{"id":2043,"date":"2019-09-23T20:54:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T20:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/?p=2043"},"modified":"2019-10-15T20:55:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T20:55:42","slug":"rambo-retired-sylvester-stallone-to-star-in-samaritan-julius-avery-set-to-direct-mgm-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/rambo-retired-sylvester-stallone-to-star-in-samaritan-julius-avery-set-to-direct-mgm-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Rambo Retired, Sylvester Stallone To Star In \u2018Samaritan;\u2019 Julius Avery Set To Direct MGM Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/refresh\/new\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/deadline-hollywood-logo-o-300x39.png\" alt=\"deadline-hollywood-logo-o\" width=\"300\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/deadline-hollywood-logo-o-300x39.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/deadline-hollywood-logo-o.png 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>EXCLUSIVE: MGM has closed a deal with Julius Avery (Overlord) to direct Samaritan, a thriller that will be the next star vehicle for Sylvester Stallone. Shooting will begin early next year.<\/p>\n<p>Based on an original idea, the thriller centers on young boy who is out to discover if a mythic superhero, who vanished 20 years earlier following a tragic event, is still alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSly is a hero of mine, I\u2019m incredibly thrilled to be working with such an iconic actor on this very special project with Balboa Productions and MGM,\u201d Avery said.<\/p>\n<p>Screenwriter is Escape Room\u2018s Bragi F. Schut. Stallone and Balboa Productions partner Braden Aftergood will produce the film as the first project for their company. Schut will serve as an executive producer.<\/p>\n<p>The studio is separately in development with Balboa Productions on a biopic about the boxer Jack Johnson, the first African American heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>Stallone just opened in Rambo: Last Blood.<\/p>\n<p>Avery is repped by CAA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and Gang, Tyre; Stallone and Balboa Productions are repped by CAA; Schut is repped by Verve, Realm Management, and Eclipse Law Corporation.<\/p>\n<p>View this article at <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2019\/09\/sylvester-stallone-samaritan-julius-avery-next-film-rambo-last-blood-mgm-1202742438\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE: MGM has closed a deal with Julius Avery (Overlord) to direct Samaritan, a thriller that will be the next star vehicle for Sylvester Stallone. Shooting will begin early next year. Based on an original idea, the thriller centers on young boy who is out to discover if a mythic superhero, who vanished 20 years<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/rambo-retired-sylvester-stallone-to-star-in-samaritan-julius-avery-set-to-direct-mgm-thriller\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deadline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2043"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2045,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043\/revisions\/2045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}