I Play Rocky has revealed what its popcorn bucket will look like. The popcorn bucket for the upcoming biographical drama will be wearable. It’s a red boxing glove, similar to the one Rocky wore in the movie, with the fist designed to hold popcorn.
Images of the bucket have surfaced online from multiple sources, all suggesting that making it wearable could be a brilliant move by the film’s marketing team. It would be an understatement to say that Rocky had a profound effect on Sylvester Stallone‘s career. I Play Rocky follows a dramatized version of the movie’s production with Anthony Ippolito playing a young Sylvester Stallone.
What to know about Sylvester Stallone’s I Play Rocky
I Play Rocky is directed by Peter Farrelly and written by Peter Gamble. Producers include Toby Emmerich, Christian Baha, Peter Farrelly, Paul Currie, and Michele Weiss. Alongside Ippolito, AnnaSophia Robb, Toby Kebbell, P. J. Byrne, Jay Duplass, Matt Dillon, Stephan James, Tracy Letts, Robert Morgan, and Trevor St. John, among others are also featured.
Production companies involved include Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, FilmNation Entertainment, Baha Productions, and Fireside Films. It is set to be distributed by Amazon MGM Studios. The movie has already premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12. It also earned a People’s Choice Award nomination. The picture will receive a limited theatrical release on November 6 this year before expanding nationwide on November 20.
In 2025, Stallone said he had no involvement in the movie’s production. He revealed that he was open to being consulted on the project. The movie has already received a lot of praise from critics, with it holding an 85% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The IMDb rating currently sits at 7.9/10.
Originally reported on ComingSoon.
