroes-turned-silver screen stars. (Pros only, please: Sorry, former college star The Rock.)

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"Rocky" has fought off competition from "Cool Runnings" and "Million Dollar Baby" to be named the U.K.'s favorite sports film.

Sylvester Stallone's 1976 movie about underdog boxer Rocky Balboa topped a poll by Lovefilm ahead of the 1993 comedy about the Jamaican Olympic bobsleigh team and Hilary Swank's Oscar-winning turn in Million Dollar Baby.

Lovefilm editor Helen Cowley says, "With the (2012 London) Olympics on their way... sport is a hot topic - from living room to locker room. Whether it is football favorites, bobsleighing blunders or boxing Balboas we love to watch sporting heroes ...

Hollywood tough guy Sylvester Stallone and legendary fighter Mike Tyson were inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Sunday for their services to the sport.

Stallone, who packed the punches in six Rocky movies, was honored for his famed film series at a ceremony in Canastota, New York and he thrilled spectators at the end of his acceptance speech by reciting the movie boxer's famous line, "Yo, Adrian, I did it."

Former world heavyweight champion Tyson was also among the honorees and stunned the audience by giving an emotional talk about his career and breaking down in tea...

Celebrity couple Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber are to team up in new boxing movie The Bleeder.

Schreiber will reportedly play New Jersey heavyweight Chuck Wepner, who was dubbed "The Real Rocky," in the film.

Wepner famously stood up to Muhammad Ali in his prime in 1975 and became the inspiration for Sylvester Stallone's Rocky film.

Mad Men star Christina Hendricks is also on board the biopic, which is currently being shopped around at the Cannes Film Festival in France.

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What do the Academy Awards and March Madness have in common? Both are singular events that everybody can gamble on. Who doesn’t like an event in which everybody you know can fill out a pool sheet or bracket, go to a party and stand amongst everyone in the room with their fists up to their mouths as they agonize over the results? Like March Madness, the Oscars are great because you don’t need to be an expert on all movies to win. In fact, you don’t even have to have seen many of the films. If you stay plugged in, chances are you’ve heard all about all the buzzworthy titles, and can and are i...

Sylvester Stallone is taking his painting pastime seriously - he has opened his first art exhibition in Switzerland.

The Rocky star has been dabbling in art for over 30 years and sold one of his works last year for a massive $50,000.

However, he only recently decided to put his paintings on public display, and debuted his abstract art show at Galerie Gmurzynska in St. Moritz earlier this month.

And Stallone, 64, insists his love for art runs deeper than his interest in acting and directing, according to the New York Post's Page Six column.

He says, "If you feel a passion for somethi...

Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone are set to put the gloves back on - they're rumored to be playing rival boxers in new movie Grudge Match.

De Niro won an Oscar for his role as fighter Jake La Motta in 1980's Raging Bull, while Stallone found fame as down-on-his-luck boxer Rocky Balboa in 1976 film Rocky.

Now, both Hollywood legends are reportedly preparing to face each other in the ring in Grudge Match, which is scheduled for release in 2012. The movie tells the story of two ex-boxers - Billy 'The Kid' McGuigan and Henry 'Razor' Sharp - who agree to come out of retirement for one l...

Sylvester Stallone has singled out Rocky V as his biggest movie regret, insisting he only revived the boxing franchise because he was "greedy".

The actor shot to international fame playing small-time boxer Rocky Balboa in the Oscar-winning 1976 movie Rocky, and he extended his success by writing and starring in a series of sequels, which have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide.

However, he admits he went too far with his 1990 flop Rocky V, widely regarded as the worst in the Hollywood franchise. When asked why he went ahead with the movie, Stallone tells Britain's The Sun, "I'm gree...

Will Smith's battle to save the world from aliens in hit movie "Independence Day" has been voted America's favorite Fourth of July movie moment in an online poll.

The actor played a fighter pilot who flew a fearless mission to plant a nuclear bomb on a hostile spaceship in the 1996 movie.

And as the U.S. prepares to celebrate its independence on Sunday, 49 percent of visitors to WENN.com poll have voted the scene their favorite, trumping a host of patriotic movie moments.

Sylvester Stallone's triumphant battle with brawler Apollo Creed in the first "Rocky" movie came in second, followed ...

Sports movies generally come in one of two flavors: comedic efforts featuring a ragtag group of players coming together to achieve success or dramatic situations revolving around a semi-tragic or extremely difficult obstacle that stands in the way of achieving success.

"The Blind Side," which opens Friday, definitely falls into the latter category.

Based on Michael Lewis' novel, the movie adaptation focuses in on one particular story in the book - the rise of Michael Oher, an offensive lineman who went from living on the streets to becoming a first-round draft pick in this year's NFL...

Hollywood action man Sylvester Stallone will be feted at the upcoming Venice Film Festival with the prestigious Glory to the Filmmaker award.

The Rocky star's career as an actor and director will be one of the highlights of the Italian event as his peers celebrate his lengthy career in the movie industry. Organizers have hailed Stallone as a "very original filmmaker" whose projects are "capable of tenderness even when dripping with blood."

They add in a statement, "(Stallone's work) has explored the brightest and darkest areas of the American dream." And Stallone is delighted with ...

Mike Tyson, in his first role following his memorable cameo in the hit film "The Hangover," is confirmed to appear as a guest star on the new half-hour comedy series Brothers, which debuts with a special one-hour series premiere on Friday, September 25 at 8:00 PM ET/PT on Fox. In an upcoming episode, Tyson shows up to collect money from MIKE (Michael Strahan) at his brother's (Daryl Chill Mitchell) restaurant.

