Scarpa Will Follow Rambo: Last Blood

What’s next on the agenda for Sylvester Stallone?  Well, after a quiet time on the radar, it looks like Rambo V, aka Rambo: Last Blood is still on the horizon, followed by crime thriller Scarpa.  To me, these sound like two good choices (could do with John J. righting the wrongs of Barney Ross and his slapstick, no?).  So says Sylvester Stallone from his Twitter account:

Doing Scarpa based on Gangster Greg Scarpa after LAST BLOOD RAMBO…

— Sylvester Stallone (@TheSlyStallone) December 28, 2014

What’s the deal with Scarpa though?  Stallone will play Greg Scarpa, a notorious mob hitman responsible for in excess of 20 murders who was in the service of the F.B.I. as an informant.  The screenplay is being written by Nick Pileggi, who wrote Goodfellas and Casino.  This movie will supposedly shoot in Bulgaria in the latter stages of 2015, although that could change.

Good to see Stallone going the anti-hero route…