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Directed by | Adrian Grunberg |
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Written by | Sylvester Stallone Matt Cirulnick |
Based on | Characters by David Morrell |
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Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Rambo: Last Blood is an upcoming American action thriller film directed by Adrian Grunberg, from a script by Sylvester Stallone and Matt Cirulnick. A sequel to Rambo (2008), it is the fifth installment in the Rambo franchise. The film stars Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Adriana Barraza, Yvette Monreal, Joaquín Cosío, and Oscar Jaenada.
Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist or protagonists are thrust into a series of challenges that typically include violence, extended fighting, physical feats, and frantic chases. Action films tend to feature a resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life-threatening situations, a villain, or a pursuit which usually concludes in victory for the hero. Advancements in CGI have made it cheaper and easier to create action sequences and other visual effects that required the efforts of professional stunt crews in the past. However, reactions to action films containing significant amounts of CGI have been mixed, as films that use computer animations to create unrealistic, highly unbelievable events are often met with criticism. While action has long been a recurring component in films, the "action film" genre began to develop in the 1970s along with the increase of stunts and special effects. Common action scenes in films are generally, but not limited to, car chases, fighting and gunplay or shootouts.
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that involves excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element, found in most films' plots, is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. Tension is created by delaying what the audience sees as inevitable, and is built through situations that are menacing or where escape seems impossible.
Adrian Grunberg is an American film director and screenwriter.
Plans for a fifth film were announced on and off again since 2008 until production finally began in October 2018, with Grunberg directing the film. Principal photography began in October 2018 in Bulgaria and wrapped in December 2018. Rambo: Last Blood is scheduled to be released on September 20, 2019.
Rambo travels to Mexico to save a friend's daughter who has been kidnapped by the Mexican cartel. [3]
Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He is well known for his Hollywood action roles, including boxer Rocky Balboa in the Rocky series (1976–2018), soldier John Rambo in the five Rambo films (1982–2019), mercenary Barney Ross in the three The Expendables films (2010–2014) and structural engineer Ray Breslin in the three Escape Plan films (2013–2019). He wrote or co-wrote most of the 16 films in the first three popular franchises and directed many of them.
John Rambo is a fictional character in the Rambo saga. He first appeared in the 1972 novel First Blood by David Morrell, but later became more famous as the protagonist of the film series, in which he was played by Sylvester Stallone. The portrayal of the character earned Stallone widespread acclaim and recognition. The character was nominated for American Film Institute's list 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains. The term "Rambo" is used commonly to describe a person who is reckless, disregards orders, uses violence to solve problems, enters dangerous situations alone, and is exceptionally tough, callous, raw and aggressive.
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was an undeclared war in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies; South Vietnam was supported by the United States, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. The war is considered a Cold War-era proxy war from some US perspectives. It lasted some 19 years with direct U.S. involvement ending in 1973 following the Paris Peace Accords, and included the Laotian Civil War and the Cambodian Civil War, resulting in all three countries becoming communist states in 1975.
In February 2008, Sylvester Stallone revealed that making a fifth film would depend on the success of the fourth film, stating he was "gearing one up" and that it would "be quite different". [6] In March 2008, Stallone revealed he was "half-way through" writing Rambo V, stating that it would not be another war movie, with Bulgaria being considered to double as Rambo's home in Arizona. [7] [8] [9] In February 2009, Stallone revealed that he's proceeding with the fifth film but stated, "the conflict is whether to do it in America or a foreign country". [10]
In August 2009, Millennium Films green-lit the film with Stallone writing, directing and starring. At that time, the plot focused on Rambo battling human traffickers and drug lords to rescue a young girl abducted near the U.S.–Mexico border. [11] In September 2009, Stallone revealed that the film would be titled Rambo V: The Savage Hunt. The film would have been loosely based on Hunter by James Byron Huggins and would have focused on Rambo leading an elite special forces kill team to hunt and kill a genetically engineered creature. [12] Nu Image/Millennium Films released a poster and synopsis for The Savage Hunt. [13] In November 2009, it was reported that the plot had reverted to Rambo crossing the Mexican border to rescue a girl who had been kidnapped. [14]
Hunter is a 1999 science fiction novel by James Byron Huggins. Hunter was re-released in 2018.
