Rambo: Last Blood and Scarpa Confirmed By Sylvester Stallone

Stallone revealed via Twitter that he has lined up his next three projects: He’ll begin production in Philadelphia on the Rocky spinoff Creed immediately, then shoot Rambo: Last Blood and follow both with the mobster biopic Scarpa.

Stallone will reprise his role as Rocky Balboa for Creed opposite Michael B. Jordan and Tessa Thompson. The story follows Jordan as the grandson of Apollo Creed. The elder Creed, played by Carl Weathers, appeared in the first four Rocky films until a fight with Ivan Drago in Rocky IV led to his death in the ring. The new film will see Rocky stepping in as the younger Creed’s reluctant trainer.

Stallone might direct Last Blood but not confirmed at this point, which will serve as the fifth (and likely final) entry in the action franchise launched in 1982 with First Blood.

Scarpa, finally, will follow the life of Gregory “The Grim Reaper” Scarpa, the chief enforcer for the Colombo crime family, who was also an FBI informant for over thirty years. Brad Furman is attached to direct with the script hailing from Nicholas Pileggi.