Amazon, which last year paid $8.35 billion to purchase the studio behind the wildly successful “Rocky” film franchise, just tied up the legendary star and creator of that cinematic boxing universe, Sylvester Stallone, to a first-look deal.
The arrangement is actually between Amazon Studios and Stallone's Balboa Productions, the latter having recently produced superhero-themed action film Samaritan, which starred Stallone, for Amazon Prime Video.
