Well, it seems that he is serious about the good of Sylvester Stallone wants to direct a film about the great and enigmatic writer Edgar Allan Poe. And although at first there was talk that Sly wanted to convince Robert Downey Jr. to play the main role, but in the end it was either a hoax or Downey ended up cracking, and look at the guy he hits the role of deranged, we would have embroidered it.
But far from giving up, Stallone has offered the role to Viggo Mortensen and he is seriously thinking about it, although it seems he wants to change some things in the script before accepting the role.