Sylvester Stallone

At 77 years old, Sylvester Stallone has this physical status:

Sylvester Enzio Stallone (born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, July 6, 1946) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. Stanley Rosiello, a struggling actor who appeared in 1969 and later Hollywood in 1974, gained his first critical and commercial success as an actor in films with a large budget, beginning in 1976 as his self-created role as the boxer Rocky Balboa.

Rocky is depicted in the films as an underdog fighter who fights numerous brutal foes and wins the world heavyweight championship twice.

The long-awaited Rocky and Creed 2, two sequels to the series, are focused on Adonis Creed, the son of the ill-fated boxer Apollo Creed, whom the long-serving Rocky is a mentor to.

In the three The Expendables films (1982–2014), Stallone received recognition and his first Golden Globe award for the first Creed, as well as his third Oscar nomination.

He wrote or co-wrote most of the films in his three most famous franchises, as well as directed several of them. Rocky, Stallone's film, was inducted into the National Film Registry and had its props displayed in the Smithsonian Museum.

In the Rocky series, his use of the front door led to the establishment of the Rocky Steps, and Philadelphia has a statue of his Rocky character on display.

He was named in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the non-participant category in 1977.

After Charlie Chaplin and Orson Welles, he became the third man to receive these two nominations for the same film in history.

Early life

Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone was born in Manhattan, New York City, on July 6, 1946, the elder son of Francesco "Frank" Stallone Sr., a hairdresser and beautician, and Jacqueline "Jackie" Stallone (née Labofish; 1921-2020), an astrologer, dancer, and promoter of women's wrestling. His Italian father was born in Gioia del Colle, Italy, and moved to the United States in the 1930s, though his American mother is of French (Breton) and Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Frank Stallone, actor and singer, is his younger brother.

Complications during labor compelled his mother's obstetricians to use two pair of forceps during his birth; misuse of these forceps mistakenly cut a nerve and resulted in paralysis in some areas of Stallone's face. This resulted in a lysis of his face (including portions of his lip, tongue, and chin), which culminated in his snarling look and slurred expression. As a result, he was mocked as a child and so he dealt with bodybuilding and acting.

He was baptized Catholic. In the early 1950s, his father moved the family to Washington, D.C., to open a beauty school. Barbella's mother opened a women's gym in 1954.

Education

Prior to attending Miami Dade College, Stallone attended Notre Dame Academy and Lincoln High School in Philadelphia, as well as Charlotte Hall Military Academy.

He lived at the American College of Switzerland from 1965 to June 1967. From 1967 to 1969, he returned to the United States to study as a drama major at the University of Miami.

After Stallone's request that his acting and life experiences be considered in exchange for his remaining college credits to graduate, he was granted a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree by the University of Miami's president in 1999.

Personal life

Stallone has been married three times. He has two sons from his first marriage and three daughters from his third marriage.

He married Sasha Czack at the age of 28 on December 28, 1974. Sage Moonblood Stallone (1976–2012), who died of heart disease at the age of 36, and Seargeoh (1979), who was diagnosed with autism at an early age, were both their sons. On February 14, 1985, the couple wed.

In Beverly Hills, California, Stallone married model and actress Brigitte Nielsen on December 15, 1985. The tabloid press covered their marriage (which lasted two years) and their subsequent divorce.

Stallone met model Jennifer Flavin in 1988 and they were in a relationship until 1994, when Stallone told her he was having a child with model Janice Dickinson. DNA tests revealed he was not the father and Stallone's engagement to Dickinson ended shortly after his birth in February 1994. Flavin rekindled their friendship after a brief 1995 encounter with model Angie Everhart.

Stallone and Jennifer Flavin married in May 1997. Sophia, Sistine, and Scarlet have three children, according to the couple. At the 74th Golden Globe Awards, his children were chosen to share the role of Ambassador. Jennifer Flavin had applied for "dissolution of marriage and other relief" after 25 years of marriage, according to the Palm Beach County records in August 19, 2022. The couple reconciled on September 23, 2022, 2022.

