Pin Auf Just My Taste Production assistant Lauren Mathews-Hill. The kind of film that could only have existed in the 1990s Demolition Man is a bizarre and brilliant sci-fi action movie with heavy comedic elements and which unites movie legends Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. Actor Marcus Aurelius ( Blade) recorded Frank Stallone during a phone call vowing vengeance against the Mehrezes for terminating his contract, threatening that he would " terminate their company." The Mehrezes themselves made sure to let it be known in their case that Frank " had few major movie roles and even less talent.June 20 2019. As the situation heated up, things started to get ugly. District Court under racketeering charges. In retaliation, the Mehrezes counter-sued the Stallone brothers for $50 million, moving their case to the federal level in U.S. The drama didn't end there and Frank got in on the action, suing the Mehrezes and their production companies a month later. This was enough for Sly to file a $20 million lawsuit, equivalent to the actor's average salary at the time, against the Mehrezes for violating a breach of contract.
As discussed in an article by Little White Lies, the trouble began (or, rather, boiled over) thanks to a promotional clip of Sly Stallone that suggested the actor was going to appear in a much more significant role than he actually was. The movie was a co-production between siblings Alan and Diane Mehrez - producers of the Bloodsport sequels and the former of whom became the credited director - and Frank Stallone himself, who all came at vicious odds with each other as production wore on.ĭespite its troubled production, The Good Life did end up being completed and was being shopped around for a distributor when it was finally laid to rest. Related: Will Jerry Lewis' The Day the Clown Cried Ever Be Released?Ī chunk of The Good Life's crew - including the director Barry Samson - didn't make the move. Even before the legal drama ensued the production was already plagued with issues. Time schedules weren't properly discussed, golf clubs and call sheets went missing, union protests temporarily shut it down, and due to an increasingly inflated budget, the shooting location moved to Mexico.
Frank managed to talk his brother Sylvester into making a brief cameo appearance in the production, but this familial agreement was precisely what ended up causing the friction that would cause the project to be shelved.
Peter Dobson and Andrew Dice Clay ( A Star Is Born) are also listed in The Good Life's main cast, but it was musician-turned aspiring actor Frank Stallone who is the star of the real-life story here.
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