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The 1990s proved a turbulent time for Sylvester Stallone's career after the highly successful decade that was the 1980s. As the cinematic landscape shifted and action films developed, he found himself picking roles either too similar to previous outings or too dissimilar. Whether it be his often maligned comedies or his attempts to recapture the success of Stallone's best films like First Blood or the previous Rocky movies.

There are still plenty of gems to be found in his work throughout the decade, with some of his best acting on display. He has always had an inconsistent track record with the projects he has picked every decade. Varying from highs like Creed to low points like Rhinestone, but no matter what, Stallone has remained a towering figure in blockbuster cinema. Good or bad, there is rarely a boring Stallone project and many of these movies prove that.

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New York -- Longtime Jean Claude Van Damme flick producer Alan Mehrez is launching the indie production, finance and international sales shingle Byzantium Entertainment with an even older superhero: Alladin.

Mehrez and Byzantium co-founder Aileen Rodriguez will produce a live-action version of the classic tale. The special effects-filled film is slated to begin principal photography in Cairo, Egypt, in March 2009.

Steve Tymon ("Ring of Fire") is scripting and William Kanter is executive producing the privately financed project. Mehrez says it will stay close to the story's Middle Eastern roots, in which the 11-year-old title character takes on a well intentioned Sultan's villainous son and saves his family with the help of his genie and its monkey sidekick, Bananas.