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the last time sylvester stallone played rocky balboa on the big screen, back in 1990, the first george bush was president, ''cosby'' and ''cheers'' were the most popular tv shows, blackberry was only a fruit, and if you said ''paris hilton,'' everyone knew you were only talking about a big hotel in the french capital.
but after years of promised comebacks, stallone apparently has lined up the financing to bring back the ''rocky'' franchise for one more round.
''rocky balboa'' reportedly will be the title of the sixth ''rocky'' -- a co-production of revolution studios, columbia pictures and mgm.
stallone told daily variety he plans to ''capture the essence of the first couple of films'' and will reprise his role as the philadelphia working-class hero and former champ, rocky balboa -- as well as write and direct the film.
the aging action star also wrote all five of the previous ''rocky'' films and directed the second, third and fourth movies in the series.
the original ''rocky'' was nominated for 10 academy awards and took home three oscars -- including best picture and best director for john avildsen -- on oscar night 1977. the film plucked the virtually unknown stallone from obscurity and made him a star overnight -- as well as handing him oscar nominations for both screenplay and best actor.
in this sixth ''rocky'' film, burt young plans to be back as paulie, and the music will again be composed by bill conti, who wrote the original -- now iconic -- ''rocky'' score.
according to stallone, filming is planned for an early 2006 start -- both in philadelphia and las vegas. yes, rocky will go back into the ring and stallone (who's now 59) says he is negotiating with former heavyweight champion roy jones jr. to sign on as his ring opponent, mason dixon. the rest of the cast is expected to be filled with unknowns.
along with reprising rocky balboa, stallone is also busy working on ''rambo iv'' and expects to then move on to something far more esoteric -- a film based on the life of poet and author edgar allan poe, with robert downey jr. attached to play the title role, in ''poe.''
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