`` Previous postTrivia: the holiday shopping -Thanksgiving connection View all 'Rocky' takes the stage 9 m ago By Lane Blackmer Apolllo Creed meets the Italian Stallion. It sounds like a monster movie. Well, actually it sounds like a musical. That's right, MSNBC says Sylvester Stallone announced that ``Rocky'' will take the stage sometime in 2012 ... in Germany. Stallone announced in Hamburg on Monday that he's teamed up with Ukrainian heavyweight boxing brothers Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko to get ``Rocky: The Musical'' in the works. But it's not just about the fight. Stallone told MSNBC, ``At the end of the day, 'Rocky' is a love story and he could never have reached the final bell without Adrian.`` Among those collaborating on the project: script writer Thomas Meehan, lyricist Lynn Ahrens and composer Stephen Flaherty. The $15 million budgeted musical will tour in English after the German version premieres in 2012. Be the first to rate: Click to rate News 'Expendables 2' stuntman killed on set in Bulgaria Lee Christmas, Barney Ross (Sylvester Movies Sylvester Stallone's 'The Expendables' Sylvester Stallone's quot;The Expendablesquot; fought off an onslaught Video 'Expendables' Retains Box Office Crown Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, actor Sylvester Stallone Sports Boxing HOF Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
'Rocky' takes the stage