Stallone has a brother Frank, who produced the theme songs to Rambo: First Blood Part II and Staying Alive. Frank's album "Far From Over" for Staying Alive in 1983, was the number 10 in the United States. Frank appears in minor roles, bit parts, and provides music in several films starring Sylvester, most notably in the Rocky films, where Frank appeared as a street corner singer and wrote songs.

Toni Ann Filiti, Stallone's 48-year-old half-sister, died of lung cancer on August 26, 2012. After deciding not to leave UCLA's hospital, she died at their mother's Santa Monica home.

He was a close friend of Joe Spinell. They had a shooting during their final collaboration Nighthawks (1982).

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Margie Carr, an exotic dancer, filed a lawsuit against Stallone alleging him of rape while working out in Santa Monica, January 26, 2000. Stallone's counsel denied the allegation that she told Globe the month before the lawsuit was brought.

In 2007, customs officials in Australia found 48 vials of the synthetic human growth hormone Jintropin in Stallone's luggage. Stallone pled guilty to two charges of unlawful possession of a controlled drug in a court hearing on May 15, 2007.

In 2013, it was reported that Stallone paid a $2 million lump sum along with a monthly payment and a trust for psychiatric and medical expenses to his half-sister Toni-Ann Filiti. Filiti has filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault. Jacqueline Stallone, the mother of Stallone and Filiti, denied the charges, accusing Filiti of blackmailing him and being a drug user. However, Filiti's son, Edd Filiti, backed the allegations, saying that her mother "screamed over" abuse at her half-brother's hands "over and over" before her death in 2012.

A study by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in 2016 stated that Stallone was accused of sexual assault by a 16-year-old teen while shooting a film in Las Vegas in 1986. According to reports, Stallone, who was 40, coerced the teen to join a threesome with his bodyguard. The allegation was denied by a Stallone spokeswoman. Brigitte Nielsen, Stallone's ex-wife, came back to his defense later, saying she was with him at the time of the alleged assault. David Mendenhall of Stallone defended Stallone, denied allegations that he introduced Stallone to the child in question.

A woman accused Stallone of sexually assaulting her at his Santa Monica office in the early 1990s was charged in November 2017. Stallone denied the allegation. The accuser filed a lawsuit after an entertainment website refused to report the fact. Stallone's lawyers also stated that although the actor had a consensual friendship with the accuser in 1987, they had two witnesses who denied the allegations. In June 2018, the Los Angeles District Attorney's office announced an investigation into Stallone, revealing that the Santa Monica Police Department had reported a child murder lawsuit against him to a special prosecution task force for review. The Los Angeles District Attorney's office made the decision not to sue Stallone for the suspected assault because no witnesses corroborated the charges. Stallone also obtained a police report alleging she was lying on a public record.

Stallone was raised a devout Catholic but stopped going to church as his acting career progressed. Later, when his daughter was born sick in 1996, he regained his childhood faith, and he became a strict Catholic.

Pat Robertson of the CBN's The 700 Club interviewed Stallone in late 2006. Before, in Hollywood, temptation abound and he had "lost his way," but "in God's hands" was restored later.

In 2010, he was interviewed by GQ magazine, in which he said he regarded himself as a spiritual person but not affiliated with any organized church group.

Stallone undertook a 'Tithi Shradh' ritual at Haridwar for his son Sage, on advice from a Vedic scholar.

Stallone has endorsed several Republican politicians, but does not identify as a member of the Republican Party.

He contributed $1,000 to the campaign of then-Congressman Rick Santorum, who was then running for the US Senate in Pennsylvania. He has also contributed to the Democratic National Committee and Democrats Joe Biden and Chris Doddd, as well as Democrats Joe Biden and Chris Doddd.

Stallone endorsed John McCain in 2008 for the first presidential election of that year. He described Donald Trump as a "Dickensian character" and "larger than life" in the 2016 election, but did not endorse him or any candidate in that year's Republican primary.

He turned down an invitation to become the Chair of the National Endowment for the Performing Arts in December 2016, citing a desire to work on veterans.

Despite his more conservative views, Stallone has been praised for gun control and has been described as "the most anti-gun guy in Hollywood today."

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Film and stage career

He appeared on stage under the name Mike Stallone before 1969, but he began using the stage name Sylvester E. Stallone in 1970. Stallone, a student at the University of Miami, was involved in the film That Nice Boy (aka The Square Root), which was shot in 1968.

