Peter Farrelly has been set to take the helm on a movie inspired by Sylvester Stallone’s journey into making his Rocky franchise a reality.
Titled ‘I Play Rocky,’ the movie follows a struggling actor with a partially paralyzed face and a speech impediment who writes a script that a big movie studio wants to buy, but he refuses to sell it unless he gets to play the lead. Turning down an offer of life-changing money, he instead works for pennies to get the movie made with himself in the starring role. The movie becomes the biggest box office hit of 1976, garnering 10 Academy Award nominations and winning Best Picture.
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The upcoming film is being produced by a team consisting of Toby Emmerich, who previously held the position of the film chief at Warner Bros., Christian Baha, and Farrelly. The film’s script is being written by Peter Gamble, who is known for his work on the movie ‘Office Uprising’. Casting is underway to find the films “Sylvester Stallone.”
Farrelly’s latest films include ‘Ricky Stanicky’ which starred Zac Efron and John Cena and ‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever,’ again starring Efron.
