Samaritan: MGM acquires Sylvester Stallone’s superhero drama

[Hunter Rider]

Samaritan: MGM Acquires Sylvester Stallone's Superhero Drama

Variety is reporting that MGM has acquired Sylvester Stallone’s (Creed II) superhero drama Samaritan. Stallone will star in the project and will produce through his Balboa Productions company that launched last May.

Written by Bragi F. Schut (Escape Room), Samaritan centers on a boy learning that a missing superhero, who vanished 20 years earlier after a battle, may still be alive.

Production on Samaritan is scheduled to begin this year. MGM will develop the project with Stallone and Braden Aftergood of Balboa Productions. Schut will also serve as executive producer.

I like the sound of this, could be a great role for Sly.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Sounds really intriguing. Guess we'll be seeing some de-ageing on Stallone for the battle where he goes missing

 

[Heretic]

So this isn't related to Astro City. Crap. That's a comic that should get a movie or tv show.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

So this isn't related to Astro City. Crap. That's a comic that should get a movie or tv show.

‘Astro City’ TV Series Based On Comics In Works At FremantleMedia North America

"American Gods producer FremantleMedia North America has acquired the rights to Astro City superhero comic book series to develop as a live-action TV drama series."

 

[Pennywise]

'Overlord's Julius Avery to Direct Sylvester Stallone Superhero Movie 'Samaritan'

Sylvester Stallone MGM Thriller ‘Samaritan’ Opening Late Fall 2020 – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: MGM will be opening Sylvester Stallone’s Samaritan on November 20, 2020, in the pre-Thanksgiving period.

Deadline exclusively reported Monday that MGM closed a deal with Julius Avery (Overlord) to direct the thriller, which is Stallone’s next starring vehicle following this weekend’s opening of Rambo: Last Blood ($18.8M), the finale in that franchise. Production begins early next year on Samaritan.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Sounds really intriguing. Guess we'll be seeing some de-ageing on Stallone for the battle where he goes missing

Hopefully better than this

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Hopefully better than this

Jeez. What's that from?

 

[Pennywise]

Jeez. What's that from?

Think that's from that movie, 'Grudge Match'.

 

[Zorro]

Still better than CGI Arnold's young faces from Terminator: Salvation and Genisys. Those are by far the worse I've seen.

Films sounds interesting

 

[terry78]

Well, the important thing is they tried.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Think that's from that movie, 'Grudge Match'.

One I think I shall avoid

 

[Zorro]

One I think I shall avoid

You're going to avoid a whole movie because of that? It's a decent comedy

 

[Pennywise]

Sylvester Stallone ‘Samaritan’ Sets Cast With Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton, Martin Starr & More – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: MGM’s superhero thriller movie Samaritan has set its cast as production ramps up next week with Euphoria actor and Junior Olympic boxing prodigy Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton landing the lead role opposite Sylvester Stallone. Walton will play a young boy who is out to discover if a mythic superhero, who vanished 20 years earlier following a tragic event, is still alive.

Also set to star is Silicon Valley‘s Martin Starr, Game of Thrones’ Pilou Asbæk, Orange Is the New Black‘s Dascha Polanco, and Hannah Montana‘s Moises Arias.

Overlord helmer Julius Avery is directing from a screenplay by Bragi F. Schut (Escape Room), with additional writing by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant), Zak Penn (Ready Player One), and Chuck MacLean (City on a Hill). The story is based on Schut’s original idea. Pic is scheduled for release on Dec. 11 via United Artists Releasing with Universal handling foreign. Stallone and Braden Aftergood, partners of Balboa Productions, are producing Samaritan as the first project for their company. Schut will serve as EP.

 

[Pennywise]

Sylvester Stallone as a Superhero in Hiding on Set of New Movie

 

[Pennywise]

Sylvester Stallone Thriller ‘Samaritan’ Adds NFL Player Jared Odrick – Deadline

Ex-NFL defensive end Jared Odrick and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri actor Michael Aaron Milligan have joined the Sylvester Stallone-starring thriller, Samaritan, which has Overlord director Julius Avery at the helm. Other cast includes Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton, Pilou Asbæk, Dascha Polanco, Martin Starr, and Moises Arias. Currently shooting in Atlanta, the pic centers on a young boy (Walton) who is out to discover if a mythic superhero, who vanished 20 years earlier following a tragic event, is still alive.

 

[Pennywise]

Matrix 4 Will Now Open in Spring 2022 – Deadline

Meanwhile, New Line is scheduling an untitled horror movie for June 4, 2021, opposite Paramount’s Micronauts, Sony’s Vivo and MGM’s Sylvester Stallone movie Samaritan.

 

[Vaibow]

Hopefully better than this

That didn't look too bad... I feel when they show old footage, they also need to reduce the HD so it actually looks like tv of that era, hides way more.... it's like in Justice League... with the opening scene.. I would have had that way blurrier as it's on some kids phone... I mean yeah I get it , they tried that but still...

Sylvester Stallone as a Superhero in Hiding on Set of New Movie

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His body looks like it's falling apart...

Another reason why I don't want Indie 5...I was talking to my neighbour yesterday.. he is 78, same as Harrison... and damn this guy couldn't go off on adventures.. sure, make up, hair done, wardrobe, he could look 'better' but Harrison is too old... same goes for sly and arnie.. time to realize when it's no longer worth it..


altho Keaton coming back, that's the one I am holding out for..

 

[Schlosser85]

Keaton is both a decade younger and in better shape than Stallone and Ford.

 

[Micromind]

Sylvester Stallone as a Superhero in Hiding on Set of New Movie

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Yeah, that's him alright.

 

[Micromind]

You're going to avoid a whole movie because of that? It's a decent comedy

It's worth watching.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Having loved Overlord, really curious to see how this turns out.

 

[Pennywise]

Sylvester Stallone muscles in on the superhero genre in this exclusive Samaritan image | GamesRadar+

We didn’t really have superheroes,” Samaritan director Julius Avery (Overlord, Son Of A Gun) tells Total Film of growing up in the 1980s. “We only had action heroes. And Sly was the closest thing we had to a superhero. So to put him in a superhero movie? That feels fresh and cool and something that people will get a kick out of.”


He’s not wrong. The conceit of Samaritan is a peach: a young lad learns that a superhero who went missing 20 years ago is living next door to him. Yep, it sounds like a powered-up Finding Forrester or Apt Pupil, and Avery confirms that the tone will be grounded in humanity – a film about a kid looking for a father figure, by a director who lost his own dad when he was young.

But that doesn't mean this won't be one action-packed affair. "This is a big event movie – we see our heroes kicking ass," Avery confirms. “We’re going to see Sly do things he hasn’t done in a long time, and in a really inventive way. He’s 73 years old! I’m amazed by how much he actually does. I’m telling you, most guys in their twenties wouldn’t be able to do what Sly does in this movie.”

 

[Mandon Knight]

It has the 'feel' of Unbreakable to a degree, which given director involved, themes and Stallone involved, (love the guy), I'm well in for this.

 

[samsnee]

It has the 'feel' of Unbreakable to a degree, which given director involved, themes and Stallone involved, (love the guy), I'm well in for this.

Yeah it definitely reminds me of Unbreakable