Unlike First Blood, which took place in America, Stallone wanted to get back to Rambo's Vietnam roots and further examine his post-war state of mind.For him, the best way to do that was to take ...

If you're interested in exploring Rambo's origins, Morrell's First Blood novel remains popular to this day, and you can easily pick up a copy if you want to read it for yourself.Amazon offers the ...

Morrell created the troubled war veteran for his 1972 novel First Blood, which spent a decade in development hell before finally reaching cinemas in 1982. What to Read Next.

Morell's First Blood novel was published in 1972, ten years before the First Blood movie hit theaters in 1982. While the two feature largely the same overarching story, there are quite a few ...

Lionsgate is joining Suretone Pictures, led by Jordan Schur, in jointly financing the adventure horror feature Creepers, based on the David Morrell book of the same name.. Morrell penned the First ...

“Not the movie that was made out of First Blood. I would do the novel. And Kurt Russell would play the sheriff, and [Adam Driver] would play Rambo. Every time I read it, ...

Ten years before he made his film debut, and forever became synonymous with Stallone, the character Rambo first appeared in David Morrell’s 1972 novel, First Blood.A homeless vagrant dealing ...

“First Blood,” a novel by David Morrell and the basis of Sylvester Stallone’s first Rambo movie, involves a Vietnam veteran’s confrontation with a small-town lawman. Mr.