Stallone renames latest Rambo film

Actor Sylvester Stallone has opted to change the name of the new Rambo film from Rambo IV: Pearl of The Cobra to John Rambo, according to new reports.

The latest instalment in the Rambo sequence was also known as Rambo IV: In the Serpent's Eye, but is now to be known as John Rambo, claims the website Moviehole.

In an interview with two Australian radio stations the Cliffhanger and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Star referred to his next film as John Rambo.

The Rambo series of films began in 1982 with First Blood, known in some countries as Rambo: First Blood, with the last instalment Rambo III released in 1988.

Meanwhile, Stallone reprised his role as Rocky Balboa earlier this year in the film Rocky Balboa, in which the retired boxer makes his comeback to face opponent Mason 'The Line' Dixon played by professional boxer Antonio Taver.

Coincidentally Taver also featured in the reality TV show presented by Stallone and Sugar Ray Leonard, the Contender.

Other opponents who squared up to Rocky Balboa during the course of his career included Apollo Creed, played by Carl Weathers and Clubber Lang, played by the A-Team actor Mr T.

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