The actor and producer Sylvester Stallone has announced to the Canadian magazine MacLeans that he will do the lead role in an American adaptation of "No Rest For The Wicked" by Enrique Urbizu. Stallone reveals this project when asked about the villain roles he has done in his acting career, and replies that the adaptation of the Spanish movie (No Rest for the Wicked) is in process and that he will perform the starring role.
According to Stallone, Urbizu 's film is "hard-core", like "Bad Lieutenant". In fact Stallone says they are calling the adaptation "Badder Lieutenant."
It will be very interesting to see the adaptation of "No Rest for the Wicked", film that has given so much to talk in Spain and won just as many as six Goya awards. Surely one might think it could be difficult to repeat in an adaptation the effective subtleness achieved by Enrique Urbizu at the helm of the original "No Rest For the Wicked", as the truth is that the Urbizu's film is especially authentic, which is sometimes difficult to translate in an adaptation. The virtue of the original "No Rest for The Wicked" may lie in its way to create tension quietly and without excess of action, occurring the events of the movie at the right moments and in the right intensity. It will be interesting to see how the North American adaptation translates this expertise by Urbizu. Will the adaptation miss the authenticity of the Urbizu version? It will be seen.
Anyway, this adaptation is good news for Enrique Urbizu and Spanish cinema in general. Hopefully the original film also gains international audience thanks to the interest of Hollywood, which would be well deserved for a great Spanish director such as Enrique Urbizu. "No Rest For The Wicked" is probably one of the best Spanish films in recent years.
According to Stallone, Urbizu 's film is "hard-core", like "Bad Lieutenant". In fact Stallone says they are calling the adaptation "Badder Lieutenant."
It will be very interesting to see the adaptation of "No Rest for the Wicked", film that has given so much to talk in Spain and won just as many as six Goya awards. Surely one might think it could be difficult to repeat in an adaptation the effective subtleness achieved by Enrique Urbizu at the helm of the original "No Rest For the Wicked", as the truth is that the Urbizu's film is especially authentic, which is sometimes difficult to translate in an adaptation. The virtue of the original "No Rest for The Wicked" may lie in its way to create tension quietly and without excess of action, occurring the events of the movie at the right moments and in the right intensity. It will be interesting to see how the North American adaptation translates this expertise by Urbizu. Will the adaptation miss the authenticity of the Urbizu version? It will be seen.
Anyway, this adaptation is good news for Enrique Urbizu and Spanish cinema in general. Hopefully the original film also gains international audience thanks to the interest of Hollywood, which would be well deserved for a great Spanish director such as Enrique Urbizu. "No Rest For The Wicked" is probably one of the best Spanish films in recent years.
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| Stallone in 1983 |
When talking about other projects, Sylvester Stallone also revealed he is working on a new and final sequel to Rambo, which would be the ultimate end of this mythical personage, who would die in his latest adventure in Mexico. Stallone says he would love to shoot this last sequel of Rambo.
He also talks about the latest sequel of Rocky, that was released several years ago under the title of "Rocky Balboa", in which the old boxer returns to the boxing rings. Stallone admits that when he had the script written, no one wanted to bet on the film, because of the economic disaster of the last Rocky sequel released 16 years ago. However, according to Stallone, this time a producer agreed to read his script by courtesy, remaining the script practically in the drawer. Curiously, who finished reading and getting excited with the script was the wife of the producer and so the film was made in 2006 with the budget of some $ 20 millions.
