Balboa Productions is an American film and television

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led by

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and 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 '' Samaritan''. 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''.

Projects in development

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

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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 ''

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'' 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 Blumhouse Productions (; also known as BH Productions or simply BH) is an American film and television production company founded in 2000 by Jason Blum. It is known mainly for producing horror films, such as ''Paranormal Activity'', ''Insidio ...

' success in the

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genre. In June 2019, is 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

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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.

Productions

Films

Television series

References

External links

IMDb page

Official Instagram
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