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Matt Reeves‘ The Batman 2 is no longer opening on Oct. 3, 2025 –a new launchpad for Comic Book movies– rather Oct. 2, 2026. We hear the new date is due to the aftermath of the dual strikes.

Michael B Jordan has been confirmed to direct Creed IV – the next instalment in the hit Rocky-spin off.The Creed franchise picks up after the end of the Rocky movies. Jordan plays Adonis Creed, son of Apollo Creed – Rocky’s first opponent and friend.

Michael B. Jordan made his directorial debut with the release of Creed III earlier this year. Ever since, there have been questions about if the franchise would return for a fourth movie.

Michaela Zee A fourth “Creed” film is in development with Michael B. Jordan set to direct the upcoming installment, franchise producer Irwin Winkler has revealed. Jordan made his directorial debut with “Creed 3,” in which he also starred as heavyweight champ Adonis Creed from the “Rocky” spinoff film series.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Warner Bros. Discovery raised the hackles of some in the film community with last month’s launch of Max — the reskinned and renamed version of HBO Max — because the new service’s content details pages consolidated writers, directors, producers and others under a single “creators” heading. Five weeks after issuing a mea culpa and promising to fix the situation, WBD has now updated the listings in Max. The updates appear to be live on platforms including the max.com website and iOS and will be rolling out across all device platforms this week. For example, on Max, Oscar-winning film “Raging Bull,” starring Robert De Niro, now includes the following listings: Directors: Martin Scorsese; Writers: Paul Schrader, Mardik Martin; Producers: Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff; Based on Source Material by: Jake La Motta, Joseph Carter, Peter Savage. When Max launched on May 23, the service grouped all of those individuals under a single “creators” heading.

Adele is seemingly a huge Rocky fan and when she recently made an offer to buy Sylvester Stallone’s mansion, she made it contingent that she keep the poolside statue of the fictional boxer.

facing pushback from viewers on social media as well as the Directors Guild of America and Writers Guild of America. “We agree that the talent behind the content on Max deserve their work to be properly recognized,” a Warner Bros.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Warner Bros. Discovery’s newly launched Max lumped film directors and writers under a single “creators” heading — a change that prompted a backlash from filmmakers and Hollywood’s directors and writers guilds. Now the company is changing the listings back, blaming the issue on a technical “oversight.” “We agree that the talent behind the content on Max deserve their work to be properly recognized,” a Max spokesperson said in a statement to Variety. “We will correct the credits, which were altered due to an oversight in the technical transition from HBO Max to Max and we apologize for this mistake.” The move drew ire amid the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike, in which the union is seeking to reach a new contract with major studios.

Dolph Lundgren confirmed a "Drago" spinoff is still in the works and says he wants Sylvester Stallone to "get involved." Lundgren spoke to Fox News Digital about the project while promoting his new film, "The Best Man." The actor stars alongside Luke Wilson and Brendan Fehr in the action thriller, which was released April 21. "There was a writer who wrote a script [for "Drago"], which wasn't very good," Lundgren said. "So, everybody's waiting for a new writer to come in and try to shape it." The news of the "Drago" spinoff in development at MGM Studios created controversy because Stallone initially criticized the project.The actor called out producer Irwin Winkler and his sons, Charles and David, for "picking clean the bones" of the "Rocky" character Drago.

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Michael B. Jordan’s “Creed III” is now playing in theaters, which means a lot of moviegoers may find themselves asking the same question: Where the hell is Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa? Stallone starred opposite Jordan in “Creed” and “Creed II,” even earning an Oscar nomination for supporting actor thanks to his role in the 2015 first installment. But Stallone is entirely absent from “Creed III.” While Rocky’s name gets name-dropped a couple times in the script, his whereabouts are never explained. Stallone’s absence in “Creed III” marks the first time in nine films and 47 years that a movie in the “Rocky” film franchise does not feature Rocky Balboa. The reason behind Stallone’s departure is twofold: He wasn’t the biggest fan of “Creed III’s” creative direction, and his clash against longtime franchise producer Irwin Winkler remains ongoing.

projected to pull in $40 million its opening weekend. MGM is projecting $35 to $38 million, on par with “Creed II”s $35.5 million opening. The 2018 sequel brought $3.7 million from preview screenings that took place on a Tuesday night ahead of the extended Thanksgiving weekend in 2018.“Creed III” must take in more than $115 domestically and $214 million worldwide to beat its predecessor, while the first installment in the franchise made $109 million in the U.S.

