I Play Rocky Trailer Reveals the Story Behind a Hollywood Legend
Explore This Movie Rocky →The first official trailer for I Play Rocky takes audiences behind the scenes of one of Hollywood’s greatest underdog stories. Anthony Ippolito stars as a young Sylvester Stallone, following his relentless fight to bring Rocky to the big screen while refusing to give up the lead role he believed was his destiny. The trailer offers a look at the people, setbacks, and defining moments that shaped one of cinema’s most iconic films without revealing how the journey unfolds.
Directed by Academy Award winner Peter Farrelly and written by Peter Gamble, I Play Rocky stars Anthony Ippolito alongside AnnaSophia Robb as Sasha Czack, Stephan James as Carl Weathers, Toby Kebbell, P.J. Byrne, Jay Duplass, Robert Morgan, Tracy Letts, and Matt Dillon. The biographical drama explores the making of the 1976 classic Rocky, which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture and launch one of the most successful sports franchises in film history. I Play Rocky arrives from Amazon MGM Studios exclusively in theaters on November 20, 2026.
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This trailer gives Rocky fans a fresh angle on a familiar legend by shifting attention from the finished film to the struggle to get it made—and to Sylvester Stallone’s determination to play the role himself. The appeal is in seeing a 1970s Hollywood origin story filtered through a biographical drama, with the creative and personal stakes behind a movie that became a defining sports classic.