\n\tYo, Adrian \u2014 I wanna star in this movie I\u2019m writing, but all I\u2019m getting is no after no. Looks like it\u2019s not gonna fly now.<\/p>\n
\n\tHere\u2019s the electrifying first trailer for I Play Rocky<\/a>, director Peter Farrelly<\/a>\u2018s film starring Anthony Ippolito as an unknown young actor named Sylvester Stallone. <\/p>\n \n\tSee, the kid\u2019s got this screenplay called Rocky<\/a> about an small-time boxer getting his Big Shot, and the scribe has this nagging, driving belief that he \u2014 and only he \u2014 should play Rocky Balboa. Take a look.<\/p>\n \n\tThis is the underdog tale of an underdog aspiring actor-filmmaker making the ultimate underdog flick a half-century ago. As the Hollywood history books show, Stallone indeed did play the Italian Stallion and went on to score Oscar noms for Best Actor and Original Screenplay. Rocky got 10 Academy Awards noms in all and won three, including Best Picture over an ultracompetitive field that included Network, All the President\u2019s Men, Taxi Driver and Bound for Glory.<\/p>\n \n\tIppolito is known for his portrayal of Al Pacino in the Paramount+ miniseries The Offer\u00a0and now strikes an uncanny resemblance to another screen icon.<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: Carl Weathers Dies: \u2018Rocky\u2019 & \u2018Predator\u2019 Star Who Appeared In \u2018Happy Gilmore\u2019, \u2018The Mandalorian\u2019 & More Was 76<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tPeter Gamble penned I Play Rocky, which also stars Matt Dillon, AnnaSophia Robb<\/a>, P.J. Byrne, Toby Kebbell, Tracy Letts, Jay Duplass, Stephan James, Kiki Seto, Robert Morgan, Saul Stein, Trevor St. John, Erik Palladino and Rob Demery. The first footage debuted for exhibitors at CinemaCon<\/a> in April. We also saw rousing footage of the film at a private buyer\u2019s event at the Cannes Film Festival and the room really took to what they saw.<\/p>\n \n\tAmazon MGM Studios has set an awards-season limited opening for the film, which hits select theaters on November 6. This one could have a bright future at the box office and come the awards race.<\/p>\n