MGM Planning "Rocky 7"?

[Spideyzilla]

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

This is an article from last May. Rocky 7?!?! What are they thinking? What do you think, will they do it?

[mr.happy]

Yep, the series is well past the point where it had any legitimate creative reasons to exist, so at this stage, it's really just a money thing, and they'll happily keep doing these movies until they run the franchise into the ground. No regrets. Don't be surprised if the plot of the next one has Rocky wrestling Mickey Rourke. :p

[Hobbes829]

Rocky 7: Adrian's Revenge!

[email2003]

Rocky 7: Adrian's Revenge!
LOL! Just like Bart Simpson predicted.:D

[Mesousa]

Rocky 7: Adrian's Revenge!

"I must crack you."

The latest Rocky was good enough, please.

[Wonderwall]

Rocky vs the Martians..smell the money.

[bigddan11]

Rocky Balboa was good, but the way it ended was the best way to end the saga.

[Desensitized]

End it with Rocky Balboa, please.

[Robin2099]

Probably not happening. Stallone is going to be too busy with The Expendables, and with Rambo 5. So if it happens we wont see it for at least six years.

[TheTerror]

Aside from the first two films, there was NO need for any others, and it wouldn't suprise me if they did it just to milk a few more bucks out of the Rocky name. Sad.

[Jacob T. Paschal]

Except all of the films but the fifth were actually really good in their own ways.

[TheTerror]

Except all of the films but the fifth were actually really good in their own ways.

I never cared for 5, 4 I liked when I was a kid and same with #3, but 1&2 were awesome to me and still are to this day. The fight in part one comes to mind with 2 key moments......

1. 1st round, Rocky lands his first punch of the fight, a wild uppercut that rocked Creed and knocked him down and then it shows people at Rockys old bar going nuts.

2. Round 14, Creed lands a few punches and send Rocky down (all while "Going the distance" is playing in the background) and the world expects him to stay down, instead he gets up and finishes the round strong to the delight of the crowd.

Both moments make me want to put the gloves on again after 8 years of not being competitive and throw down!!

[Hobbes829]

Aside from the first two films, there was NO need for any others, and it wouldn't suprise me if they did it just to milk a few more bucks out of the Rocky name. Sad.
There was no NEED for the first 1, but they were all still great.

1 - told a great story about a guy down on his luck getting his big chance and his struggles to make the most out of it.
2 - now that he's had his 15 minutes of fame, what does he do with the rest of his life. Great movie.
3 - He's got everything in life that a man could want, but has forgotten what made him great in the first place, his passion. Great flick
4 - this was the worst of them. Fun movie that was essentially a revenge picture. Still fun to watch even with the cheesy, crappy 80s music.
5 - He loses everything, and has to start over, but still has the business in his blood so he teaches what he knows to an up and comer. His relationship with his family sours, so he has to put it back together. His protege has all the physical gifts and talent, but doesn't have Rocky's heart. Some don't enjoy this film, but i love it. This would've been a good ending.
6 - The love of his life is taken from him, and in an effort to find a constructive outlet for his anger turns to the one thing that he was ever great at... even if he is over the hill. He's facing a fighter that is out to prove that he's legit. Great way to end the series.

[Desensitized]

The last film is probably the best one in the series, which is saying a lot considering how great the original was. It was the perfect ending. If you never saw any of the films other than the first, you'd never know there was 4 other movies.

[TheTerror]

The last film is probably the best one in the series, which is saying a lot considering how great the original was. It was the perfect ending. If you never saw any of the films other than the first, you'd never know there was 4 other movies.

To each their own, but I felt the last film was just a blantent attempt to milk the franchise for a few more bucks, same with the Rambo movie. Whats next? Over the Top 2? Stop or my mom will shoot 2? Tango and Cash 2?

[EinBebop]

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8301/rocky38ya0.jpg

[NewcomerDC]

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8301/rocky38ya0.jpg
MGM just won't stop making these sequels.:p

Off-topic: I rather see a Cody Banks 3 than another Rocky. That won't happen since the first film wasn't meant to start a franchise that died with a part two and that Hilary Duff and Frankie Muniz are doing something other than mediocre teen flicks.

Back on topic: My guess is that Rocky 7, if it happens, will be when the iconic character dies and his son takes the reins. Before Rocky dies, he teaches his son everything he knows and the Rocky cycle can re-cycle over and over again only with the new geneartion.

[TheTerror]

MGM just won't stop making these sequels.:p

Off-topic: I rather see a Cody Banks 3 than another Rocky. That won't happen since the first film wasn't meant to start a franchise that died with a part two and that Hilary Duff and Frankie Muniz are doing something other than mediocre teen flicks.

