There's a long-standing rumor that Sylvester Stallone) being given an unexpected chance to prove his worth. The movie was a huge success, and Stallone would return to the role for a series of entertaining but increasingly glossy sequels.
By the time Predator, with the finale seeing his commando fighting the creature one on one.
Rocky V eventually arrived in 1990, but instead of fighting an alien, it was a somewhat misguided attempt to bring the series back to its roots. Over the years, its become something of an accepted fact that the seed for Predator was born from the "Rocky Vs Alien" gag. Even various articles from the time the movie was released made the link, such as Predator Joel Silver laughing at the joke during a Starlog interview, and stating they beat Stallone to the idea. That said, it doesn't appear to be true.
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It's possible the Alien in 2004, it seems very unlikely he'll be fighting Rocky anytime soon - sadly.
