According to a new report from
Screen Daily, Sylvester Stallone will be reprising his iconic role as John Rambo in an upcoming fifth entry in the
Rambo franchise. While Stallone's involvement has yet to be confirmed by his reps, the film is reportedly set to begin production on September 1st of this year, with filming occurring in London, Bulgaria, and the Canary Islands.
Millennium Media will be financing
Rambo V, with Avi Lerner (
The Expendables, Rambo) and Kevin King Templeton (
Creed, The Expendables, Rambo) serving as producers and Matt Cirulnick (
Absentia) writing the script with Stallone. No director has been announced yet, though there are rumors that Stallone may also step behind the camera as he did with the previous entry in the franchise.
The last time we saw Stallone portray the character was in the 2008 with the self-titled
Rambo. At the end of that film, John Rambo returned to the United States after being away for a couple decades. The fifth film will supposedly find Rambo living on a ranch in Arizona, struggling with PTSD and finding work where he can.
However, Rambo's quiet life is interrupted when the daughter of a friend is kidnapped while partying in Mexico. Reportedly, Rambo will uncover a sex-trafficking ring and take a violent descent into hell as he fights the cartel and rescues his friend's daughter.
Deadline shared the following about the plot for the film:
When the daughter of one of his friends is kidnapped, Rambo, who has been working on a ranch, crosses the U.S.-Mexican border and quickly finds himself up against the full might of one of Mexico’s most violent cartels.
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