Rocky: Dolph Lundgren Clarifies Drago Spinoff After Stallone Comments
Dolph Lundgren clarifies his involvement with the Rocky spinoff, Drago, following Sylvester Stallone’s fiery comments. In 1975, Stallone wrote the boxing drama Rocky and, after attempting to sell the script to multiple studios, sold the rights to Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff under the caveat that he got to play the lead. Nine years after the franchise starter won Best Picture and made him a superstar, writer/director/lead actor Stallone cast Lundgren to play villain Ivan Drago in 1985’s Rocky IV.
One film, a revival, and a Creed spin-off later, Stallone and Lundgren reprised their respective roles in Creed II, which saw Adonis (Michael B. Jordan) battle Viktor Drago (Florian Munteanu), the son of Lundgren's villain. Now, the boxing franchise continues to expand. In addition to Jordan’s directorial debut, Creed III—which will not feature Stallone's Italian Stallion—it recently leaked that MGM is developing a spinoff film centering on Ivan and Viktor Drago. Following this news, Stallone criticized the Drago spinoff and further accused producer Winkler of withholding rights and exploiting the Rocky franchise.
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Lundgren has taken to Instagram to set the record straight on his involvement with a possible Drago spinoff. According to the actor, the project is merely in talks at this stage, and he was under the impression that Stallone had a hand in its development. Check out the full post below:
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This post comes after Stallone doubled down on his initial comments with another Instagram post aimed at Winkler that mentions how he (allegedly) had not received a phone call from
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