Young John Rambo Actor Found for Prequel to Sylvester Stallone Movie

Millennium Media has officially found the actor who is set to portray the young version of Sylvester Stallone‘s iconic character in the upcoming John Rambo movie. This marks the first time that the character will be played by a different actor other than Stallone. The Oscar nominee first played the lone wolf in 1972’s action thriller First Blood, which served as the first installment to the long-running Rambo franchise.

At the moment, the project has no official distributor yet, but Lionsgate is reportedly the front-runner to acquire the movie. The creative team is planning to start production begin this fall in Thailand. It will be directed by Jalmari Helander (Sisu, Big Game) from a screenplay written by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani. The movie will be produced by Kevin King-Templeton, Les Weldon, Jonathan Yunger and Avi Lerne, with Trevor Short, Dallas Sonnier, and Amanda Presmyk serving as executive producers. Stallone is currently not involved in the new movie’s production, but the outlet claimed that the he is still aware about the project.

Who is leading the John Rambo prequel?

According to Deadline, Millennium Media has tapped Black Adam star Noah Centineo for the leading role of John Rambo in the upcoming prequel movie about the titular character’s origin story during the Vietnam War. Centineo is no stranger to the action genre, having previously showing off his fighting skills in Netflix’s spy series The Recruit. He gained international recognition for his breakout role as Peter Kavinsky in Netflix’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before trilogy.

Centineo was most recently seen in Alex Garland’s Warfare with Joseph Quinn and Charles Melton. He is currently attached to star as Ken Masters in Legendary’s upcoming live-action Street Fighter movie, which will arrive in theaters in 2026.

Source: Comingsoon.net