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MGM Wants To Do 'Rocky 7'?

http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/rocky-7-may-happen

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I for one was completely against the idea of Sylvester Stallone doing Rocky 6 (aka “Rocky Balboa”). I thought it was just a pathetic attempt by a once influential actor to achieve relevance again. Well, for those of you who have read The Movie Blog for any length of time, you know I ended up LOVING Rocky Balboa. it was a perfect ending to the franchise. Beautiful and heart pounding at the same time. Brilliant work.

But it was OVER. It’s finished… the Rocky saga is done. Well… don’t tell MGM that. The studio is now saying that Rocky 7 is a possibility. The folks over at Moviehole give us this:

At a conference discussing the company’s future plans, franchise-speaking, MGM’s Mary Parent mentioned the possibility of continuing the “Rocky” series. Parent apparently announced the news at Cannes, and got some “very enthusiastic responses” from the audience, says IndieWire.

Why would they do this? Where else can you go with Rocky? They’ve played his final card already. There is litterally nowhere for the sotry of Rocky Balboa to go anymore unless the movie is about Rocky using his retirement to enter the world of competitive poker playing.

Yeah… I can see it now. The movie revolves around Rocky at a World Series of Poker event. The movie climaxes with Rocky going heads up with Chris Moneymaker (who we learn in the movie is both a communist AND a nazi that takes steroids and keeps cards up his sleeves), yet against all odds Rocky prevails winning with just a pair of twos in his hand. An emotional Robert (Rocky’s son) runs up to the table to hug his dad and apologize for ever doubting him. Rocky, moved by his son’s display of family affection vows to be a better father, and Robert vows to be a better son. DA DA da-da-da da-da-da da-da-da DA DA da-da-da da-da-da da-da-da… and so on and so forth.

I liked Rocky 6 MUCH more than Rambo 4… but I could totally see another Rambo film with the way the left off the last one. Not so much a Rocky 7. It would be a horrible mistake
Erikjust

Agreed though i haven´t seen the latest Rocky movie (saw the first one eaons ago) i would say quit while you are ahead.
Rocky is over let it rest in piece with its dignity still intact and not spoiled by the another movie.
A series is in a way only as good as their last movie, that is what it will be remembered for.
John Gibson

You know what they never tried?

A Rocky animated series. They had Rambo (we'll review that soon).

Granted, not a lot of places you can go with a Rocky cartoon, either. So he fights a different guy in each episode?

Unless Rocky, Apollo, Clubber, and Drago team up, and solve crimes.
Splodge

If they ever do anything Rocky related I'd prefer it were in the short form - like a short film or something - not a proper entry in the series but some kind of epilogue.

I know you were probably joking about the Rocky animated series but if they did something like a collection of short stories (like the Animatrix or Gotham Knight) it could work.
For me the first Rocky worked because it was all about how hard it was for a young man on his own to make a living in the city. I wouldn't mind something of that tone - keeping Rocky out of the ring and just showing city life in Philadelphia.

Actually I wouldn't mind seeing something like Rocky's funeral. Tommy Gunn meets Clubber Lang and they reminisce (spelling?) about Rocky - wonder why they were never as good as he was (even though they were as strong) and realise it was because they didn't have his heart.

Honestly, these are all bad ideas - excuses to continue. Rocky is over. Finished. I loved the series but there's enough to keep me happy. Even if there were three less films (I'd keep Rocky, Rocky III and Rocky Balboa) I'd be happy.
It's pointless and wrong to think about any more. Stallone is happy with how things were left and so am I.

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