Stallone appeared in The Party at Kitty and Stud's (1970), his first appearance in the softcore pornography feature film The Party at Kitty and Stud's (1970). He was paid US$200 for two days of service. After being evicted from his apartment and finding himself homeless for several days, Stallone later explained that he had made the film out of desperation. He has also stated that he slept three weeks in the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City before receiving a casting notice for the film. "I either do the movie or rob someone because I was at the end – or the very end – of my rope," the actor said. The film was released many years later as Italian Stallion in an attempt to cash in on Stallone's newfound fame (the new name was taken from Stallone's nickname since Rocky). Stallone appeared in the enthralling off-Broadway stage play Score, which ran for 23 performances at the Martinique Theatre from October 28 to November 15, 1971, and was later adapted to Radley Metzger's 1974 film Score.

Stallone and his girlfriend, Sasha Czack, an aspiring actress who supported them by working as a waitress, shared their flat in New York City. During this period, Stallone worked odd jobs, including as a cleaner at a zoo and a movie theater usher; he was banned from the latter for scalping tickets. He developed his writing skills by frequenting a local library and became interested in Edgar Allan Poe's works.

Stallone, who later described as a low point, attempted and failed to find a job as an extra in The Godfather in 1972. Rather, he was relegated to a background role in another Hollywood hit, What's Up, Doc?, starring Barbra Streisand. In his two appearances, the stallone is barely noticeable.

Stallone appeared to be attending a play that a friend had invited him to participate in, and an agent on hand said that Stallone suited the role of Stanley, the main character in The Lords of Flatbush, which had a halt-stop schedule from 1972 to 1974 due to budget constraints. Stallone, a man who is involved with a New York-based urban terror group with a jewelry-seller as his love interest, appeared in his first proper role in the film No Place to Hide, circa 1970. Years later, this second version starring Stallone as its lead actor was re-cut and retitled Rebel. This film was re-edited with outtakes from the original film and a newly shot matching video, which was then redubbed in the style of Woody Allen's What's Up, Tiger Lily? A Man Called Rainbo has been turned into a parody of itself.

In MASH (1970), as a soldier sitting at a table; Pigeons (1971), as a party guest; and in Jack Lemmon's film The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975), as a youth. Jack Lemmon's character chases, confronts, and mugs Stallone, who believes that Stallone's character is a pickpocket. In 1974, he appeared in The Lords of Flatbush for his second time. He appeared in Farewell, My Lovely; Capone; and Death Race 2000 in 1975. He appeared on the TV series Police Story and Kojak as a guest speaker. He is also in Mandingo, according to him. His scene was often dismissed, according to reports.

Stallone gained international recognition for his appearance in the smash hit Rocky (1976), a sports drama about a struggling boxer named Rocky Balboa, who was wrestling against heavyweight champion Apollo Creed. Stallone saw the Muhammad Ali vs. Chuck Wepner match on March 24, 1975. Stallone returned home that night, and the first draft of Rocky had been completed for three days. Stallone denied that Wepner inspired the script, but Wepner filed a lawsuit with Stallone that was ultimately settled for an undisclosed amount. Rocky Graziano's autobiography Somebody Up Here Likes Me, as well as the movie of the same name might have been among the film's potential inspirations. Stallone tried to sell the script to several studios with the intention of playing the lead role himself. Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff became involved and offered Stallone US$350,000 for the rights, but they had their own casting suggestions for the lead role, including Robert Redford and Burt Reynolds. Stallone refused to sell unless he played the lead role, and then, after a substantial budget cut, it was decided he could be the actor. Stallone's appearance on the website prompted critic Roger Ebert that it might be the next Marlon Brando.

Rocky was nominated for ten Oscars, including Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay for Stallone in 1977. The film went on to win the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Directing, and Best Film Editing.

Stallone made his directorial debut and appeared in the 1978 film Paradise Alley, a family tragedy in which he played one of three brothers involved in professional wrestling. He appeared in Norman Jewison's F.I.T., a social drama in which he plays a warehouse employee, closely based on James Hoffa, who is actively involved in labor union leadership.

