David Harbour is the latest actor reporting for duty on Lionsgate‘s upcoming Rambo prequel movie.
The Golden Globe nominee has joined the cast of John Rambo, starring in the Jalmari Helander-helmed origin story as Major Trautman, commanding officer of the titular soldier played by Noah Centineo.
From a screenplay by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvan, John Rambo takes audiences back, years before the events of First Blood, diving deep into the roots and experiences that forged one of the big screen’s most enduring and complex characters.
In addition to Centineo’s casting as the character originated onscreen by Sylvester Stallone in 1982, John Rambo also stars yao (Sinners), Jason Tobin (A Thousand Blows), Quincy Isaiah (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty), Jefferson White (Yellowstone) and Tayme Thapthimthong (The White Lotus).
Based on David Morrell’s 1972 novel, Stallone first played John Rambo in First Blood (1982), which also starred Richard Crenna as the Vietnam veteran’s mentor, Colonel Sam Trautman. The pair reprised their roles in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Rambo III (1988). Crenna died in 2003, before Styllone went on to return in Rambo (2008) and Rambo: Last Blood (2019).
Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo and Richard Crenna as Colonel Sam Trautman in ‘Rambo: First Blood Part II’ (1985)
Stallone, who was also a co-writer on the first five films, signed on as en executive producer for John Rambo last month, joining the Lionsgate, Millennium Media, Templeton Media and AGBO prequel as it filmed in Bangkok, Thailand.
The film’s producers also include Kevin King Templeton and Les Weldon, Jonathan Yunger for Millennium Media, and Angela Russo-Otstot and Michael Disco for AGBO. The executive producers include Anthony & Joe Russo, Trevor Short, and Dallas Sonnier and Amanda Presmyk for Bonfire Legend, alongside Stallone. The film will be distributed by Lionsgate.
