Sylvester Stallone wrote the original Rocky movie and the screenplays for all the main Rocky films in the series.

Main Rocky movies and writer

  • Rocky (1976) was written by Sylvester Stallone, who also starred as Rocky Balboa.
  • Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky IV (1985), and Rocky V (1990) were all written by Stallone as continuing chapters of the same underdog saga.
  • Rocky Balboa (2006) was likewise written by Stallone, closing out the original six-film Rocky storyline he had created.

In short, when people ask “who wrote the Rocky movies,” they are almost always referring to Sylvester Stallone, who created and scripted the entire core Rocky franchise.

TL;DR: All the main Rocky films were written by Sylvester Stallone.

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