CNN —Sylvester Stallone will not be reprising his role in “Creed III.”Stallone, who began playing “Rocky” in 1976, said in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter that he doesn’t like where the franchise is headed, so he opted out. It was taken in a direction that is quite different than I would’ve taken it,” Stallone told the publication. I like my heroes getting beat up, but I just don’t want them going into that dark space. I just feel people have enough darkness.”Stallone is still a producer on the film, set for release in March 2023. He will next star in the Paramount+ series “Tulsa King,” playing a mobster released from prison who’s exiled to Oklahoma.

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