John “Rambo” Stevens, the longtime manager of singer John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, and the producer of a series of music documentaries about Lydon’s famed punk band the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd., died yesterday after suffering an aortic heart dissection.
His death was announced by Lydon and PiL. Additional details were not immediately available.
“We are devastated to share the news that John Lydon’s best friend and long term manager John Rambo Stevens has passed away after suffering an aortic heart dissection yesterday,” the statement reads. “In true Rambo fashion, he battled until the very, very end, long past the doctor’s predictions.”
Noting Stevens’ “unwavering loyalty to John,” the PiL team offered “heartfelt condolences to John and Rambo’s wife Laura and all the family, who have asked for privacy at this time.”
In addition to managing Lydon, Stevens is credited as executive producer on...
His death was announced by Lydon and PiL. Additional details were not immediately available.
“We are devastated to share the news that John Lydon’s best friend and long term manager John Rambo Stevens has passed away after suffering an aortic heart dissection yesterday,” the statement reads. “In true Rambo fashion, he battled until the very, very end, long past the doctor’s predictions.”
Noting Stevens’ “unwavering loyalty to John,” the PiL team offered “heartfelt condolences to John and Rambo’s wife Laura and all the family, who have asked for privacy at this time.”
In addition to managing Lydon, Stevens is credited as executive producer on...
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- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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Some trends are so of a moment, however, that even if their genre never goes away, the aesthetics particular to their peak can't come back completely. That's especially true of the 1980s action hero, a figure that only could have emerged during that decade of excess and one that had to say farewell once the more introspective 1990s rolled around.
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Some trends are so of a moment, however, that even if their genre never goes away, the aesthetics particular to their peak can't come back completely. That's especially true of the 1980s action hero, a figure that only could have emerged during that decade of excess and one that had to say farewell once the more introspective 1990s rolled around.
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So grab a bag of Rocky Road and join us as we revisit some of Stallone’s finest cinematic moments.
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- buddytv.com
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The post Horror Novel Creepers, from First Blood Author David Morrell, to Get Feature Adaptation appeared first on /Film.
Deadline reports that a film adaptation of Morrell's "Creepers" from Lionsgate and Suretone Pictures is going into production later this month. Casting is underway, with Marc Klasfeld set to direct in his feature film debut. Klasfeld has a long list of music video credits that reads like a who's who...
The post Horror Novel Creepers, from First Blood Author David Morrell, to Get Feature Adaptation appeared first on /Film.
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The post A Lack Of Planning On Rambo: First Blood Put A Stuntman In Serious Danger appeared first on /Film.
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The post A Lack Of Planning On Rambo: First Blood Put A Stuntman In Serious Danger appeared first on /Film.
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This was actually the film that came before the one that made Rambo a real movie icon, Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), where he has to go back to Vietnam for a fantasy replay of the war on the grounds that he is searching...
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- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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