Sylvester Stallone accuses producer Irwin Winkler of 'sucking Rocky dry' with new spin-off
The action man launched the boxing franchise with 1976's Rocky, which he conceived, wrote and starred in, and it has since spawned five sequels and the Creed spin-off series. However, he sold the rights to his Rocky screenplay to producers Winkler and the late Robert Chartoff, so he has no ownership stake in the lucrative series despite being its creator. Stallone, who slammed Winkler on Instagram last month over the film right .blasted the 91-year-old producer once again over the weekend after learning about a Rocky spin-off,