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Peter Farrelly to Direct Film About the Making of ‘Rocky’

Peter Farrelly will direct 'I Play Rocky,' about the making of 'Rocky.' 'Casting is underway' for whom might play Sylvester Stallone in the film.

“I’ve been a fan of Peter Farrelly as both a filmmaker and a person since getting to work with him on the music for ‘Dumb and Dumber.’ But it was ‘Green Book’ that made me think of Pete for this inspiring screenplay,” Emmerich said in a statement. “The story of ‘I Play Rocky’ is as unique as Sylvester Stallone himself, a seeming Everyman with an undeniable gift who needs to share it with the world and refuses to take ‘no’ for an answer. “Rocky” fans recently lost Carl Weathers, who played Apollo Creed in the original film and in its sequels and died in February at 76.

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