Sylvester Stallone criticises producer Irwin Winkler over Rocky franchise ownership dispute
Sylvester Stallone has once again voiced his frustrations regarding his lack of ownership over the popular film franchises he helped conceive.
Veteran action star Sylvester Stallone has called out Irwin Winkler, the producer behind the ”Rocky” films and its sequel series ”Creed”, for allegedly denying him the rights to the franchise for almost five decades now.
Stallone once again voiced his frustrations regarding his lack of ownership over the popular film franchises he helped conceive.
In an Instagram post on Sunday, the 76-year-old actor took a swipe at the filmmaker as he shared a portrait of Winkler morphed as a knife-tongued serpent.
“A very flattering portrait of the great ‘Rocky’/’Creed’ producer, Irwin Winkler, from one of the country’s greatest. After Irwin controlling ‘Rocky’ for over 47 years, and now ‘Creed’, I really would like to have at least a little (of) WHAT’S LEFT of my rights back, before passing it on to ONLY YOUR CHILDREN — I believe that would be a fair gesture from this 93-year-old gentleman?” Stallone wrote.
The star and writer of ”Rocky” said this was a ”painful subject that eats at my soul”.
”… because I wanted to leave something of Rocky for my children, but it’s always great hearing from the loyal fans… Keep punching,” he added.
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A day ago, Stallone had criticised Winkler’s son David’s recently published memoir ”The Arrangement: A Love Story”, calling it ”by far the worst” book he had read.
In the note on Instagram, the actor had termed Winkler ”the remarkably untalented and parasitical Producer of Rocky and Creed”.
