Sylvester Stallone Confirms New Rocky Sequel Is Finished

Published Oct 23, 2026, 11:08 AM EDT

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A new Rocky sequel is one step closer.

Sylvester Stallone made his debut as Rocky Balboa in his 1976 sports classic, a film that he also wrote. Directed by John G. Avildsen, the movie launched a franchise that now includes six main entries and three Creed spinoffs, with Creed II (2018) marking Stallone's final appearance as Balboa.

Speaking with TV Insider, Stallone now confirms that he has written a script for a new Rocky sequel. The actor, now 80, reveals that he approached the movie as more of a personal project, however, and isn't sure if it will ever come to fruition:

I have written another chapter to the Rocky saga, and I think it would be a good opportunity to explore life outside the ring and how the world is changing around him and how his neighborhood is not like it once was, and he devotes himself to the less fortunate, but I don’t know if it would really be that interesting to most people. So, I just wrote it for myself.

Outside of his written sequel, Stallone also reveals that he sees an opportunity for a Rocky prequel of some sort that explores the character's early life and the massive societal changes that came in the '60s:

There might be an opportunity for a prequel because I believe it’s fascinating to watch where these individual characters came from and I have many ideas of how their paths crossed. During that particular period in time, the 1960s, there was a great transition happening in the country and in music and many other elements of society, so I would love to do that project.

More to come...