Before he got his big break, Stallone was working on a script about legendary author Edgar Allen Poe.
But Stallone was working before that and, prior to his days as boxing legend Rocky Balboa and eventual action movie star, he had plans to write and star in an Edgar Allan Poe biopic, simply titled Poe.
Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809 and died when he was only 40 under very mysterious circumstances.
With any luck, Sylvester Stallone can get this script finished and, as crazy as it may sound, direct Poe himself.