Sylvester Stallone got his first taste of the superhero genre when he played Stakar Ogord in
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Now, the award-winning actor is ready to star in his own superhero movie.
MGM is developing the superhero drama
Samaritan after acquiring the script from Bragi F. Schut (
Escape Room). Stallone is attached to star and produce through his Balboa Productions, which launched in May.
Although
Samaritan is a fictional character from Kurt Busiek's
Astro City comic book series, MGM's film appears to be completely unrelated and shares only the name. Plot details are understandably light at this point, but the movie reportedly
"centers on a boy learning that a missing superhero, who vanished 20 years earlier after a battle, may still be alive." Presumably, Stallone will be playing that missing superhero.
According to
Deadline, Samaritan has been described as a
"dark, fresh take on the superhero genre."
While superhero movies have been all the rage in Hollywood for quite a while now, the genre is largely dominated by blockbusters based on existing IP. The prospect of an original superhero idea is an intriguing one, though it could be hard to sell to audiences so enamored with existing comic book characters.
No director has been attached and
Samaritan does not yet have a release date. What do you think of the idea of Sylvester Stallone starring in this original superhero drama?
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