Draft:Drago (film)

Drago is an upcoming American sports drama film written by Robert Lawton. The film serves as a spinoff of Creed II from the Rocky franchise.

Cast

 * Florian Munteanu as Viktor Drago
 * Dolph Lundgren as Ivan Drago

Production
In November 2021, Dolph Lundgren revealed that there are developments for a film centered around his character Ivan Drago. By July 2022, the project was officially announced by MGM with Robert Lawton serving as screenwriter on the project. Lawton had previously completed a spec script for a movie pitch centered around the making of the first Rocky film. Though the studio did not choose to develop that script, studio executives were impressed enough to hire the writer for the Drago film. The screenplay is stated to be centered around Ivan Drago's backstory. The announcement of the spin-off movie, was met with criticism by franchise creator Sylvester Stallone. He stated that while he has tried to attain part of the rights to a franchise he was instrumental in creating, the producers have been "exploiting" his characters while trying to keep him out of the creative team. Following Stallone's response, Lundgren stated that he immediately reached out to his friend, explaining that when the project had been presented to him he had been informed that Stallone would be involved as a producer, as well as appearing in the movie; the actor further stated that the project isn't officially green-lit yet. While Stallone's reactions were perceived as uncharacteristic to his public image, he later stated that he has since discussed the potential movie with Lundgren.