Kevin King Templeton
- Producer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
For over two decades, Kevin (Producer) has been
associated with Rogue Marble Productions, the production company of
writer, director and actor Sylvester Stallone. During his tenure he has
found his forte in the action genre, producing projects with a global
reach, from the remote jungles of Brazil and Thailand to the most
cosmopolitan of cities. In addition to Stallone, King-Templeton has
worked with acclaimed acting icons Robert De Niro, Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, James Franco, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson,
Bruce Willis, Winona Ryder, Kate Bosworth, Wesley Snipes, Antonio
Banderas, Harvey Keitel, Mickey Rourke, Michael Caine and Anthony Quinn
among others. The films that the British-born King-Templeton have been
involved with have showcased some of the most ambitious action
sequences in motion picture history, including those for "The
Expendables 3," currently in production, and the Number One box office
hits "The Expendables 2" and "The Expendables." He also produced
"Inferno: The Making Of The Expendables," an independent documentary
which gives audiences an unvarnished look deep inside the filmmaking
process of "The Expendables." In addition to "Homefront,"
King-Templeton also recently produced "Escape Plan" starring Stallone
and Schwarzenegger for Summit Entertainment and "Bullet To The Head,"
director Walter Hill's first theatrical feature in a decade. Previously
he produced the latest installment of "Rambo" shot in the remote inner
jungles of Burma, which continued the saga of the heroic Vietnam Vet
John Rambo and "Rocky Balboa" a critical and audience success, which
definitively confirmed both Sylvester Stallone and "Rocky" as iconic
cultural symbols. Additionally King-Templeton produced "Avenging
Angelo" and "Driven" and he also served as associate producer on "Get
Carter" and the critically acclaimed "Cop Land" for director James
Mangold. For television he developed and produced a pilot for Paramount
Pictures Television and The CBS Network entitled "Father Lefty." For
the stage, King Templeton is executive producing the highly anticipated
musical production "Rocky the Musical," based on the original 1976
Academy Award© winning motion picture, for Stage Entertainment in
Hamburg, Germany. In March 2014 "Rocky the Musical" will open at The
Winter Garden on Broadway featuring music by Stephen Flaherty and
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Upcoming projects have King Templeton producing
"Creed" with the "Fruitvale Station" team of writer-director Ryan
Coogler and leading man Michael B. Jordan. The new film will follow the
grandson of Apollo Creed with Stallone planning to reprise his Rocky
Balboa role, acting as the younger Creed's reluctant trainer.