Trailer Drop · Clip · 9 November 2026
“Anyone’s got a shot at winning.” In a new clip from Peter Farrelly’s I Play Rocky, Stephan James steps into the casting room as Carl Weathers, sizing up Anthony Ippolito’s young Sylvester Stallone and the producers across the table. The film is in UK and Irish cinemas now.
The Man Who Became Apollo Creed
I Play Rocky follows Stallone’s fight to get Rocky made with himself in the lead, and this clip shows the moment the future Apollo Creed walks in. Ippolito plays Stallone, with AnnaSophia Robb, Toby Kebbell, P.J. Byrne, Jay Duplass, Matt Dillon and Tracy Letts in the cast. Peter Gamble wrote the screenplay.
Go behind the scenes in our I Play Rocky First Look featurette, and read our verdict in the I Play Rocky Super Review.
Film at a Glance
- Film: I Play Rocky (2026)
- Clip: Meeting Carl Weathers (Amazon MGM Studios)
- Director: Peter Farrelly
- Writer: Peter Gamble
- Cast: Anthony Ippolito, Stephan James, AnnaSophia Robb, Toby Kebbell, P.J. Byrne, Jay Duplass, Matt Dillon and Tracy Letts
- Genre: Biographical drama
- Certificate and runtime: 12A (UK), 128 minutes
- US release: Select cinemas now; everywhere from Friday 20 November 2026 (Amazon MGM Studios)
- UK availability: In UK and Irish cinemas now, from Friday 6 November 2026 (Entertainment Film)
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