Sylvester Stallone calls out ‘Rocky’ producer over his lack of ownership rights

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Sylvester Stallone is unhappy with his lack of ownership rights over "Rocky," the movie that launched his career. Over the weekend, Stallone voiced his anger on Instagram, calling out Irwin Winkler, producer of the Rocky franchise and its sequel movies "Creed," for keeping a noteworthy amount of revenue generated from the films from him.

Sylvester Stallone wants ownership rights of the Rocky movies so he has something to pass down to his kids. (Gregg DeGuire/WireImage) The Instagram post featured an image of Winkler with the body of a snake and a knife for a tongue, leaving no room for interpretation regarding how Stallone feels about him. "A very flattering portrait of the great ‘Rocky’/’Creed’ producer, Irwin Winkler, from one of the country’s greatest," Stallone wrote in the caption. "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 has voiced his frustration over ownership rights in the past, saying he is mostly upset because he doesn’t think it’s fair for the rights to only be passed on to Winker’s children, while his own children won’t receive anything.

It is particularly frustrating for Stallone since he not only acted in the films, but also wrote or co-wrote all the "Rocky" and "Creed" movies.

He reportedly wrote the first film in three days and refused to sell his screenplay unless the studio agreed to let him star in it.