Sylvester Stallone is returning to Rambo 5 and is expected to direct it. In addition to starring in the film, it is reported that Stallone will write the script, and the story revolves around Rambo's desperate fight with a Mexican drug lord to rescue his friend's daughter. Producer Avi Lerner (The Expendables series). The first film in the series was released in 1982, and Stallone directed and starred in Rambo 4 in 2008. Rambo 5 will be pre-sold at this year's Cannes Film Festival and will start shooting in September.