John Rambo is coming back soon.Sylvester Stalloneat one point said that he was going to retire as the battle-hardened badass who the world was introduced to in the classicFirst Blood. There have been talks ofRambo 5ever since the previous movie was released a decade ago, with various iterations having stalled at various points over the years. Now,Rambo 5appears to actually be happening and Stallone has taken to social media to tease fans, promising that he’ll be back in the iconic role soon.
The 72-year old actor took to Instagram to provide this latest tease forRambo 5. It was initially revealed in May that Sylvester Stallone had decided tocome back once more as John Ramboand that he is working on the script for this new entry, with a teaser poster hitting the web soon thereafter. While Stallone still hasn’t revealed precisely when we can expect to see the next installment of the enduring franchise, he gave us a pretty cool image of John Rambo, knife in hand and back turned toward us, with the following caption to go along with it.
“A savage rising!…soon”
It’s quite likely that the “savage rising” bit refers to the long-rumored title for the fifth movie, Rambo V: The Savage Hunt. When news of thisnew iteration of the projectcame to light in May, it was reported that production was going to be getting underway in September. The teaser poster that made its way online further stated that the movie would be arriving in theaters in fall 2019. Since Stallone recently wrapped filming onCreed 2, which hits theaters in November, that should free him up to shootRambo 5next month, assuming that production timeline sticks.
No director has officially been announced for the project. Though, since Sylvester Stallone opted out of directingCreed 2, it’s quite possible he could make his way to the director’s chair for this possibly final go around asJohn Rambo. After all, he did direct 2008’s Rambo, which did reasonably well at the box office and was well-liked by action movie fans. We know that Stallone also hasExpendables 4on his to-do list, which is reportedly set to begin filming in April 2019. Assuming that sticks,Rambo 5would need to begin filming relatively soon, or else it may have to wait untilExpendables 4wraps up.
As far as the plot goes, the latest version of the movie will see Rambogoing up against drug lordson the border between the U.S. and Mexico, which sounds like it could be echoing theSicariomovies a bit. Previous versions ofRambo 5saw the character coming into contact with modified super soldiers, with another version that saw him taking on a highly-intelligent monster, which would have echoed something likePredator.Rambo 5does not currently have a release date set. We’ll be sure to keep you up to date as more details on the project are made available. You can check outSylvester Stallone’s Instagrampost for yourself below.
