Fifth Blood… Rambo Vs. Human Traffickers Greenlit

Published on Aug 31st, 2009
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Written by Ryan Hamelin
RyanHamelin@TheCinemaSource.com

Did you see last year’s “Rambo”… aka Rambo IV? Well Sylvester Stallone killed a lot of people. The good guys won. The bad guys lost. Everything you’d expect from a film written and directed by Sylvester Stallone. Like Rocky Balboa, it was a passion project… for Sylvester Stallone. Now, according to Variety, guess who’s stepping in front and behind the camera once again.

“Nu Image/Millennium Films has greenlit the franchise’s fifth installment, with Sylvester Stallone starring and directing, repeating his duties from 2008′s “Rambo.”

The upcoming project’s storyline revolves around Rambo fighting his way through human traffickers and drug lords to rescue a young girl abducted near the U.S.-Mexico border. Production will start in the spring.

The film will be produced by Avi Lerner, Kevin King Templeton and John Thompson. Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short and Boaz Davidson will exec produce.

Stallone had indicated in interviews that a fifth Rambo was in the works. He teamed with Nu Image/Millennium on the 2008 project, which grossed $42 million domestically and $113 million overseas.

Nu Image/Millennium is in post-production on Expendables, starring Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li and Mickey Rourke. The actioner’s set for release on April 23 through Lionsgate.”

Excited? Alarmed? Generally non-plussed?

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