Although many of us had already anticipated Tulsa King wouldnโt be Sylvester Stalloneโs sole experiment with leading a television series, itโs safe to say none of us saw anything like Paramount+โs The Family Stallone coming.
Taking a page out of the Kardashian-Jenner clanโs playbook, this eight-episode reality format will follow the iconic action star of Rocky, Rambo, and The Expendables fame, as well as give an insight into the undoubtedly thrilling lives of his wife, Jennifer Flavin Stallone, and their daughters: Sophia, Sistine, Scarlet.
The official description for Paramount+โs The Family Stallone is as followsโฆ
Sylvester Stallone is ready to give cameras access to what he would consider the greatest role of his lifetime: dad. This new series starring Stalloneโs three daughters, wife, and himself offers a seat at the table of one of Hollywoodโs most famous families.
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During a cover story interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Sly explained the logic behind signing onto a project of this nature (read: defended the idea of reality television).
โI felt as though I wasted a lot of time. Now I realise there are only so many bullets left in the gun. Very few,โ said Sylvester Stallone.
โWhen youโre young, youโre just haphazardly shooting wildly and hope you hit something. Now you donโt have the luxury of missing โ especially with the family and the kids. I find that to be my biggest regret.โ
โEveryone goes, โI wish Iโd shown love moreโ or โI wish Iโd spent more time with the kids.โ Iโm riding that boat. Thatโs one of the reasons I wanted to do the reality show that Iโve been taking a lot of shit for.โ
โI thought it would be the ultimate home movie. This is a chance where Iโm going to be with my kids under a work condition where they get to see me in action and I get to see them in action. What you will see is the real truth. This is a great opportunity.โ
โI donโt look at it as stooping to conquer. But each time you go in a different direction, people go: โOh God, you must be in [financial] trouble.โ Just the opposite.โ
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In related news, Sylvester Stallone has recently hinted at the possibility of acting retirement after Taylor Sheridanโs (Yellowstone, Sicario) latest hit series, the aforementioned Tulsa King.
โI think this may be my swan song,โ the 76-year-old Hollywood veteran told Indiewire.
For those out of the loop, the crime drama โ which only premiered late last year โ is centred upon a New York mafia capo Dwight โThe Generalโ Manfredi (Stallone), who is released from prison after 25 years, and exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Realising that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a crew to make the best out of a bad situation.
Sheridan co-created Tulsa King alongside Terence Winter โ writer and executive producer for classic HBO mob drama The Sopranos, creator of the premium cable networkโs other hit mob drama Boardwalk Empire. Somewhere in between all that, Winter also found time to adapt Jordan Belfortโs ludicrous life story into a screenplay for Martin Scorseseโs The Wolf of Wall Street. A killer three-way collaboration if we ever did hear one.
As for the matter of when you can expect The Family Stallone, Paramount+ has indicated itโll hit the US, Canada, Latin America, and Brazil from May 17th; before streaming in the UK, Australia, and Italy from May 18th โ check out the trailer above.