Brothers is a sitcom in which Michael Strahan ("FOX NFL Sunday") plays a former NFL star dealing with post-gridiron life as he moves back home with his family, co-starring Daryl C...

Actor-turned-director Sylvester Stallone is adding another Hollywood name to the star-studded line-up for his new movie The Expendables - Forest Whitaker is reportedly in talks to join the cast.

Stallone already has action men Jason Statham, Jet Li and Dolph Lundgren on board the explosive project, which follows mercenaries on a mission to overthrow a South American dictator. Oscar winner Whitaker is slated to play their CIA liaison officer, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The film, based on a script penned by the Rocky star, is due to begin shooting in March in both Louisi...

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Sylvester Stallone's younger brother Frank has landed his own TV reality show - and he's thrilled to be finally stepping out of his famous sibling's shadow.

The 58-year-old is a successful musician, with Grammy and Golden Globe nominations for his song for 1983 movie Staying Alive - but he has struggled to keep up with Oscar winner Sylvester. In the as-yet-untitled show, Frank will show off his talents and share his life and relationships with his brother and psychic mother Jackie.

And he is relishing the opportunity to finally make his name, telling the National Enquirer, "For ...

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Rocky star Carl Weathers' third marriage appears to have ended after just 17 months - the actor has filed for divorce.

Weathers, who played boxing champ Apollo Creed in the fight franchise, filed for divorce from wife Jennifer Peterson in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday, citing irreconcilable differences. In court papers obtained by TMZ.com, Weathers also requested the judge order Peterson to pay for his legal fees.

Weathers married documentary filmmaker Peterson in a beach ceremony in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico last year.

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Sports movies are often beloved but rarely good. It's hard to say why it is so difficult to make a great sports movie. It could be that there is far more drama in actually following sports than there is in watching a dramatized version on film. It could also be that it is so hard to make a sports movie that doesn't seem entirely unrealistic yet is filled with the appropriate amount of drama. Whatever the case, it's about as hard to make a great sports movie as it is to hit a Jake Peavy fastball.

Despite this, it seems more and more sports films are made each year, and even as the qu...

(HollywoodChicago.com)– Poor Burt Reynolds. As the No. 1 box-office star from 1978 to 1982, he revived his film career in 1997 with “Boogie Nights”. Since then, he has had the long, slow decline of “B” movies and bad remakes. Reynolds even tainted his own legacy by participating in the horrible 2005 redo of “The Longest Yard.”

Will he ever get the one last script that will return him to glory? The film “Deal” isn’t it. Reynolds plays Tommy Vinton: a mysterious stranger who begins observing young poker hotshot Alex (Bret Harrison).

Alex is from the Internet age and won an online co...

(Hollywoodchicago.com)– Poor Burt Reynolds. As the No. 1 box-office star from 1978 to 1982, he revived his film career in 1997 with “Boogie Nights”. Since then, he has had the long, slow decline of “B” movies and bad remakes. Reynolds even tainted his own legacy by participating in the horrible 2005 redo of “The Longest Yard.”

Will he ever get the one last script that will return him to glory? The film “Deal” isn’t it. Reynolds plays Tommy Vinton: a mysterious stranger who begins observing young poker hotshot Alex (Bret Harrison).

Alex is from the Internet age and won an online co...

What makes a TV show great? Is it the number of viewers or awards it has received? Not necessarily. In its last season, less than 3 million people tuned in to an episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," but it is unarguably one of the best sci-fi/fantasy shows of all time. In seven seasons, the show won just one Emmy - in 1998 for outstanding makeup. Guess what other fan favorite won just one Emmy (also for outstanding makeup)? Gilmore Girls.

Despite both series' original and witty screenwriting, they never received the props they deserved. Sarah Michelle Gellar and Lauren Graham bo...

Sylvestor Stallone's Rocky movie has been crowned the best ever sports film in a poll by cinema fans. The 1976 boxing classic, which stars Stallone as an underdog battling to become the world champion heavyweight, won 20 per cent of the vote in a survey by Lovefilm.com.

In second place, Cool Runnings, the comedy tale about the first Jamaican bobsled team, with Clint Eastwood's Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby taking third place. The fourth position was tied between Tom Cruise's troubled sport agent turn in Jerry Maguire and Martin Scorsese's acclaimed boxing classic Raging Bull.

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Hollywood veteran Sylvester Stallone is delighted to still make action movies at the age of 61 and has slammed critics who accused him of growing too old for his famous roles.

The Rocky star, recently reprised his iconic character of Rambo for a new picture and refuses to let his age slow him down - making sure he was part of all the stunts on the action sequel. And Stallone tries not to pay any attention to people who say he shouldn't still be making fast-paced films - insisting it won't put him off making more action movies.

He says, "I feel like I'm 20 again - but with arthri...

Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone reconsidered setting his new Rambo movie in the Middle East out of respect for the U.S. soldiers currently fighting there. The Rocky star thought about using Iraq or Afghanistan for the next installment in the film series but chose Burma instead to avoid upsetting servicemen.

Stallone, 61, who is reprising the action role for a fourth time, also decided the movie would be more "real" if it was set in the jungles of northern Thailand.

He says, "I thought it (setting the film in Iraq or Afghanistan) would be an insult to the men who are fighting,...