Sylvester Stallone DEMANDS the rights back for Rocky films and slams producer Irwin Winkler

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Rocky star Sylvester Stallone, 76, is in an all out war with a film producer over the rights to the legendary boxing film franchise.Stallone slammed producer Irwin Winkler and his entire family for 'controlling' the Rocky and Creed films, dubbing it the 'real Rocky horror show' in a series of social media posts on Sunday.More than four decade ago, Stallone burst onto the Hollywood scene playing the eponymous Rocky Balboa, an Italian American boxer from the streets of South Philadelphia.

The Rocky films would go on to gross nearly $2billion at the box office. Fighting words:Sylvester Stallone, 76, wrote a scathing social media post about being cheated out of the rights to the Rocky films by producer Irwin Winkler on SundayTaking to Instagram, the Italian Stallion shared a grotesque art rending of producer Irwin Winkler with a scathing caption.'A VERY Flattering portrait of The Great Rocky/ Creed Producer , IRWIN WINKLER, from one of the country‘s greatest artist,' Sly penned. 'ALSO after IRWIN controlling ROCKY for over 47 years , and now CREED, , I really would like have at least a little 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?' He added: 'This is 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.'Stallone, who wrote the screen play for Rocky and starred as the rags-to-riches boxer in the six Rocky films as well as the Creed films, does not own the rights to his famous character.