TulsaKing star Sylvester Stallone talks his ongoing fight to get an ownership stake in Rocky, which spawned spinoff Creed: 'I don't own any of it.'
Sylvester Stallone isn't giving up his fight for the rights to Rocky. The super-star actor, writer, and director created the long-running franchise that began with the 1976 Best Picture winner, as much an underdog as Stallone's Philly slum boxer-turned-contender Rocky Balboa. Directed by John G. Avildsen and produced by Oscar winners Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, Rocky spawned five sequels and the hit Creed spin-off starring Michael B. Jordan.
"I wanted to leave something of Rocky for my children," Stallone added, later slamming Winkler in another post for"exploiting" the franchise with a reported Drago spin-off starring Dolph Lundgren. Explaining the vitrol in his since-deleted portrait of"blood-sucker" Winkler, Stallone said,"They wanted another Rocky. And I was willing to do it. But I said, 'After 45 years, can we change the playing field a little bit? Level it out? Can't I get a piece of what I created all these years ago?'"
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