It’s Still The 80s: Walter Hill To Direct Stallone In ‘Headshots’

Geoffrey Golden — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:00:40 +0000

Walter Hill is best known as the director of The Warriors and 48 Hrs. Sylvester Stallone is best known as Rocky and Rambo. Though they continue to be successful today, Hill and Stallone were successful to the max in the go-go 80s, which means there’s only one word to describe the news that Walter Hill will direct Stallone in the action movie Headshots: “tubular.” Though “tubulariffic” would also have been acceptable.

In Headshots, a young NYC cop teams up with an older New Orleans hitman, who’ll be played by Sly. Cause when I think “Stallone,” I think, “New Orleans.” He’s got “gumbo” written all over his face. Here’s what Stallone said in an email to Ain’t It Cool News:

It’s official. We’ve got Walter Hill on board so would love for you to let the world know. We’ve been on the same track since The Driver, then 48 Hrs didn’t happen so here we are almost 35 years later, I’m finally driving with Walter Hill.

Stallone was up for 48 Hrs? That news is most excellent. (AICN)

Stallone Arm Wrestles Director Wayne Kramer Out Of ‘Headshots’

Geoffrey Golden — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:03:20 +0000

Sylvester Stallone needs a new director for his upcoming dramatic vehicle Headshots. Apparently, Stallone “clashed creatively” with would-be director Wayne Kramer (Running Scared), which I’m imagining means there was a story meeting where punches were thrown, and storyboards got thrown into a canyon during a car chase… and exploded somehow.

Headshots is about a young New York City cop who teams with a New Orleans hitman (Stallone). I imagine those two characters will have extremely different outlooks on life, so their team-up can only lead to one thing: a quick and efficient investigation. The script was written by Alessandro Camon (The Messenger). (Deadline)

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It’s Still The 80s: Walter Hill To Direct Stallone In ‘Headshots’

Stallone Arm Wrestles Director Wayne Kramer Out Of ‘Headshots’