Sylvester Stallone is slowing down as an actor given his age but he is not about to stop as a producer. After agreeing to produce the reality TV show “Ultimate Beastmaster” on Netflix a few months ago, he was also rumored to serve as producer or executive producer of the small screen version of his iconic character John Rambo, in a TV series reportedly titled “Rambo: New Blood.”
Latest reports have it that Stallone’s newest project is producing a TV show called “Pizza Guy.” It would be a comedy TV series based on the crazy life of Richie Palmer, who fled from the Bronx 20 years ago to open a Mulberry Street Pizzeria in Beverly Hills, details the Eater.
Richie Palmer was a former struggling actor who was also previously married to actress Raquel Welch. He started his pizza career in New York in the 1980s. He then transferred to LA already equipped with plenty of celebrity connections to open a New York-style pizzeria in 1992.
His pizza parlor eventually evolved to become the Mulberry Street Pizzeria and now has four branches in Southern California.
Palmer’s pizzeria regularly has celebrities for its customers including the likes of Drew Barrymore, Mickey Rourke, Rosie O’Donnell, and Kato Kaelin.
Critics are wishing that the “Pizza Guy” will do better in the ratings compared to “Feed the Beast” on AMC starring David Schwimmer. The latter show is also widely criticized for its weak plotline.
30 seconds to decide
Some critics are also saying that it is possible that Sylvester Stallone took all of 30 seconds to decide on producing the “Pizza Guy.”
According to reports, the show shall be featuring high-profile guests all looking to get a slice of the pizza products of Mulberry Street Pizzeria.
Stallone has noticeably been increasing his push into TV in recent years. He also took on his first major TV role back in April as he signed for an adaptation of Mario Puzo’s “Omerta,” cites the A.V. Club.
But Stallone is still working on other films as an actor including “The Expendables 4,” “Scarpa,” “Creed 2,” and a cameo appearance in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.”
There are also reports saying that the 70-year-old veteran Hollywood action star is looking to produce more TV series in the future including “The Expendables” franchise.
Knowing the feeling of being an underdog
Having played the iconic Rocky Balboa role in his five “Rocky” movies and then again late last year in the critically-acclaimed spin-off movie “Creed,” Sylvester Stallone knows how it feels to be an underdog.
He appreciates scrappy underdogs who fight their way to the top just like Rocky Balboa did so when he saw a walk-on linebacker Kasey Carson of the Western Michigan University (WMU) showing all the ingredients of being a determined underdog, the “Rambo” actor made his impression felt by granting the young man a full scholarship.
The video first showed WMU head coach P.J. Fleck running onto the field in full uniform. He challenges Carson to stop him from crossing the goal line.
Carson succeeded in stopping his coach, earning everyone the night off instead of a team meeting.
Subsequently, Fleck lauded Carson for his defense and then asked his team’s attention to the big screen. Then, Sylvester Stallone and businessman Alec Gores, a WMU alum, showed up on the big screen.
Stallone told Carson that the fact that he was a walk-on and he accomplished it is extraordinary, citing it even as quite amazing.
“The Expendables” actor then announced the grant of a full-ride scholarship to Carson, which the entire team celebrated as if the entire team had already won a heavyweight title fight in boxing.
Incidentally, there have been reports as of late that Sylvester Stallone was spotted in Malawi for a vacation.
One of the country’s publications published that Stallone arrived in Malawi on the afternoon of August 17 through Kamuzu International Airport before heading to Likoma.
It turns out later that the report was inaccurate as the “Judge Dredd” actor was seen on August 16 attending an event in Michigan.
On that same evening, the actor was also seen having dinner in the company of his wife and two of three daughters so it would be impossible for him to be in Malawi the following day.