James Byron Huggins is an American thriller writer currently being published by WildBlue Press. With a bachelor's degree in journalism and English Literature from Troy State University, Huggins has an extensive background in journalism. He has won many awards for journalism and photography and has served the cause of persecuted eastern Europeans, particularly in Romania.
Nu Image is an American film company started by Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Danny Dimbort and Danny Lerner in 1992. The company has made to date mostly action films. Many of their films are often filmed in South Africa and Bulgaria, among other parts of the world. In 1996, the company launched a subsidiary label called Millennium Films.
In May 2010, Stallone revealed he was "done" with the character, stating, "I think Rambo’s pretty well done. I don’t think there’ll be any more. I’m about 99% sure, I was going to do it... but I feel that with Rocky Balboa, that character came complete circle. He went home. But for Rambo to go on another adventure might be, I think, misinterpreted as a mercenary gesture and not necessary. I don’t want that to happen." [15] At the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, Millennium Films and Nu Image advertised Rambo V with posters and handouts. [16] Following an interview with Stallone for Ain't It Cool News, in which the director expressed his desire to end the franchise, Harry Knowles reported that "He then told me that the folks behind those posters essentially said that if Sly didn't do it - someone else would. And Sly seems fine with that." [17]
In 2011, Sean Hood was hired to write a new script titled Rambo: Last Stand that Hood described was "more in line with the small-town thriller of First Blood". [18] In 2012, Hood revealed that Rambo V was on hold while Stallone finishes The Expendables 2 . Hood also revealed his uncertainty whether the film will be similar to Unforgiven or will be a passing-of-the-torch. [19] In August 2013, it was announced that Entertainment One and Nu Image will develop and produce a Rambo TV series with Stallone. [20]
In June 2014, German film company Splendid Films confirmed that Stallone had started writing the script for Rambo V, with Stallone describing it as his version of No Country for Old Men . [21] In September 2014, it was revealed that the film will be titled Rambo: Last Blood, with Stallone directing the film. [22]
In 2015, Stallone and Rambo creator David Morrell developed a story for Rambo V. Stallone wanted a "soulful journey" for the character that Morrell described as a "really emotional, powerful story". Stallone pitched the idea to the producers but they wanted to proceed with the human trafficking story instead, abandoning Stallone and Morrell's idea. [23]
In October 2015, Stallone pondered on the possibility of a prequel, stating, "It's intriguing to find the whys and wherefores of how people have become what they are. The traumas, the loss and the tragedy of being in Vietnam would certainly be a great challenge for a young actor, and it would be ironic that Rambo directs younger Rambo having played it for twenty years plus". [24] In 2016, Sylvester Stallone revealed that Rambo V was no longer in production. [25]
In May 2018, Rambo: Last Blood was re-announced and was scheduled to begin filming in September with the plot focusing on Rambo taking on the Mexican drug cartel. [26] Stallone confirmed to be co-writing the script with Matt Cirulnick, but seemed unlikely to direct. [27] That same month, Stallone confirmed that the film is scheduled for a fall 2019 release. [28] In August 2018, Adrian Grunberg was announced as the director. [29] In September 2018, Adriana Barraza was added to the cast as Maria. [5] In October 2018, Paz Vega, [1] Yvette Monreal, [30] Sergio Peris-Mencheta, [31] Oscar Jaenada, and Joaquín Cosío [32] were cast in the film. In May 2019, Louis Mandylor, Sheila Shah, and Genie Kim (aka Yenah Han) were revealed to have been cast without prior announcement. [33] [34]
Principal photography began on October 2, 2018 in Bulgaria. [35] [36] It was previously scheduled to begin on September 1, 2018, [37] [38] and before that on October 27, 2014, in Shreveport, Louisiana. [39] [40] Barraza filmed her scenes in Tenerife (Canary Islands). [5] Principal photography wrapped on December 4, 2018. [41] Additional photography took place in the end of May 2019. [42] [43]