He wrote, produced, and starred in Rocky II in 1979 (replacing John G. Avildsen, who received an Academy Award for directing the first film). The sequel was a huge hit, grossing US$200 million.

In 1981, he appeared alongside Michael Caine and soccer star Pelé in Escape to Victory, a sports drama in which he plays a prisoner of war in a Nazi propaganda soccer game. He appeared in the thriller Nighthawks, in which he portrays a New York police cop who competes with a foreign terrorist in a cat-and-mouse game starring Rutger Hauer.

In 1982, Stallone played Vietnam veteran John Rambo, a former Green Beret, in the action film First Blood, which was both a critical and box office hit. Critics applauded Stallone's achievement, saying he made Rambo appear human, rather than the way he is depicted in the book of the same name. The Rambo brand was born. Rocky III was released in that year, when Stallone wrote, directed, and starred. The third sequel was a big hit in the box office. Stallone began a strenuous training regimen, which included six days a week in the gym and more sit-ups in the evenings. Stallone claims to have cut his body fat content to his all-time low of 2.8 percent for Rocky III.

Staying Alive, the sequel to Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta, was released in 1983. This was the first film Stallone directed that he did not appear in. Film critics had generally slammed Staying Alive. Despite being a critical failure, Staying Alive was a commercial success. With a net of $12,146,143 from 1,660 screens, the film opened the biggest weekend for a musical film ever (at the time). Despite its $22 million budget, the film earned almost $65 million in the US box office. Its total sales reached $127 million. Despite the fact that the US box office haul was much less than the $139.5 million earned by Saturday Night Fever, the film was still ranked in the top ten most profitable films of 1983.

Stallone, who appeared in the 1980s, was one of the world's best action film stars. He has tried, often unsuccessfully, roles in various genres. He co-wrote and appeared alongside Dolly Parton in the comedy film Rhinestone, where he starred as a wannabe country music singer in 1984. He performed a song on the Rhinestone soundtrack. Stallone canceled his lead male role in Romancing the Stone in order to make Rhinestone instead, a decision he regrets later.

With Rocky IV and Rambo: First Blood Part II, Stallone continued his success with the Rocky and Rambo franchises in 1985. In total, Stallone has portrayed these two characters in 13 films. Stallone worked with former Mr. Olympia Columbu to expand his character's role in the films Rocky IV, just as if he were preparing for the Mr. Olympian competition. Two workouts a day, six days a week. Both films were huge financial successes.

Stallone was signed to a remake of the 1939 James Cagney classic Angels With Dirty Faces around 1985. The film will be shot by Menahem Golan and co-star Christopher Reeve. Variety and horror were both disapproving of Roger Ebert's re-making of such a beloved classic. Cannon opted to make the action film Cobra, which was released in 1986 and became a box office hit. It's a tie that his production firm, White Eagle Enterprises, is involved.

He appeared in Over the Top in 1987 as a struggling trucker who tries to make amends with his estranged son and enters an arm wrestling competition. Critics were unimpressed, and it was a box office loss. He co-starred in the buddy cop action film Tango & Cash, which did well business locally and abroad, grossing US$57 million in foreign markets and over US$120 million worldwide.

In the 1980s, Stallone became a boxing promoter. Tiger Eye Productions, his boxing company, has signed world champion boxers Sean O'Grady and Aaron Pryor.

Stallone appeared in the fifth installment of the Rocky franchise, Rocky V. This film brought back John G. Avildsen, the first film's producer, and was supposed to be the last installment in the series. It was regarded as a box office failure and received critical feedback.

Stallone appeared in John Landis' period comedy Oscar, which was both a critical and box office loss. He appeared in Roger Spottiswoode's action comedy Stop! in 1992. Or My Mom Will Shoot, which was also a critical and box office disaster. Based on rumors that Arnold Schwarzenegger was interested in the lead, Stallone joined the film. Schwarzenegger said that, although knowing the script was "poor," he had publicly expressed disappointment in attracting Stallone.

