Noah Centineo Attached to Play Rambo in Prequel Movie ‘John Rambo’
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The Netflix star trades teen rom-coms for combat boots in Millennium Media’s gritty Rambo origin story
Noah Centineo is attached to play a young John Rambo, the role made famous by Sylvester Stallone, in a new Ramboprequel from Millennium Media titled John Rambo.
The first Rambo film was based on David Morrell’s 1972 novel First Blood, about a troubled Vietnam War veteran and former U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier who is an expert in weaponry, hand-to-hand combat, and guerrilla warfare. The five-film franchise — First Blood (1982), Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Rambo III (1988), Rambo (2008), and Rambo: Last Blood (2019) — has grossed over $800 million worldwide.
Centineo rose to fame for his role on The Fosters before breaking out with a scene-stealing turn as heartthrob Peter Kavinsky in Netflix’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before films. He also starred in and executive produced the spy adventure series The Recruit for the streamer. In 2022, the actor appeared opposite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in Black Adam as Atom Smasher. Most recently, he portrayed gunner Brian Zawi in Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland’s Warfare for A24, alongside Joseph Quinn, Kit Connor, Charles Melton, and D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai. Additional credits include Charlie’s Angels and Sierra Burgess Is a Loser.
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Centineo also helms production banner Arkhum Productions alongside Enzo Marc, which debuted its first feature, Our Hero, Balthazar, at Tribeca earlier this year. Written and directed by Oscar Boyson, the film is a black comedy about a wealthy teen who makes social media videos pleading for stricter gun laws as a ploy to get attention, before his life changes when he meets up with an online troll who says he’s planning a school shooting.
Centineo is repped by WME and Myman Greenspan Fox.
The project marks his latest collaboration with major studios and streaming platforms, signaling a strategic shift into grittier, franchise-driven roles. John Rambo is currently in development at Millennium Media, with additional casting and production details expected in the coming months.
Deadline was first to brake the news on the Stars attachment to the project.