In May 2018, Millennium Films brought the project to Cannes to generate interest and sales. [27] Stallone verified that he would share images and videos from the film's set on his Instagram as the film approaches its release. [44] In February 2019, Stallone revealed images on his Instagram of Rambo's adopted family, [45] combat history, [46] and the character Gabrielle's intentions to travel to Mexico to find her father. [47] In March 2019, Stallone revealed via his Instagram an image of Rambo covered in blood and aiming his signature bow. [48]
In May 2019, it was revealed that Stallone will present exclusive images at Cannes to coincide with a special "first-look" screening of the film at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès on May 24, 2019. [49] The first trailer was revealed at Cannes on May 24, 2019. [50] The teaser trailer was released on May 30, 2019. [51]
Rambo: Last Blood is scheduled to be released on September 20, 2019. [52] Dadi purchased the Mainland China distribution rights and agreed to an eight-figures co-financing deal. [53]
During Cannes 2019, Stallone revealed he would continue portraying Rambo if the fifth film succeeds. [54]
Rambo is an American franchise based on the David Morrell 1972 novel First Blood, about John Rambo, a troubled Vietnam War veteran and former U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier who is skilled in many aspects of survival, weaponry, hand-to-hand combat and guerrilla warfare.
Rambo: First Blood Part II is a 1985 American action film directed by George P. Cosmatos and starring Sylvester Stallone, who reprises his role as Vietnam veteran John Rambo. It is the sequel to the 1982 film First Blood, and the second installment in the Rambo franchise. Picking up where the first film left, the sequel is set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue; it sees Rambo released from prison by federal order to document the possible existence of POWs in Vietnam, under the belief that he will find nothing, thus enabling the government to sweep the issue under the rug. In addition to Stallone, Richard Crenna reprises his role as Col. Samuel Trautman, with Charles Napier, Steven Berkoff, Julia Nickson, Martin Kove, George Cheung, and Andy Wood also included in the cast.
First Blood is a 1982 American action thriller film directed by Ted Kotcheff. It was co-written by and starred Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo, a troubled and misunderstood Vietnam veteran who must rely on his combat and survival senses against the abusive law enforcement of a small town. It is based on David Morrell's 1972 novel of the same name and is the first installment of the Rambo franchise. Brian Dennehy and Richard Crenna also appear in the film as supporting roles.
Rambo III is a 1988 American action adventure film directed by Peter MacDonald. The film depicts fictional events during the Soviet–Afghan War. It is the third film in the Rambo franchise, following First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II. It was in turn followed by Rambo in 2008 and Rambo: Last Blood in 2019, making it the last film to feature Richard Crenna as Colonel Sam Trautman before his death in 2003.
Siddharth Anand is an Indian film director. He is the son of film producer Bittu Anand who produced the Amitabh Bachchan hit, Shahenshah. Anand's grandfather was screenwriter Inder Raj Anand who wrote 120 films including Safar, Sangam and Ek Duuje Ke Liye. Siddharth is also the nephew of a prominent Hindi film actor, Tinnu Anand.
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Rambo: The Video Game is an arcade rail shooter video game developed by Polish Studio Teyon and published by Reef Entertainment. The game is based on the Rambo film series and puts the player in the role of John Rambo. First Blood, First Blood Part II and Rambo III form the basis for the gameplay as Rambo journeys through scenes from each of the three films.
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The Expendables is an American ensemble action media franchise spanning a film series and additional media, written by and starring Sylvester Stallone and originally created by David Callaham. The film series itself was created to pay homage to the blockbuster action films of the 1980s and '90s and also pays gratitude to the action stars of those decades, except featuring them as senior citizens, as well as more recent stars in action. The series consists of three films: The Expendables (2010), The Expendables 2 (2012) and The Expendables 3 (2014), with a fourth film scheduled to be released in the future. The series has received mixed critical reception, in regard to its plots and dialogue between the characters; however, many critics praised the use of humor and action scenes. The films have been box office successes.
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