The project marks Stallones first screenplay sinceRambo: Last Bloodin 2019 andCreed IIin 2018.

The book is the first of eleven in the popular Levon Cade thriller series.

Stallones Balboa Productions had previously developed the project as a TV series.

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He wants to live a simple life and be a good father to his daughter.

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The team is lining up a March 2024 shoot in London.

Statham was attached to the project pre-strike.

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