We're in the year of the 35th anniversary of the original Rocky, the film that launched both the career of Sylvester Stallone and a powerhouse franchise that still touches audiences three and a half decades later. What follows is an exclusive look back at the making of the original Rocky, winner of the 1976 Academy Award for best picture of the year.
EdGross - 2/16/2011
Fans of the Rocky series are pretty dismissive of Rocky V, but check out this alternate ending fight sequence between Rocky and Tommy Gunn -- this is a far less slick, somewhat more realistic ending than the one audiences saw.
EdGross - 2/16/2011
A video montage looking back at the closing moments of each fight of the Rocky film series.
EdGross - 2/16/2011
Deadline — which suffers no shortage of scoops — has revealed that a script for a project bringing together director Michael Bay and actor Taylor Lautner is currently out at auction to the studios.
EdGross - 2/16/2011
He spends most of his time on screen cracking skulls, but check out a lighter side of Dwayne Johnson as he appears on Craig Ferguson.
EdGross - 2/16/2011
Liam Neeson sat down to discuss his new action film, Unknown, which seems to secure his place as one of Hollywood's new ass-kickers.
EdGross - 2/16/2011
Goodfella Ray Liotta is joining Brad Pitt in the adaptation of George V. Higgins' 1974 novel, Cogan's Trade, which will be written and directed by Andrew Dominik. Other stars include James Gandolfini, Javier Bardem and Sam Rockwell.
EdGross - 2/15/2011
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount has narrowed the directorial choices for the sequel to G.I. Joe down to F. Gary Gray and Jon M. Chu.
EdGross - 2/15/2011
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment invites action fans to step into the line of fire as SNIPER: RELOADED debuts on Blu-ray™ and DVD this April 26, 2011. Billy Zane (Sniper) reprises his role as Richard Miller, from the original Sniper film, for this explosively entertaining new chapter.
EdGross - 2/15/2011
With word coming that CBS has given the go ahead for the J.J. Abrams/Jonathan Nolan pilot Person of Interest, David Semel has come aboard as director.
EdGross - 2/14/2011
Director Philip Noyce (Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, Salt) is circling around the project Hunter Killer, based on the novel Firing Point by Don Keith and George Wallace.
EdGross - 2/14/2011
He may be the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time, but if you pit Bruce Willis against the Transformers who do you think would be victorious? One clue: it probably ain't gonna be no robots.
EdGross - 2/13/2011
Liam Neeson is enjoying his new status in Hollywood as an action hero. Certainly there had been a taste of such a thing in The Phantom Menace and Batman Begins, but the point was really driven home last year by Taken and, now, with Unknown.
EdGross - 2/13/2011
Action superstar Wesley Snipes (Blade trilogy) stars in the pulse-pounding action thriller GAME OF DEATH, available on Blu-ray Disc and DVD February 15, 2011, from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
EdGross - 2/12/2011
Sylvester Stallone, who has enjoyed a remarkable career resurgence thanks to the triple-punch of Rocky Balboa, Rambo and The Expendables, will next be portraying a hitman in the film Headshot.
EdGross - 2/12/2011
With Sony expected to come on board as the distributor to Bond 23 - much as the studio had been for Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace - more news about the arrangement has come to light, including a tidbit about Bond 24.
EdGross - 2/12/2011
Identity-related crime is on the rise, and ABC is developing a potential series on the subject in the form of Identity, and the network is interested in Wentworth Miller and Orlando Jones for the leads.
EdGross - 2/12/2011
Bruce Willis has previously suggested that since Live Free or Die Hard had John McClane saving the United States, Die Hard 5 would have to represent a global threat. While at this point no one can be sure what the fifth film will be about, it does have a director.
EdGross - 2/11/2011
This compilation video highlights some key sequences from 10 great examples of the action genre.
EdGross - 2/11/2011
A Raven Software employee's CV reveals he is working on an 'international movie licence game,' hotting up speculation of a new 007 game.
EdGross - 2/11/2011