lo ▁Cre ed ▁( Car l ▁We athers ), ▁as ▁the ▁tit ular ▁box er ▁with ▁the ▁now - ret ired ▁Rock y ▁appearing ▁as ▁his ▁tra iner . ▁All ▁films ▁in ▁the ▁series ▁were ▁written ▁or ▁co - written ▁by ▁St all one ▁except ▁for ▁Cre ed , ▁which ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Ryan ▁Co og ler ▁and ▁A aron ▁Cov ington . ▁The ▁original ▁film ▁and ▁the ▁fifth ▁install ment ▁were ▁directed ▁by ▁John ▁G . ▁Av ild sen , ▁Cre ed ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁Co og ler , ▁Cre ed ▁II ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁Steven ▁Cap le ▁Jr ., ▁and ▁the ▁rest ▁were ▁directed ▁by ▁St all one . ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁St all one ▁said ▁that ▁another ▁sequ el ▁to ▁the ▁Rock y ▁franch ise ▁is ▁in ▁development ▁and ▁there ▁have ▁been ▁on going ▁discuss ions ▁about ▁a ▁pre quel ▁television ▁series ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁early ▁years ▁of ▁Rock y ▁Bal boa . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁series ▁has ▁gross ed ▁more ▁than ▁$ 1 . 7 ▁billion ▁at ▁the ▁world wide ▁box ▁office . ▁The ▁original ▁film , ▁the ▁third ▁and ▁the ▁sevent h ▁have ▁received ▁Academy ▁Award ▁nomin ations . ▁The ▁first ▁film ▁won ▁Best ▁Picture , ▁Best ▁Director , ▁and ▁Best ▁Film ▁Edit ing . ▁St all one ▁has ▁received ▁Academy ▁Award ▁nomin ations ▁for ▁his ▁port ray al ▁of ▁Rock y , ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁and ▁sevent h ▁film . ▁The ▁sound track ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁has ▁also ▁received ▁nomin ations ▁for