Balboa Productions is an American film and television

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founded and led by

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. The studio is named after his character

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from the ''Rocky'' franchise.

History

On May 30, 2018,

formed Balboa Productions with a partnership with Starlight Culture Entertainment. Braden Aftergood was named as the executive of scripted development. That same month, Balboa Productions announced one of their first projects with the superhero thriller ''

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''. Stallone starred in the titular role, with the movie being released on August 26, 2022, via streaming, through

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after Amazon's purchase of MGM. Balboa Productions was one of the studios involved with the development of '' Rambo: Last Blood'', released on September 20, 2019. In October 2019, Balboa Productions partnered with DAZN to develop sports featured documentaries. Their first collaboration was realized with, ''One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz''. Balboa Productions entered a

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with Amazon Studios in April 2023.

Projects in development

In May 2018, Balboa Productions announced to be developing a number of projects, including: a Jack Johnson biopic, film adaptations of James Byron Huggins novel ''

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'', and Michael McGowan and Ralph Pezzullo's memoir ''Ghost''. The studio will also develop a

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film written by retired Army Ranger Max Adams, alongside television series adaptations of

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's ''Levon's Trade'', and Charles Sailor's ''Second Son''. In May 2019, it was announced that Balboa Productions will co-produce the American remake of '' The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil'' with B&C Group and CA Entertainment. Don Lee will produce the project, in addition to reprising his starring role in the remake. In July 2019, it was announced that the studio will produce another slate of projects including: Corin Hardy's monster movie titled ''Arcane'', ''The Bellhop'' starring

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, and a television series adaptation of Stallone's

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'' Nighthawks''. The series will be released via

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exclusively on

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. Balboa Productions will also be involved in the upcoming History Channel Original series, '' The Tenderloin'' with Stallone set to direct multiple episodes. As a production studio, they stated that they would like to be "the Blumhouse of action films", referring to Blumhouse Productions' success in the horror movie genre. In June 2019, it was announced that Balboa Productions will produce a new television series titled, ''The International''.

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will star in the main role, with Ken Sanzel serving as showrunner, and Stallone scheduled to direct the pilot episode. The series will be released on the CBS network. In February 2020, it was announced that the studio will produce Rowan Athale's film ''Little America''. Stallone was slated to appear in the starring role, while additional funding for the project is being acquired through AGC International. The studio is also set to produce Cassandra Brooksbank's directiorial debut ''My Masterpiece'', starring Maria Bakalova. In May 2023, a legacy sequel to ''

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'' was announced to be in the works with Stallone returning to star in addition to serving as a producer.

Productions

Films

Television series

References

External links

IMDb page

Official Instagram
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