Wise Guys, according to reports.The actor, who made his name in crime dramas like Goodfellas, Casino and The Godfather Part II, will return to the genre for a film directed by Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Bugsy).Wise Guys will follow the lives of Italian-American crime bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, who both operated their respective families in the middle of the 20th century. In 1957, Genovese attempted and failed to assassinate Costello.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterRobert De Niro will be sharing the screen with Hollywood legend Robert De Niro in the upcoming gangster drama “Wise Guys.”The movie, set at Warner Bros., will be directed by Barry Levinson, the veteran filmmaker who is best known for “Rain Man” and “Wag the Dog.”Nicholas Pileggi, the co-writer of Martin Scorsese’s crime epic “Goodfellas,” which starred De Niro, is penning the screenplay for “Wise Guys.” The story follows Italian American crime bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, who ran their respective families during the 20th century. In 1957, Genovese tried (and failed) to assassinate Costello, who was ultimately injured and attempted to retire from the mafia.

Robert De Niro will star in the Warner Bros. mob drama Wise Guys from director Barry Levinson, Deadline can confirm. The project reunites the duo following their collaborations on the Emmy-nominated HBO TV movie The Wizard of Lies, which had De Niro playing Bernie Madoff, and Magnolia Pictures’ 2008 dramedy, What Just Happened, as well as the director’s earlier films Wag the Dog and Sleepers.

EXCLUSIVE: Sylvester Stallone has signed with CAA.

Wilson Chapman editorSylvester Stallone is synonymous with the character of Rocky Balboa, the scrappy underdog boxer who first brought him to the spotlight in the ’70s. But in recent years, Stallone has made it very clear that even though the films are inextricably linked with him, he’s not happy about the way the original deal was structured and thinks he should have received an ownership stake.On July 31, following the announcement of a “Rocky” spinoff film in development about the characters of Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) and Viktor Drago (Viktor Drago), Stallone took to Instagram to express his frustrations about the direction of the expanding franchise, and particularly its longtime producer Irwin Winkler.

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EXCLUSIVE: Chase Stokes (Outer Banks) is set to star in the Steve Barnett-directed thriller Valiant One from Monarch Media, which heads into production in Vancouver in September.

Brad Pitt made a rare comment about one of the teenaged daughters he shares with his ex-wife Angelina Jolie. While at the Los Angeles premiere for his new action movie Bullet Train on Monday, the 58-year-old Oscar winner said that Shiloh is 'beautiful. 'And the actor also told ET's Nischelle Turner that the 16-year-old's incredible dance moves are so good 'it brings a tear to the eye, yeah.

throwing punches at producer Irwin Winkler, but why doesn’t the star have any ownership of the series he created?After revealing his frustration regarding his lack of stake in the franchise to Variety in 2019, in which he said he has “zero ownership of ‘Rocky,'” Stallone expressed his anger toward Winkler through several Instagram posts that condemn him as “remarkably untalented and parasitical.”In July, Stallone blamed Winkler for withholding ownership of the franchise and called for a “fair gesture” from the “Rocky” producer, saying, “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.”After writing and starring in “Rocky,” Stallone revealed that he made significant profits but ended up with zero ownership over the 1976 original and films to follow. Despite profiting from the film’s on the back-end, the 76-year-old star currently holds no ownership of the eight films in the “Rocky” franchise, including the six “Rocky” films and the spinoff and sequel series “Creed,” which has two movies with a third film slated to be released in Nov.

Dolph Lundgren has weighed in on the scrum around the announcement that a Rocky spinoff film called Drago is reportedly in the works at MGM. His message was essentially, “Keep me out of it.”

Lundgren posted on his Instagram page. “There’s no approved script, no deals in place, no director and I was personally under the impression that my friend Sly Stallone was involved as a producer or even as an actor.

Fighting for control. Sylvester Stallone slammed the upcoming Rocky spinoff centered on Dolph Lundgren‘s character, Drago, claiming that it was made without his knowledge or approval.

Last Thursday, news broke that MGM had a “Rocky” spin-off in the works: “Drago,” centered around the backstory of Rocky Balboa’s “Rocky IV” nemesis, Russian boxer Ivan Drago. For “Rocky” fans, that sounds promising.

Dolph Lundgren responded after Sylvester Stallone criticized him for attaching himself to the potential "Rocky" spinoff "Drago." Lundgren took to Instagram to clarify details of the spinoff after being called out. He revealed there is not an "approved script" for the project or a director.

