Rocky VI has taken a step closer to the big screen with Sylvester Stallone in final talks to write, star in and produce the movie.
The new film is expected to return to the independent-style roots of the original. The film is expected to have a budget of around $10 - 15m (€9m - 14m).
Rocky VI would see Stallone playing 50-year-old Rocky Balboa who now runs a youth centre.
He is lured out of retirement from the ring for one last fight reports www.hollywoodreporter.com.