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Sylvester Stallone doubles down on 'Drago' spinoff over 'Rocky' ownership complaints

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Stallone, who wrote the screenplay for 1976 Oscar-winning Rocky, in which he starred as boxer Rocky Balboa, took to Instagram on Saturday to criticize Drago, the planned film being written by Robert Lawton, as did The Wrap. was first reported this week by.

Another heartbreaker just found out... Once again, the 94-year-old producer and his selfishly dysfunctional kids are once again dropping the bones of another amazing character!

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Star continued, "I'm sorry to the fans, I apologize to the fans. I never wanted Rocky to be exploited for this greed."

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Drago is set to reprise Ivan Drago, portrayed by Dolph Lundgren, in 1985's Rocky IV and later in 2018's Creed II.

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Lundgren previously teased a possible spinoff film in a November 2021 interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

Stallone's message follows his Instagram post from July 16, which criticized Winkler under the name, referring to him as "the remarkably talented and parasitic creator of Rocky & Creed".

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The post also criticized Irwin's son David Winkler, who is credited as a producer of the Creed films, including the first 2015 film starring Michael B.

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Jordan and Stallone received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for reprising their role as Balboa.

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