Rocky spin-off Drago.As reported by TheWrap on Thursday (July 28), screenwriter Robert Lawton has penned a script for a spin-off film around Dolph Lundgren’s character Ivan Drago, who appeared in 1985’s Rocky IV and 2018’s Creed II.Stallone shared the report on Instagram on Sunday (July 31), where he criticised longtime Rocky producer Irwin Winkler and Lundgren for allegedly going “behind his back” in regards to the project.“Another Heartbreaker… Just found this out,” Stallone wrote. “ONCE AGAIN, IRWIN WINKLER, this PATHETIC 94 year old PRODUCER and HIS MORONIC VULTURE CHILDREN, Charles and David, are once again picking clean THE BONES of another wonderful character I created without even telling me.A post shared by Sly Stallone (@officialslystallone)“I APOLOGISE to the FANS, I never wanted ROCKY characters to be exploited by these parasites… By the way, I once had nothing but respect for Dolph but he NEVER told me about what was going on behind my back with the character I created for him!!! REAL FRIENDS are more precious than gold.”Stallone shared a second post where he called Winkler a “blood sucker” and “parasite producer”.In a post addressing Stallone’s remarks, Lundgren claimed he was “under the impression” that Stallone was involved in the project.“Just to set the record straight regarding a possible Drago spin-off,” Lundgren wrote.

Sylvester Stallone is once again taking aim at the producers behind the franchise, denouncing the upcoming spin-off film, and calling out Dolph Lundgren in the process.The famed actor took to Instagram over the weekend to drag Lundgren and producer Irwin Winkler by name for allegedly cutting him out of the universe. Stallone shared a gruesome photo to the social media platform that featured him as Rocky Balboa and Winkler edited to have vampire fangs with both of them covered in blood. In the photo's caption, Stallone pointedly wrote, «After IRWIN WINKLER And FAMILY SUCK ROCKY DRY! Presumed to be the most hated, untalented, decrepited, Producer in Hollywood and his cowardly children have found their next meal… Drago ?» A post shared by Sly Stallone (@officialslystallone)The 76-year-old actor continued, «Throughout history so many artists in every industry ,recording, painting writing, you name it have been destroyed by these blood suckers Who have destroyed so many families, lining their pockets with other people work… #parasite producers #exploited artists victims.» In another post over the weekend, Stallone shared an article that teased  going to production and called out Lundgren for allegedly not reaching out about the film. He wrote, «By the way, I once had nothing but respect for Dolph but he NEVER told me about what was going on behind my back with the character I created for him!!! REAL FRIENDS Are more precious than gold.» A post shared by Sly Stallone (@officialslystallone)Addressing the allegations Sunday, Lundgren shared a photo of him with Stallone and claimed he did not know the  actor was not involved as well.

While not all is well in the world of the “Rocky” franchise—Sylvester Stallone is currently warring with producer Irwin Winkler, incensed that Winkler won’t give him back the rights to the character he created— the spin-off “Creed” franchise is seemingly pretty healthy. The sequel was successful enough for the studio to move forward with a third pic in the sports drama series.

J. Kim Murphy Sylvester Stallone has doubled down on his criticisms of the direction of the “Rocky” franchise, expressing his frustration regarding the newly announced spinoff film “Drago.”The actor shared his disappointment in a post on Instagram Saturday.

Sylvester Stallone is escalating his battle with “Rocky” producer Irwin Winkler over ownership of the characters he created by attacking the upcoming spin-off sequel “Drago”.

Sylvester Stallone has doubled down on his attack on Irwin Winkler and his family, accusing the original Rocky producer of “picking clean the BONES of another wonderful character I created without even telling me.”

#sad day #Parasite.”Stallone then went in for round two on Twitter, posting, “I’d like to congratulate Irwin Winkler and family beating another wonderful character into the ground! # no shame,” referring to the “Rocky” producer who took home an Oscar in 1976 when it won for Best Picture.TheWrap learned exclusively Friday that screenwriter Robert Lawton is set to write the “Rocky” spinoff “Drago” for MGM. Details about the plot are, naturally, being kept secret at the moment, but what we can tell you is that Russian fighter Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) will be at the center of the story.

"Rocky" fans could be in for a sweet surprise. According to Variety, a spinoff film "Drago" is in the works with MGM studios. Robert Lawton has reportedly been taken on to write the series.  The film will feature Ivan Drago, who took on Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) in the 1985 movie "Rocky IV." The character’s son, Viktor Drago, played by Florian Munteanu, appeared in "Creed II" in 2018 to take on Adonis Creed’s son.