Whereas many critics and followers through the years have dubbed First Blood the “best motion movie ever made,” its legacy was virtually tarnished due to the film’s star, Sylvester Stallone. In fact, some may say the shine wore off years in the past resulting from a number of, pointless sequels, however Stallone wished to take issues one step additional by delivering a prequel to First Blood that might have used AI to provide us a youthful model of his beloved character, John Rambo.
Talking with ScreenRant not too long ago concerning the new season of Tulsa King that is set to hit Paramount+ on September 21, 2025, the topic of First Blood got here up. The traditional 80s motion film has been within the information nowadays due to Noah Centineo not too long ago being solid to play a youthful iteration of the character made well-known by Stallone in an upcoming prequel merely titled John Rambo. Nonetheless, if the enduring star had his manner, it would not actually matter who was enjoying the half to a sure diploma, as a result of he would have used AI to make them seem as himself:
“I wished to do the primary AI… not retroactive… however I wished to rewrite historical past of the sooner Rambo as a result of I wished Rambo to be the nicest man within the faculty, the valedictorian, the promenade king, and all that stuff. And when he goes to Vietnam, he thinks it will be a three-week hit-and-run, and also you see him being tortured and captured, his mates murdered, one factor after one other, and [his] life in Saigon.
“And that is how I turned the way in which I turned, however initially I used to be bon vivant – that type of factor. And I assumed, ‘We might do that with AI,’ however [we] procrastinated too lengthy and so they took it over and, I hope, you understand, good luck.”
Why Is not Sylvester Stallone Concerned within the New ‘Rambo’ Prequel?
Look, we love First Blood and John Rambo simply as a lot as anybody else. The 1982 film is a bona fide traditional that stands the check of time. That being stated, utilizing AI to recreate his glory days would have been a large misstep by Stallone. With all of the discourse surrounding the know-how nowadays in Hollywood, the movie would have virtually definitely bombed on the field workplace.
With this new prequel now shifting ahead, Stallone has no involvement within the mission regardless of being the face of the franchise for the previous 43 years. It is the passing of the torch, so to talk. The rights to the movie collection are owned by Millennium Media, who produced the newest two entries within the saga, Rambo (2008) and Rambo: Final Blood (2019). Their imaginative and prescient for what a prequel could possibly be differed from Stallone’s, and as such, they’ve introduced Sisu director Jalmari Helander on board to helm the brand new film, which is penned by Black Adam writers Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani.
As we await extra information on what the longer term holds for John Rambo, together with further casting, you may catch the 1982 authentic at present streaming now at no cost on Pluto TV.
First Blood
- Launch Date
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October 22, 1982
- Runtime
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93 minutes
- Director
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Ted Kotcheff
- Producers
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Andrew G. Vajna, Buzz Feitshans, Herb Nanas