News for
Rambo III (1988)

photos

board

trailer

details

IMDbPro offers the latest entertainment industry news from the Hollywood Reporter. Sign-up for a two-week free trial today. Click here for a free trial!

Rambo Returns
25 July 2001 (WENN)
Sylvester Stallone is oiling up and reaching for his Bowie knife again - as Rambo IV lumbers into production. Stallone, 55, became a major league Hollywood star after the first blood-soaked Rambo movie, First Blood, destroyed box-offices in 1982. Two others followed in 1985 and 1988 between Rocky movies, and caused a generation of kids to buy toy knives with compasses on the end of them. Rambo III raked in nearly $200 million at the box office - indicating that massive profits could be reaped from another instalment. When first asked about returning to the franchise, Sly said, "I don't know if I'd look good in a thong anymore." But now, Miramax chairman Bob Weinstein says Rambo IV is in the stages for a re-script this summer - with at least a $50 million budget. Weinstein says, "We'd love nothing more than for Stallone to be involved. We think it's a billion-dollar property." The new script involves Rambo tackling drug dealers in an American government building.