Stallone Interested in Reviving 'Rambo'
Nov. 13 -- Watch out Osama, John Rambo is headed your way.
Sylvester Stallone may bring his one-man army out of retirement and send him back into Afghanistan 13 years after his last mission, London's Sunday Times reports.
As you may recall in 1988's Rambo III, our hero joined Afghan fighters to oppose Russian invaiders. Stallone's alter ego slipped behind Soviet lines (back then, there used to be an evil empire known as the Soviet Union) to rescue his former Green Beret commander.In the new movie, Rambo will kick some Taliban butt, several sources report. Stallone is in Miami, reportedly working on the script. The movie, presumably Rambo IV could go before the cameras before the end of the year for a release next summer.
Stallone, 55, might be getting a little old for action movies. But don't be tricked by insurmountable odds. Remember in Rocky III when Mr. T's Clubber Lang said of the aging champ, "I pity the fool."
In the original flick, 1982's First Blood, Rambo, a Vietnam vet disenchanted with his country, gets harassed in a small town by local law enforcement. When a small town sheriff tortures him in jail, he unleashes hell.
In the first sequel, he returns to Vietnam to rescue a band of all-but-forgotten prisoners of war.
The Rocky and Rambo series have grossed more than $2 billion.
Buck Wolf and ABC Radio contributed to this report.
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