When I first heard that Warner Brothers had scooped up Tim Kelleher's script for
Grudge Match, about two retired boxers who lace up the gloves for one more fight 50 years after their last match, I ignored it. Although I love boxing movies(the best ever?
The Great White Hype), it didn't seem like something Warner Brothers would ever let get off the ground. It's not exactly in their wheelhouse.
Now Production Weekly is revealing via
tweet that Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro could be involved. This is all just a rumor at this point, but the very idea is enough to make me sit up and take notice. We're talking about two guys who starred in the most iconic boxing films ever:
Rocky
and
Raging Bull
. How cool would that be?
