{"id":30965,"date":"2022-07-31T07:03:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T07:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/sylvester-stallone-criticizes-drago-spinoff-amid-rocky-rights-dispute-the-hollywood-reporter\/"},"modified":"2022-07-31T07:03:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T07:03:49","slug":"sylvester-stallone-criticizes-drago-spinoff-amid-rocky-rights-dispute-the-hollywood-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/sylvester-stallone-criticizes-drago-spinoff-amid-rocky-rights-dispute-the-hollywood-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylvester Stallone Criticizes Drago Spinoff Amid Rocky Rights Dispute \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tSylvester Stallone has more to say about the rocky<\/em> franchise in light of MGM developing a film spinoff centering on Ivan Drago. <\/p>\n

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\tStallone \u2014 who wrote the screenplay for 1976’s Oscar-winning rocky<\/em>in which he starred as boxer Rocky Balboa \u2014 took to Instagram on Saturday to criticize the planned movie Drago<\/em> that is being written by Robert Lawton, as first reported this week by The Wrap<\/em>. Although Stallone did not directly name anyone in his latest post, his mention of a \u201c94-year-old producer\u201d is an apparent reference to Irwin Winkler, who is 91 and has a producing credit on all of the films in the rocky<\/em> franchise, in addition to the subsequent Creed<\/em> spinoff films. <\/p>\n

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\t\u201cAnother Heartbreaker\u2026 Just found this out\u2026ONCE AGAIN , PATHETIC 94 year old PRODUCER and HIS SELFISH USELESS CHILDREN are once again picking what is left OFF THE BONES of another wonderful character!!!\u201d Stallone wrote about Drago<\/em>. \u201cSeriously, how do you weasels look in mirror???\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tThe star continued, \u201cI am sorry to the FANS , I APOLOGIZE to the FANS I never wanted ROCKY to be exploited FOR THIS GREED .. # no shame #sad day #Parasite.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDrago<\/em> is set to revisit Ivan Drago, portrayed by Dolph Lundgren in 1985’s Rocky IV<\/em> and later in 2018’s Creed II<\/em>. Lundgren had previously teased a potential spinoff film in a November 2021 interview with The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\tStallone’s message follows his Instagram post from July 16 that Winkler by name, referring to him as \u201cthe remarkably untalented and parasitical Producer of Rocky and Creed.\u201d The post also David I Winkler’s son, who is credited as a producer on the Creed<\/em> films, including the 2015 first movie that starred Michael B. Jordan and earned Stallone an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor for reprising his role as Balboa. <\/p>\n

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\tIn a follow-up post on July 17, Stallone wrote that dispute he was upset over an ownership related to the franchise. \u201cI really would like [to] have at least a little WHAT’s LEFT of my RIGHTS back, before passing it on to ONLY YOUR CHILDREN \u2013 I believe That would be a FAIR gesture,\u201d wrote Stallone, directing his vitriol at Irwin. <\/p>\n

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\tBoth of those earlier posts have since been deleted. <\/p>\n

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\tIrwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff are credited as the sole producers on the first five rocky<\/em> movies. The 2006 franchise-reviving Rocky Balboa<\/em> credits six producers, including David Winkler and Irwin’s other son, Charles Winkler.<\/p>\n

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\tthe Creed<\/em> films center on Michael B. Jordan as the son of the late Apollo Creed, portrayed in the rocky<\/em> films by Carl Weathers. Stallone and Irwin Winkler are both credited as producers on the Creed<\/em> movies, as are David and Charles, in addition to others. Chartoff was a producer on the first Creed<\/em> before his 2015 death.<\/p>\n

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\tLast month, Stallone told Metro<\/em> that he had \u201cbowed out\u201d of appearing in Creed III<\/em> due to the story changing directions but that he supported the movie. Creed III<\/em>hitting theaters March 3, 2023, counts Jordan as both director and star. <\/p>\n

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\tThe character of Rocky Balboa originated with Stallone’s rocky<\/em> script in 1976, and his deal stipulated that he would play the title role. Stallone told variety<\/em> in 2019 that he had \u201czero ownership of rocky<\/em>\u201d and that he was \u201cfurious\u201d about this.<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cOur commitment to him was that he could star in it,\u201d Winkler recalled to The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> in 1983 about making the first rocky<\/em> with Chartoff. \u201cWe convinced United Artists to give us the money to make it. They would only give us a limited amount of money, and they said that we had to put up our houses as collateral. We really mortgaged ourselves to make sure that we brought it in on time, and we did.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tRepresentatives for Irwin Winkler and Stallone did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n