Astro posted a rant on Instagram against Irwin Winkler, complaining that he still has full control of the Rocky Balboa franchise.
Sylvester Stallone had a fight with Irwin Winkler, original producer of “Rocky: The Wrestler” (1976), who is 93 years old. The actor and director posted a rant against the producer on his Instagram profile, regretting checking out the Rocky Balboa franchise.
On Sunday (17/6), the interpreter and character creator posted a painting of Winkler as a snake and wrote wryly in the post: “A very flattering portrait of the great producer of ‘Rocky’ and ‘Creed’, Irwin Winkler, by one of the greatest artists in the country “.
“After Irwin has controlled ‘Rocky’ for over 47 years, and now ‘Creed’, I would really like to get back at least some of my rights before they pass to his children,” continued Stallone. “I think it would be a fair gesture from this 93-year-old gentleman. This is a heartbreaking subject that consumes my soul as I wanted to leave something ‘Rocky’ for my kids, but it’s always good to hear from loyal fans. to throw punches. “
He upped the ante with a second photo post, released Monday, showing Winkler and his family as vampires, feeding on their blood and getting rich with the rights to “Rocky”.
Released in 1976, “Rocky the Fighter” was developed, written and starred by Stallone. Over the years, the artist has also been the director and producer of several sequels, as well as producing and starring in the spin-offs “Creed” (2015) and “Creed II” (2018). Currently in development, “Creed III” (2022) will be the franchise’s first feature film without the actor’s presence.
It is not today that the star shows discontent with the ownership of the rights to “Rocky”. In 2019, in an interview with Variety magazine, the actor pointed out, “I have no rights to ‘Rocky.’ It was shocking that (the rights) never came to me, but I was told, ‘you are been paid, what are you complaining about? ‘ I was furious. “
Irwin Winkler began his career as a producer in the 1960s with the film “Songs and Confusion” (1967), starring Elvis Presley, and received his first Oscar nomination for Best Picture soon after, with ” Night of the Desperate “(1969), with Jane Fonda. But he was just winning that Oscar with the first “Rocky”.
Winkler is also a longtime partner of Martin Scorsese, producing several of the director’s films, including classics such as “Raging Bull” (1980) and “Goodfellas” (1990), for which he was again nominated for an Academy Award, and the recent “The Irish” (2019).
Source: Terra
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