Michael B. Jordan to Direct ‘Creed IV,’ Despite Sly’s Feud with Winkler

Michael B. Jordan is about to direct one other ‘Rocky’ franchise installment with the subsequent ‘Creed’ film — this although Sylvester Stallone has main beef with a key producer.

The announcement was made by Irwin Winkler at an occasion in L.A. Saturday — the place he confirmed that not solely is ‘Creed IV’ taking place … however saying Mike can be again within the director’s chair, and clearly starring after all.

In accordance with Deadline, Winkler stated they’d begin circling the mission someday in 2024 — with him explaining, “We’ve got a extremely good story [and] a extremely good plot. We acquired a little bit delayed due to the strikes, however a few 12 months from now we’re going into pre-production.”

Contemplating how a lot of a moneymaker “Creed III” was, that is nice information for MBJ … however most likely hits a nerve with Sly — who’s slammed IW and his dealing with of the ‘Rocky’ rights.

As we reported … Stallone has called on Winkler to offer him an possession stake within the IP — of which he has no management over, apparently, after having bought the rights to the OG script years in the past. Sly’s POV is … he is the creator of the character/story, so he ought to have a lower.

It goes with out saying … Rocky himself was not featured within the newest movie — and Sly stated he simply did not like course Mike and Irwin had been taking issues … though he did want ’em properly.

Sly’s love of his child (‘Rocky’) truly simply acquired a renewed focus because of an incredible Netflix doc on the person himself, “Sly” … which touches closely on how the Oscar-winning movie got here collectively. In case you watch it, you may see all issues ‘Rocky’ are nonetheless very close to and expensive to SS.

Apparently sufficient, Sylvester would not handle Winkler within the doc (instantly or not directly) however he is made his emotions concerning the concern very clear. For now, it would not seem he’ll be concerned with ‘Creed IV’ … though MBJ left the door open in interviews earlier this 12 months.