I Play Rocky Is the London Film Festival's Surprise Film, With Stephan James as Carl Weathers

The London Film Festival's annual surprise film is one of the best-kept secrets on the fall calendar. This year it was I Play Rocky, Peter Farrelly's film about how Sylvester Stallone fought to write and star in the original Rocky. It screened Friday night at the Royal Festival Hall.

It's the latest stop on a busy festival run. I Play Rocky premiered at TIFF in September and opened the Hamptons International Film Festival this month, and it sits in the Building Momentum tier of our Best Picture tracking.