Back on topic: My guess is that Rocky 7, if it happens, will be when the iconic character dies and his son takes the reins. Before Rocky dies, he teaches his son everything he knows and the Rocky cycle can re-cycle over and over again only with the new geneartion.

My guess too, wow, what a cliche and lame way to keep a series going. Oh well, this is hollywood these days for ya'.

[Hanshotfirst113]

There is such a thing as enough Hollywood.

[Jacob T. Paschal]

To save myself the grief I simply pretend this news is completely an untrue rumor. It's good for the heart.

[NewcomerDC]

To save myself the grief I simply pretend this news is completely an untrue rumor. It's good for the heart.
Agred. Until there's more light shed on this movie, it'll be in development hell like the unforementioned BTTF IV and Justice League.

[TheTerror]

Agred. Until there's more light shed on this movie, it'll be in development hell like the unforementioned BTTF IV and Justice League.

Who is supposed to be in BTTF4??

[hobbyfan]

I don't see it happening. IMPO, the story ended in "Rocky Balboa", and that's the way it should be.

[NewcomerDC]

Who is supposed to be in BTTF4??
If I remember, it was supposed to have Michael J. Fox to replace Christopher Lloyd as 'The Doc' but it seems that no one had said anything else about the film.

[desi]

To save myself the grief I simply pretend this news is completely an untrue rumor. It's good for the heart.
Good for yours and Sylvester's too...I don't think he can take another punch.

[Wonderwall]

With a few tweaks this could be Rocky 7:D

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh1ghJDHpgU

[Spideyzilla]

This is not confirmed. MGM just wants to see what the fans wold want, saying it's possible.

[Classic Speedy]

As many were, I was skeptical about Rocky Balboa, but it actually turned out to be a darn good film. So a decent Rocky VII wouldn't be completely out of the realm of possibility.

However, two things:

1) I don't want them to push their luck. We got lucky with Rocky Balboa, but there's no guarantee the same would hold true for VII. Better to leave on a high note than to risk a stinker for the finale. Rocky Balboa was the perfect ending to the series, with closure and a sense of satisfaction because Rocky got all that pent-up junk out of his system and proved that, even as a 60 year old, he still had it. No reason to tarnish that.

2) Rocky's old age worked surprisingly well for Balboa, but a seventh would be pushing it, and would really make the audience strain to suspend their disbelief. And if they tackled the age thing again, it would feel like more of the same ("Watch Rocky leave his retirement home to fight The Champ!").

[Tobias]

If I remember, it was supposed to have Michael J. Fox to replace Christopher Lloyd as 'The Doc' but it seems that no one had said anything else about the film.

Considering how badly MJF's Parkinson's has unfortunately progressed in recent years, I don't think he'll ever be up for more than a cameo if a BttFIV were to ever happen. It's best to leave that series where it ended.

[Zorak Masaki]

I can see a remake of Rocky but not a part 7.

[Hobbes829]

I can see a remake of Rocky but not a part 7.
No remake of rocky is neccessary. THe only good reason to have a remake is if the original idea was good, but there was something wrong with it's execusion. Rocky is perfect as it is. It get's its message across just fine.

[Tobias]

No remake of rocky is neccessary. THe only good reason to have a remake is if the original idea was good, but there was something wrong with it's execusion. Rocky is perfect as it is. It get's its message across just fine.

The same can be said for 90% of all the films that Hollywood's already remade in recent years.

[Hobbes829]

The same can be said for 90% of all the films that Hollywood's already remade in recent years.
Sad but true

[EinBebop]

THe only good reason to have a remake is if the original idea was good, but there was something wrong with it's execusion.That may be true from an artistic standpoint (or it may not be, some artists might argue that there's only one way to do anything, even make a movie). From an entertainment standpoint, there are some who (sadly) have no interest in watching older movies, and others (myself included) who are curious to see a good story retold by different storytellers. And from a business standpoint, well, there's plenty of money to be made off the people I just mentioned.

But I don't think people really object to it from an artistic standpoint, though that's the reason people will commonly give. I think the real reason people hate remakes is a cling to the past... be it their own (hence the frequently-used phrase, "raping my childhood"), or even more of a sense of our heritage being replaced. But this isn't like when they tear down the theater you went to as a kid... the original version is still there to watch whenever we want, and there will still be plenty of people who will enjoy it with you. Newer may not always be better, but it's not necessarily worse, and if people go in open-minded, they'll probably find something to appreciate even if as a whole it doesn't reach the standard set by the original.