With Renny Harlin's action thriller Cliffhanger in 1993, he made a comeback. The program, which was a huge success in the United States, earned US$84 million and a worldwide grossing US$171 million. Later this year, he appeared in Marco Brambilla's futuristic action film Demolition Man, co-starring Wesley Snipes and Sandra Bullock. According to 42 reviews, the film has an approval rating of 60%, with an average rating of 5.43/10. "A better-than-average sci-fi shoot-up with a satirical undercurrent, Demolition Man is bolstered by good results from Stallone, Snipes, and Bullock," the site's consensus states. The film debuted at No. 1 in the United States. 1 at the box office. Demolition Man's box office in North America brought in $58,055,768 worldwide, and $58,055,768 worldwide.

With 1994's The Specialist co-starring Sharon Stone and directed by Luis Llosa, which opened in the United States on October 7, his string of hits continued. Despite the fact that the critical reception was largely critical, the film was a commercial hit. The domestic box office earned $147,362,582 in its first weekend and ended up retrenching its spending with $57,362,582 at the domestic box office, but overseas it made $170,362,582.

In 1995, he appeared as the title character (from the British comic book 2000 AD) in Judge Dredd's science fiction action film Judge Dredd. Judge Dredd's domestic box office regret was saved by his appeal, which cost almost US$100 million and barely recovered its funding, with a worldwide total count of US$113 million. Despite the film's poor box office results, Stallone landed a three-picture contract with Universal Pictures for $60 million, making him the second actor after Jim Cary's receive $20 million per film. The contract came to an end in February 2000 without him making any films, but he didn't get paid.

He appeared in the dramatic Assassins with Julianne Moore and Antonio Banderas last year. Stallone and an all-star cast of actors appeared in the Trey Parker and Matt Stone short comedy film "Your Studio and You" released by the Seagram Company in the year 2000 in honor of Universal Studios and MCA Corporation's acquisition of Universal Studios and the MCA Corporation. Stallone speaks in his Rocky Balboa voice with subtitles that translate what he says. At one point, Stallone starts yelling about how they can use his Balboa appearance that he had abandoned in the past; the narrator calms him by pouring wine coolers and saying, "brainiac." "Thank you very much," Stallone says in reaction. He then examines the wine cooler and declares, "Stupid cheap studio!"

In 1996, he appeared in the disaster film Daylight as a disgraced former emergency services chief who is trying to rescue survivors of an underground tunnel explosion. Daylight also disappointed at the domestic box office, grossing $33 million, but worldwide, it did better and brought in a total of $158 million.

In 1997, Stallone was cast as an overweight sheriff in the crime drama Cop Land (1997), in which he appeared alongside Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta. The film was critically acclaimed, and Stallone's appearance earned him the Stockholm International Film Festival Best Actor Award.

He did voice-over work for the computer-animated film Antz in 1998, which was a big success in the United States.

In 2000, Stallone appeared in the thriller Get Carter, a recreation of the 1971 British film of the same name, but both critics and audiences were dissatisfied with the film. Stallone's career suffered greatly after his subsequent films Driven (2001), Avenging Angelo (2002), and D-Tox (2001) were all critical and commercial failures.

He appeared in the third installment of Spy Kids: Game Over, a huge box office hit (almost US$200 million worldwide). As a passenger, Stallone made a cameo appearance in the 2003 French film Taxi 3 as a traveler. Stallone returned to prominence in the neo-noir crime drama Shade, which was only released in a limited way this year, but critics applauded. He was also attached to star and direct Rampart Scandal, which was supposed to be about rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. The corruption investigation into the Los Angeles Police Department is also involving the surrounding Los Angeles Police Department. It was later known as Notorious, but it was shelved.

He appeared on the NBC Reality television boxing series The Contender with Sugar Ray Leonard in 2005. In the same year, he appeared in two episodes of Las Vegas's television series Las Vegas. Hulk Hogan, who appeared in Rocky III as a wrestler called Thunderlips, was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, and Stallone was also the person who gave Hogan the cameo in Rocky III. Stallone's book Sly Moves, which claimed to be a fitness and nutrition guide as well as a candid glimpse into his personal life and work from his own perspective, appeared in August. Several photographs of Stallone from the years as well as photographs of him performing exercises were also included in the book.

