Dolph Lundgren has replied to Sylvester Stallone’s claims he’s decided to seem in a doable Rocky trip-off movie.
Over the weekend, Stallone took to Instagram to slam Rocky producer Irwin Winkler for allegedly developing a new mission about Lundgren’s character, Ivan Drago, without his data.
Rapidly after, the Swedish actor issued an announcement on social media whereby he insisted that the movie had not been confirmed and that he had been in contact with Stallone.
“Appropriate to set the file straight regarding a probable Drago spinoff,” he wrote. “There could be not any authorized script, no deals in role, no director and I used to be once personally below the impact that my good friend Sly Stallone was once alive to as a producer or at the same time as an actor. There was once a press leak final week which was once wretched. Enthusiastic with Mr Balboa – merely so your whole fans can loosen up…There ya scuttle.”
Stallone launched the boxing franchise with 1976’s Rocky, which he wrote and starred in. The franchise has since spawned five sequels and the Creed trip-off series, even supposing the 76-three hundred and sixty five days-fashioned supplied his rights to the Rocky screenplay to producers Winkler and the late Robert Chartoff, so he has no ownership stake within the movie series.
In his submit over the weekend, Stallone additionally blasted Lundgren over the trip-off files, writing, “By the manner, I once had nothing nonetheless admire for Dolph nonetheless he NEVER advised me about what was once occurring on the attend of my attend with the character I created for him !!! REAL FRIENDS Are more precious than gold.”
Stallone has not yet answered to Lundgren’s statement.