Alex Owens: Rocky
Alex Owens‘ art has appeared on the StalloneZone before. He did a cool Rambo piece that I posted. This time Alex is back with his take on Sly as Rocky. I discovered Alex’s art through his Deviant Art site.
Category: Movies
You Got Served by the Wizard of Oz
It’s time for another excellent mash-up. Here is “You Got Served by the Wizard of Oz.” [Via Bits and Pieces]
Stallone & DeNiro in a Grudge Match?
Earlier today Slashfilm reported on a rumor that Sly Stallone and Robert DeNiro may team up for “Grudge Match.” Sly and DeNiro would play…
… “retired boxers Billy “The Kid” McGuigan and Henry “Razor” Sharp, lifelong bitter rivals who are coaxed out of retirement and into the ring for one final grudge match — 50 years after their last title fight.”
Although fans would love to see Rocky take on The Raging Bull, I’m not sure now is the time for this type of movie. Sly has Expendables II on deck and then hopefully something like Hunter or even Expendables III. And let’s face it, according to the synopsis of Grudge Match, Sly and DeNiro were supposed to have fought 50 years ago in a title fight — so they’d have been what 14, 15 years old? Perhaps when Sly and DeNiro have aged a bit, Grudge Match would be right.
Alex Owens: Get Carter
Alex Owens‘ art has appeared on the StalloneZone before. He did a cool Rambo piece that I posted here. This time Alex is back with his take on Sly as Jack Carter.
Jason Walker’s John Spartan
My buddy, Jason Walker, gives a free headsketch with every sketchbook of his that you purchase. This is his take on Sly as John Spartan from Demolition Man. The caption says, “To Craig: Eating at Fuel leads to a need for the three sea shells. best – J. Walker”. Seems everyone but Spartan knows how to use the three sea shells. You can see more of Jason’s art here.
Francesco Francavilla’s 31 Days of Halloween
Francesco Francavilla is no stranger to the ZONE. I’ve posted about his art and gotten sketches from Francesco for my Stallone-theme collection. Over at one of his blogs for the entire month of October, Francesco is running what he calls the 31 Days of Halloween. Every day Francesco posts a drawing [sometimes more] of a monster, vampire, werewolf, well… you get the idea. It’s a great idea and a lot of fun. I hope you can join us.
The Expendables Ready to Invade Your Home
Available November 23, 2010, The Expendables will come in two formats: Blu-Ray and DVD. Here are the specs according to IGN Movies:
- DISC ONE:
— “The Expendables: Ultimate Recon Mode” in-movie BonusView
— “Comic Con 2010 Panel”
— Audio Commentary with Sylvester Stallone
— “Inferno” feature-length “making of” documentary
— “From the Ashes” Post Production documentary
— Deleted Scene
— Gag Reel
— Marketing Archive including Trailers and TV spots
— Metamenu Remote and BD Touch enabled
— D-BOX Motion Control Enabled
- DISC TWO:
— Standard Definition DVD Copy of the feature film
- DISC THREE:
— Standard Definition Digital Copy of the feature film
— Audio Commentary with Sylvester Stallone
— “Before the Battle” featurette
— Deleted Scene
— Gag Reel
— Marketing Archive including Trailers and TV spots
I don’t know about you, but I have pre-ordered mine!
Classic True Grit
When I posted the first teaser trailer to the Cohen Brothers’ remake of True Grit, several folks on my message board wrote to say that the John Wayne version was a classic and shouldn’t have been redone. I felt [and still feel] somewhat differently. I loved the original True Grit, but was open to another version. Now that this trailer is out, I’ll bet some of the original naysayers are starting to change their minds.
Otis Frampton: Cop Land
Otis Frampton’s art is no stranger to the StalloneZone. I’ve told you about Otis’ 7-7-7 Sundays before. I’ve been fortunate enough to get three previous sketches from Otis — Rambo, Jack Carter and Cosmo Carboni. You can see them here.
I finally got to meet Otis in person at Heroes Con last year. When Otis attends conventions he has sketchbooks that he sells for a buck each. Yep, one buck. And to make the deal even more enticing, Otis includes a free headsketch. For mine he did Freddy from Cop Land. I would have gladly paid a buck a piece to have Otis draw Sly from every movie he’s done, but the idea is to get new fans to give Otis’ work a look. So instead, whenever I ran into a friend who’d never heard of Otis I’d slap a buck down and buy ’em a copy of the sketchbook with a free headsketch. Luckily none of them requested Sly, or I might have had to keep the copy for myself. ; )
Getting a Line on Skyline
A few days ago, I was wondering, “What’s Up with the Skyline?” After watching this teaser trailer, I kind of get the picture.
It’s True, Grit Too
It’s been years since I’ve watched True Grit starring John Wayne, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell and Bruce Dern. I saw the movie when it was first released and I loved it. I remember thinking that it held up well when I watched it again years later.
This trailer for the re-make by The Cohen Brothers that stars Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin looks like it will give the original a run for it’s money.
What’s Up with the Skyline?
I don’t know much about the movie, Skyline, but the poster above does what a good poster should do; it makes me want to learn more. To get the full effect, click over to this sky-sized version at IMPAwards.com.
Dave Wachter is Expendable
Dave Wachter joins us this week with his take on Sly from The Expendables. I’m a huge fan of Dave’s art and own several pieces [and hope to get more in the future]. He’s a tremendous artist, but more importantly an all-around decent guy. You can see more of Dave’s art at his site. – Craig
Ben Affleck’s Town
The Town is one of my all-time favorite crime movies. Ben Affleck, as director and star, surrounded himself with a great cast [Rebecca Hall, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper] and terrific story [and adaptation of Chuck Hogan’s Prince of Thieves].
Part of the reason that I love The Town so much is that it feels real. This was Affleck’s goal in both casting the roles and filming. When casting the female lead, Affleck said it was really important…
…that she feel like a real person. If you dropped a very recognisable Hollywood whoever-it-is or starlet that everyone knows into that role, somebody who depends on a certain kind of acting that was sort of “recognizable”, the immediately the audience would know “Okay, it will be hard for her, but then she’ll come back and she’ll be winning and we’ll all go home happy” and it would allow the audience to feel comfortable…
Affleck believes that his decision to use security camera footage also helped with the feel that the robberies were real…
…The security camera footage, I wanted to use so that the audience would subconsciously feel as if it were more realistic. I think we’re actually used to seeing crime and violence through that prism, that 15 frames per second, no sound, black and white security stuff. So when you see that happen, “this feels real” and then you cut into the 35 stuff and maybe at some level in your mind you’re feeling like it’s more kind of authentic.
You can read more about Ben Aflleck’s contributions to the success of The Town at Bleeding Cool’s post.
Ryan Cody: Sly is the Demolition Man
That’s Ryan Cody’s take on Sly from Demolition Man. I’d been wanting to get a sketch from Ryan for a while now, but since he doesn’t make it to east coast shows and I don’t get west, it didn’t look good. Not long ago, Ryan was going to a show and offered fans some discounted sketch opportunities and even extended the offer to me through the mail.
I jumped on board for two pieces and the Demolition Man is the first. You’ll see the second in the coming weeks. Until then check out Ryan’s blog and his DA site.
Thanks to Ryan! Hopefully we can do it again sometime. – Craig
