Rocky is an American media franchise consists of multi-media releases including American boxing sports-dramas, created by Sylvester Stallone. The first film,
Rocky (1976), and its five sequels centered on the boxing career of the eponymous fictional character, Rocky Balboa. For the seventh and eighth spin-off-sequels
Creed (2015) and
Creed II (2018), the series shifted towards Adonis Creed, the son of Rocky's deceased rival and friend Apollo Creed, as the titular boxer with the now-retired Rocky appearing as his trainer. All films in the series were written or co-written by Stallone except for
Creed, which was written by Ryan Coogler and Aaron Covington. The original film and the fifth installment were directed by John G. Avildsen,
Creed was directed by Coogler,
Creed II was directed by Steven Caple Jr., and the rest were directed by Stallone. A third
Creed film is set to release in 2022. Also in development are another sequel to the
Rocky franchise and a prequel television series based on the early years of Rocky Balboa.