![]() ![]() The movie was based on the David Morrell novel First Blood that actually had Rambo as more of a killing machine. There weren’t strong indicators that First Blood was going to be a hit film.īut producers Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna, and director Ted Kotcheff, put together a team that would defy the odds, and created not only a film that would open #1 at the box office, but one that would go on to make $125 million worldwide, followed by three sequels-all creating the rare international iconic character, John Rambo. Nor was the topic of Vietnam a popular one in ’82-the last U.S. And though Stallone had become a superstar after the 1976 release of Rocky his other non-Rocky films ( F.I.S.T., Nighthawks & Paradise Alley) hadn’t faired so well. ![]() The novel First Blood was published in 1972 and reports are that the property went through three studios, 16 scripts, and a lot of high-profile actors and directors before it became Sylvester Stallone’s second franchise character (after Rocky). ![]() The road to the first Rambo movie being released in 1982 was a long journey. “You enter the forest at the darkest point, where there is no path.” ![]()
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