Rambo 5: Last Bloodstar Sylvester Stallone briefly retired from the series following the rejection of his original pitch. Rambo has had a very unique journey as a character. First Bloodwas based on the novel of the same name, and following failed attempts to make an adaption with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman, Stallone signed on. The movie changed the character from an angry killer to more of a wounded, lonely war vet and the movie’s tone was relatively grounded.

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That all changed with Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rambo III, which saw the character become the ultimate unstoppable '80s action hero, who could dispatch entire armies all by himself. Stallone later expressed regret about the cartoonish direction the series went in, and attempted to return to the angry, anti-war tone of the novel with 2008’s Rambo, which finds a bitter, disillusioned Rambo recruited for a rescue mission into Burma.

Filming has officially begun on a fifth Rambo movie, a full 10 years after the wildly successful Rambo, released in 2008 and it's official title is Rambo 5: Last Blood. Sylvester Stallone has been dishing out small glimpses of Rambo 5 via photos posted on his Instagram account, as he steps back into one of his most famous roles for what is reportedly the last time since the franchise began.

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After a decade in development hell, Rambo 5: Last Blood is finally shooting, and finds the title character heading to Mexico to rescue his friend’s daughter from a cartel. In an interview with Culture Creature, First Blood’s author David Morrell explains he collaborated with Stallone on a story for Rambo 5 that wasn’t used.

In 2015, when Sly was working on Creed, he called me and asked to collaborate on a fifth Rambo film. Every weekend through March and April, we had many conversations. They went on for like 90 minutes to two hours. He and I worked out a story, which we were thinking of in terms of film festivals - he wanted it to be a ‘soulful journey’ - that’s a word Sly likes to use. And it was. This was a really emotional, powerful story - which I can’t talk about. He took it to the producers and they said, ‘No, we wanna do a movie about human trafficking.’ That was the end of that story so far as I know.

Morrell goes on to explain the rejection of his concept led to Stallone briefly retiring from the Rambo series, and he was surprised when news of a fifth movie arrived.

Then Sly announced that he was retiring from the character. There was a big press announcement I believe in 2016, in which he said, ‘That’s it, I’m not playing Rambo anymore.’ So, alright, that’s fine. Then, to my great surprise, I learned that there’s this fifth Rambo film being shot. Which is not the story that Sylvester and I talked about. It is, in fact, a human trafficking story - or, at least, it has something to do with the Mexican cartel.

Sadly, Morrell couldn’t reveal details of the unused Rambo 5 idea, but it must have been something important to Stallone that he was willing to walk away. This isn’t the only alternate idea pitched for a fifth movie either. Stallone’s first idea back in 2009 was to adapt the horror/action novel Hunter as Rambo 5, which would have seen the character and a group of soldiers hunting a lab-created human/monster hybrid. It was ultimately decided a monster movie was too much of a genre leap for the series. He's now making that movie as a solo project unrelated to Rambo.

Following Stallone’s retirement, there was talk of a Rambo TV series dubbed New Blood and later a movie reboot, but neither project came to be. Rambo 5: Last Blood is set to be the final time Stallone plays the character, so hopefully the storyline does the iconic character justice.

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Sylvester Stallone confirms Rambo 5 is in the works, and its first teaser poster has now confirmed that the movie will release in fall 2019. Rumors about Rambo 5 have been circulating for some time. The fairly lackluster critical and box-office reception that was given to the fourth film (Rambo) didn't exactly set the studios running for another action movie starring the Vietnam War veteran.

Rambo earned $113 million worldwide from a budget of $50 million. That puts it as the lowest-earning entry in the franchise, with Rambo: First Blood Part II easily being the biggest earner by far. There was talk about a TV series that focused on Rambo's son in 2015, with Stallone reportedly set to make regular appearances. This project supposedly halted the development of further sequels, but the show was never given the green light, and Stallone even hinted that he was retiring the character. But it seems Stallone is ready to give John Rambo one more shot.

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The most recent reports on Rambo 5 indicated that Sylvester Stallone will reprise his role as John Rambo and possibly direct. The script is apparently undergoing final revisions by the actor/director, and it would see the character trying to rescue the daughter of a friend, leading him to go up 'against the full might of one of Mexico’s most violent cartels”. While the story hasn't been confirmed yet, the film's first teaser poster is now on display at the Cannes Film Festival, which confirms a fall 2019 release for Rambo 5, now titled Rambo V. Stallone later shared the poster on his Instagram account today, with the caption reading: 'Something wicked is coming this way'.

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With Stallone still heavily involved with Creed 2 and reprising his iconic role as Rocky Balboa, it remains to be seen if he will indeed assume directorial duties or not. And with the current high turnaround on big studio productions, it's very likely that we can expect to hear more about the casting and crew on this project very soon, especially if Millennium Films hope to adhere to that projected release frame. Beyond that very basic synopsis, the involvement of Stallone, and that just-released date, nothing else is known about the film.

Stallone has always been very vocal in his intentions to continue the Rambo franchise and explore more facets of the character. The fourth film is regarded by some as a misstep, for it mostly concentrated on pure firepower and violence than further developing the character and story. With the standard of today's action films, it will be interesting to see how the original action hero intends to bring the older John Rambo to the screen again. After all, franchises like Fast and Furious and Stallone's own The Expendables have upped the ante in terms of scale and explosions.

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