I didn’t know this about Sylvester Stallone, but he has quietly been working on a script for a film revolving around the life of poet Edgar Alan Poe.
Shock Till You Drop says:
The article centers primarily on his proposed Death Wish remake, the subject of his long in development bio pic on Edgar Allan Poe (simply titled Poe) did come up.
“I keep telling my producer Avi Lerner, ‘Make Edgar Allan Poe!’ He says, ‘Does he have a gun?’ ‘No, he doesn’t have a gun’, ‘Can he throw a knife?’ I say, ‘No, he writes poetry!'”
Poe has been a long time passion project for Stallone who penned the script and would like to direct the project.
I think a lot of movie fans likely had the same knee jerk reaction to Stallone’s passion for Poe.
Stallone’s comedic chops and dramatic potential were both a surprise to me, but something as serious as an Edgar Alan Poe film just doesn’t bring the image of Sly Stallone to mind.
Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.”
