The famous American actor and producer Sylvester Stallone will act as the director and screenwriter of the film about the Ukrainian boxers Vitaliy and Vladimir Klitschko. This is reported by the Klitschko Brothers website.
Initially, filming was planned to begin in the fall of 2020, but due to the pandemic, the dates had to be adjusted. It is planned that they will start in the fall of this year, and the tape will be released in April 2022.
Note that Stallone is on friendly terms with the Klitschko brothers. In 2012, the three of them acted as co-producers of the musical "Rocky", which told the story of the very first film about Rocky Balboa. The cost of the show was 15 million dollars, the Klitschko brothers developed the boxing elements of the show.
Stallone did not hide that for many years he was a fan of the boxing talent of Vitaly and Vladimir. In 2012, Sylvester flew to Hamburg for the fight between Wladimir Klitschko and the Pole Mariusz Wach, and in 2009, in Los Angeles, he supported Vitaliy in a fight with the American Chris Arreola.
Let us remind you that in 2011 the German director Sebastian Denhardt's documentary "Klitschko" was released. In 2001, Vladimir Klitschko starred in Steven Soderbergh's "Ocean's 11 Friends." The Ukrainian played himself, entering the ring against Lennox Lewis. The collection from this tape amounted to 450 million dollars, and the main roles were played by George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Julia Roberts. In 2007, Vladimir again played himself in the film of his friend Tyl Schweiger "Handsome Man" (grossing 81 million dollars), and two years later - in the sequel "Handsome Man-2" (grossing 41 million dollars). In 2013, the Ukrainian starred in Michael Bay's film "Blood and After: Anabolics", where Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson played the main roles, and in 2008 in Chris Cornell's clip "Part of Me".
