Screenwriter and star of rocky (1976) and its five sequels, Sylvester Stallone spoke this Saturday about the announcement of a new spin-off of the boxing franchise, baptized drake.
Without naming him directly, the American actor attacked the project’s producer, Irwin Winkler, in an Instagram post, whom he accuses of having deprived him of part of his economic rights to the successful saga.
“I just found out… Once again, the pathetic 94-year-old producer and his selfish and stupid children are destroying what remains of the corpse of a wonderful character,” he wrote on Instagram.
He continues: “I’m sorry to the fans, I apologize, I never meant for Rocky to be exploited with such greed.”
Written by Robert Lawton, drake tells the story of Rocky Balboa’s old enemy, Ivan Drago, played by Dolph Lundgren in the film rocky IV, released in 1985 and in Creed II (2018).
point of contention
In mid-July, Sylvester Stallone had already spoken on Instagram to summon the producer of rocky Y Creed, Irwin Winkler, to return “what is left of the rights” to the films. According to him, the interpreter of Rocky Balboa would never have touched his actions in this successful franchise:
“After Irwin controlled Rocky for over 47 years, and now Creed, I would really like to get at least some of my remaining rights back, before he passes them on to his children alone,” he said in a now-deleted post. .
The character of Rocky Balboa was born from the script written by Sylvester Stallone in 1976. The first part of rocky had won the Oscar for best film in 1977. The actor had confided, in an interview with the American media variety in 2019, having received about 2.5 million dollars thanks to this film but having been, according to him, aggrieved in the amount of these rights.
In the same article, a source also revealed that the actor had received more than 10 million dollars thanks to Creeda derivative of rockyand its sequel, released in 2018.
indignant, drakewhose release date has not yet been communicated, another film in the Rocky franchise, Creed III is scheduled for next November. This is the first spin-off project in which Sylvester Stallone will not appear. However, he will serve as producer alongside Irwin Winkler.
Source: BFM TV
