Hollywood legend Sylvester Stallone has a legacy of huge franchise movies under his name. Keeping in mind the hard work, dedication, attention to detail, and massive success the movies bring, the 76-year-old actor had mentioned before that he doesn’t want to do non-franchise movies anymore. First shot to fame with his role in The Lords of Flatbush, Stallone has had a career full of appreciation from both critics and the audience.
Even his recent appearance as the voice of King Shark in The Suicide Squad has managed to impress his millions of fans around the world. This seems to work well for him, as he mentioned that with his love for working in franchise movies, it is possible that he is going to hang around for a long time at DCU.
Sylvester Stallone’s Hollywood career
After gaining fan appreciation in The Lords of Flatbush, Stallone first gained worldwide recognition in 1976 with his character Rocky Balboa, which is arguably his most iconic role to date and certainly one of the main factors behind his $400 million fortune. The sports drama brought in tremendous audience appreciation and made way for the Rocky franchise’s current over $1.7 billion box office collection worldwide, including the Creed spin-offs. With Rocky bringing his first taste of fame and franchise movies, it would be safe to say the Golden Globes winner never had to look back.
After Rocky, came the infamous John Rambo with First Blood in 1982, taking Sylvester Stallone to the peak of his career. The Rambo franchise, too with its five movies became something of an urban legend with a worldwide box office collection of over $818 million. As a result, with his experience working on long-standing projects spanning years, Stallone mentioned,
“I’m always looking for another franchise. I’m always looking for a story that could continue. I like to find those rather than just a one-off film. To me, the challenge is finding something that you can work with and think: I want to do another three of these films.”
Now, with King Shark still being alive at the end of The Suicide Squad, it can be expected that there is another franchise in the records for the Rocky Star.
Sylvester Stallone to return as King Shark in DCEU
King Shark’s journey in The Suicide Squad started with the villain eating everybody around him. Stallone once joked in an interview that the character is always looking for company. However, “his table manners are really bad. His timing is really bad because he keeps eating people at the wrong times,” leading to his perpetual loneliness.
The supervillain finally managed to find some company with his newly made friends, whom, he thankfully hasn’t tried to eat, which, frankly can be called a bit of growth on his part. With the character still alive at the end of the movie, and James Gunn reportedly working on many mysterious DC projects, it would be interesting to see if Sylvester Stallone returns to lend his voice to the character once again.
The Suicide Squad both 2016 and 2021 versions are available for streaming on Amazon Prime and Netflix respectively.
Source: Showbiz CheatSheet
