Los Angeles, Aug. 28 -- Anthony Ippolito has been entrusted with the role of a young Sylvester Stallone in "I Play Rocky", an upcoming cinematic venture under the direction of Academy Award-winning Peter Farrelly.
The film, scripted by Peter Gamble, will receive a theatrical release and is being produced by Toby Emmerich and Christian Baha. The project is offered by Amazon MGM Studios, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Ippolito will star as a young Sylvester Stallone in the film, which follows the actor before he became a mega star. His unshakable belief was that he wasn't just meant to write Rocky - he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told "no" at every turn, Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against se...