NAMES IN THE NEWS : Stallone Returning as ‘Rocky V’

Sylvester Stallone is going in for another round of struggle and success in the boxing ring.

Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young and company will begin filming “Rocky V” here Jan. 15, Mayor W. Wilson Goode announced Thursday.

The new film will feature the familiar formula--fighting, winning with the boxing backdrop. Rocky Balboa, perhaps Philadelphia’s most famous resident since William Penn, faces his greatest challenge, producers say, a test that will pit him against his own values, strength and, ultimately, his own spirit.

Boxing heavyweight contender Tommy Morrison is featured as Rocky’s protege, Tommy Gun. John Alvidsen, who directed the first “Rocky” in Philadelphia in 1975 with the then-unknown Stallone, will direct the fourth sequel and filming is expected to last about six weeks.