First Trailer for ‘I Play Rocky’ Showcases Sylvester Stallone’s Fight to Make the Eventual Best Picture Winning Film

This morning, Amazon MGM released the first trailer for I Play Rocky, another of their awards hopefuls for 2026. Directed by Peter Farrelly, it’s the story of how Sylvester Stallone fought to star in the title role of Rocky, the movie he wrote. Anthony Ippolito plays Stallone, while the rest of the cast includes Matt Dillon, AnnaSophia Robb, P.J. Byrne, Toby Kebbell, Tracy Letts, Jay Duplass, Stephan James, Kiki Seto, and more. The film opens in limited release, after a likely festival run, on November 6th, with a nationwide expansion to follow later on in the month.

The synopsis from Amazon MGM is as follows:

The film is an electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn’t just meant to write Rocky—he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told “no” at every turn, Sylvester Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds. The result is the ultimate underdog story behind the ultimate underdog movie.

Here now is the first trailer for I Play Rocky: