When last we heard from Sylvester Stallone, the multi-hyphenate was back to daydreaming of his long-gestating Edgar Allan Poe biopic. The opium-addled writer, though, isn’t the only antihero populating Stallone’s head—Marion Cobretti still lingers as well. Better known as Cobra, the character’s 1986 namesake isn’t considered one of Stallone’s best films, but Stallone clearly has affection for that opponent of all things social Darwinistic.
During a Q&A with Stallone at the Cannes Film Festival this week, Stallone reflected on the film while revealing his plans to reboot it. “That (conceit) was what if Bruce Springsteen had a gun? That was rock n’ roll meets drama,” he said (via Deadline). “That should have been another franchise because that character was so cool. And I blew it. My personal life got in the way. But we’re trying to bring it back as a streaming TV series. Bring out the zombie squad. I’m long gone, but the idea is really good.”
While streaming culture’s proven to be a boon for creators and revivals, the field is getting crowded when not even a MacGruber reboot can find a home in the streamer-scape. As such, we’d be curious to hear what the response is to a sequel series to a poorly received not-so-classic cult film from the mid-‘80s. Also, what does a rock star with a gun look like these days? Not Bruce Springsteen, that’s for sure.
Stallone’s Q&A revealed some other interesting tidbits as well, including doubling down on his assertion that he has no plans on returning to the Creed universe. Why? Because he sees a future for more Rocky films. “I have a great idea for Rocky. He finds this fella in the country illegally and it becomes a whole thing,” he says. “It’s like the magician who lost his tricks. You’ve seen everything, but what can be different? Throw him out of the country, he’s in another world.” Obviously, that just sounds like the seeds of an idea for now, so we’ll never if Balboa’s story rolls on.
He also touched on Rambo V: Last Blood, which finds the decades-old action hero going home, though, per Stallone, “in a way he never arrives.”
“He has a hard time. He has a beautiful ranch, but he lives underground. This is how he deals with his dilemma,” Stallone says. “There’s something subterranean in Vietnam. He has an adopted family there. His father has passed on. The housekeeper who is 70 has a granddaughter. He’s her surrogate father.” If that all sounds very not-Rambo, have faith: “Bad things happen. There’s going to be some serious vengeance in this movie. A lot of people getting hurt.” Okay, then.
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Fuck Cobra, reboot Over the Top!
Tango and Cash! Keep the same soundtrack.
Over The Top 2019! It’s like the original Over The Top, but they use their LEGS!
Who directed Mandy? Panos Cosmatos.Who directed Cobra? Panos Cosmatos’ dad.So, NO, no Cobra reboot, unless you tell me Panos has a hand in it.
‘Good Bad Flicks’ did a rundown on how they toned down a lot of Cosmatos’ violence and gore. It was a fun movie but it sounds like it could have been a lot better if they had released a director’s cut.
That’s amazing, because Cobra is already a seriously hardcore film.
Someone at Hogwarts can easily conjure up another Cosmatos from thin air with the magic phrase “Panos cosmatos!”
Will Brian Thompson be attached?
What, like conjoined?
They’re based on the same book, so hire Cindy Crawford to costar and make it a simultaneous reboot of Fair Game.
Wasn’t there a whole thing about how he completely rewrote the Cobra script into a hagiography for police brutality? Trying to get that off the ground these days should be interesting.
Streaming content is a disease. Meet the cure.
Disintegration?
If binge watching’s a disease, then Cobra is the cure.
Adam Carolla just got a semi
The housekeeper who is 70 has a granddaughter. He’s her surrogate father.Sylvester Stallone is 72. He could be her surrogate great-grandfather.
I’d be all in for a Cobra reboot. That movie was so spectacularly bad it was great. I watched it hundreds of times in the late 80’s/early 90’s. In fact, I want to see if I can find it so I can watch it tonight.
And it had weird hints at universe building that could allow for some expansion. I’m ready for it. Save the reboots for these kinds of things.
At the end of Brigitte Nielsen’s photoshoot scene, the robot models eyes turn red and I thought are they supposed to come to life now.
Isn’t this the one where he pours a bunch of ketchup on some potatoes and declares, “I like blood on my fries”?
I would definitely watch this until is was abruptly cancelled after 3 episodes.
Bruce Springsteen with a gun would still be boring as shit, but at least there would be a saxophone solo or three to break up all the shooting.
Bruce Springsteen with a gun would be David Crosby.
How bad is it? It’s bad. Any ID on the guy? Just another asshole woke up hating the world. Yeah.
I found this Blu-ray at Big Lots! for $3. Made my day.
A rock “star” with a gun looks like Ted Nugent. Nothing should look like Ted Nugent.
That poster looked a incredible when I saw it as a kid.Adult me was not disappointed with the film.