Stallone made a comeback in 2006 with the sixth installment of his popular Rocky series Rocky Balboa, which was both a critical and commercial hit, after a three-year absence from film. Stallone, a critical and box office failure of the previous installment, had decided to write, direct, and act in a sixth installment, which would be a more climax to the story. The total domestic box office value increased to US$70.3 million (and US$155.7 million globally). The film's budget was only US$24 million. His job in Rocky Balboa has been lauded and has received mainly critical feedback. As Stallone announced that he would be directing and starring in a recreation of the 1974 film, the development Death Wish remake began. "Instead of the Charles Bronson character being an engineer, my version would have him as a super duperman with a lot of success without ever using his firearms," Stallone said. So when the assault on his family occurs, he's actually stuck in a moral dilemma when trying to carry out his revenge." He later told the journal that he was no longer interested. However, Stallone said in a 2009 interview with MTV that he was revisiting the possibility. However, Bruce Willis was the producer, with Eli Roth as director.

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Stallone recalled his earlier fame as Rambo in 2008 with the fourth installment of his other hit film series, which was named simply Rambo (John Rambo in some countries where the first film was titled Rambo). On January 25, 2008, the film opened in 2,751 theaters, grossing US$6,490,000 on its first day and US$18,200,000 over its first weekend. With a budget of US$50 million, the box office in its worldwide market was worth US$113,244,290.

Stallone made a cameo appearance in the Bollywood film Kambakht Ishq, where he starred himself in July 2009.

Stallone was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the non-participant category on December 7, 2010. Stallone wrote, directed, and starred in the ensemble action film The Expendables, which was also this year. On August 13, 2010, the film, which was shot during summer/winter 2009, was released. Jason Statham, Jet Li, and Dolph Lundgren, as well as Terry Crews, Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, and Stone Cold Steve Austin were among the film's cameos from fellow '80s action stars Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who were joined in the film. In its first weekend, the film earned US$34,825,135 going straight in at No. 1. 1 in the US box office. The figure was the best opening weekend in Stallone's career. In summer 2010, O2 Filmes, a Brazilian company, released a statement claiming that it owes more than US$2 million for its film work. In Kevin James' comedy Zookeeper, Stallone was the voice of a lion.

The Expendables 2 was released on August 17, 2012, with a 67% critical reception on Rotten Tomatoes as opposed to the original's 41%. The ensemble cast also included Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris, as well as returning cast members from the first film. Stallone co-wrote the book for the Broadway musical version of Rocky's that year.

Stallone appeared in Bullet to the Head, directed by Walter Hill, based on Alexis Nolent's French graphic novel Du Plomb Dans La Tete. He appeared in the action thriller Escape Plan alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Caviezel in 2013 and alongside Robert De Niro in the sports comedy thriller Grudge Match, harkening back to the Rocky franchise. Stallone was supposed to produce an English-language version of the Spanish film No Rest for the Wicked, but the venture was shelved. Stallone was credited as the author of the Jason Statham action film Homefront last year.

On August 15, 2014, the Expendables 3, the third installment of the ensemble action film series, was released. Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas, Mel Gibson, and Harrison Ford were also included in the returning ensemble cast. Both critics and viewers were critical of this film, and it became the lowest-grossing film in the series.

Stallone reprised his role as Rocky Balboa in a spin-off-sequel film, Creed, starring Adonis "Donnie" Creed, the son of his deceased colleague/rival Apollo Creed, who died in 2015, becoming a professional boxer portrayed by Michael B. Jordan. Ryan Coogler's film received critical acclaim. Stallone's portrayal of the iconic cinematic boxer for the seventh time in a span of 40 years, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and his third Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, this time for Best Supporting Actor.

In 2017, Stallone appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Stakar Ogord / Starhawk, the leader of a Ravagers faction, is the first takar Ogord / Starhawk's unit. He co-starred in Escape Plan 2: Hades, a film that was released straight to home-video in 2018. He revealed immediately thereafter that work on Escape Plan 3 had begun immediately after wrapping production: on his social media page. Stallone revealed in July that he had finished script for a Creed sequel, as well as the return of Ivan Drago from Rocky IV. Stallone was on display in Derek Wayne Johnson's John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs, a film about director John G. Avildsen.

Creed II went into production in March 2018, with a planned debut on Thanksgiving 2018. Stallone had intended to direct before the appointment of Steven Caple Jr. in his first feature film directorial debut. Creed II was first published in the United States by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on November 21, 2018. The film received mostly positive feedback from critics and then grew to $35.3 million in its first weekend (a five-day total of $55.8 million), the highest debut for a live-action film over Thanksgiving.

In an interview with Variety on July 23, 2019, Stallone said that a Rocky sequel and prequel are in the works. "We're really excited about it," producer Irwin Winkler said, and that Stallone plans to write and perform in the film are still in the works. "We're really excited to make it." Rocky will be befriended by a young fighter who is an undocumented immigrant, according to Stallone. "When Rocky comes to see his sister, he encounters a young, angry person who has been stuck in this country." He takes him into his life, and his adventures begin south of the border. "It's so timely." According to Stallone, the ship is too small. Stallone also confirmed that there are "ongoing discussions" regarding a Rocky prequel television series, which he hopes will land on a subscription box and that the film will likely follow a young Rocky Balboa as a professional boxing hopeful. Irwin Winkler, a producer, was hesitant about going into the series, according to Stallone, "There was some tension there." "Rocky" was primarily a feature film, and he didn't see it on television, so there was a big bone of contention." Stallone selected Derek Wayne Johnson to produce a documentary on the origins of the original Rocky's called 40 Years of Rocky (2020). Stallone appears in the film's behind-the-scenes footage from the film's development.

Braden Aftergood and Stallone formed Balboa Productions in March 2018, where Stallone will act as co-producer on all of their projects. Starlight Culture Entertainment and the studio have signed a multi-year partnership agreement to produce films and television shows. A fifth installment of the Rambo franchise was announced in May 2018, and Adrian Grünberg was named director in August 2018. Rambo: Last Blood started filming in September 2018, with a script co-written by Stallone, who also reprised his role as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo. The story revolves around Rambo's attempt to save a family friend's daughter from a Mexican drug cartel. The film, which was released in the United States on September 20, 2019, grossed $18.9 million in its first weekend, the franchise's best debut. The film earned $91 million worldwide against a $50 million production budget.

As part of the game's 2nd Kombat Pack, Stallone lent his voice as Rambo to the fighting video game Mortal Kombat 11. In 2021, he appeared as King Shark in the DC Extended Universe film The Suicide Squad.

Stallone appeared in Samaritan, a dark interpretation of the superhero genre based on a script written by Bragi Schut in 2022.

Balboa Productions has a large production schedule following the introduction of Creed II and Rambo V: Last Blood. The first African-American boxing heavyweight champion, Jack "Galveston Giant" Johnson, is the subject of a film based on his life. The initiative was revealed after Stallone's instrumental role in assisting Johnson in getting him a posthumous pardon from US President Donald Trump.

In 2023, Stallone will reprise his role as Stakar Ogord in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3.

Stallone will appear in Hunter's film version, which had originally been intended as the basis for Rambo V: Last Blood. Nathaniel Hunter, a private investigator hired to track down a half-human creature was the subject of the story. A screenwriter has yet to be hired by the studio. Michael McGowan and Ralph Pezzullo's book Ghost: My Thirty Years as an FBI Undercover Agent will continue, but there is no screenwriter attached to McGowan's career of over 50 undercover missions. In addition, a film based on black ops troops, which was written by former Army Ranger Max Adams, is also in development.

Levon's Trade by Chuck Dixon was created by Chuck Dixon, and Rob Williams wrote a series version of Charles Sailor's Second Son. It also stars Tulsa King, who plays a Mafia boss and was created by Taylor Sheridan and Terence Winter and is scheduled to premiere on

In The Expendables 4, the fourth installment of the action film series, Stallone will appear. In early May 2020, Stallone revealed that a sequel to 1993's Demolition Man is in the works: "I think it's coming." We're right now with Warner Brothers and are focusing on it. It's looking fantastic. So, if it comes out, it will happen"

Stallone has continued to develop his interest in directing Edgar Allan Poe's life, a script he has been working on for years. He also said that he would like to adapt Nelson DeMille's book The Lion's Game.

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Awards and honors

• Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1984)
• International Boxing Hall of Fame (Class of 2010)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture (2015)
• Heart of Hollywood Award from the Board of Governors of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (2016)