A spinoff movie centered around Dolph Lundgren’s villain Ivan Drago has been in development since November 2021. It was officially announced by MGM in July 2022.

Florian Munteanu and Dolph Lungren are developing a darker corner of the Rocky universe with a Drago spin-off film. The Drago spin-off may delve into Ivan's redemption journey. Munteanu belives ...

Action icon Dolph Lundgren, who first exploded onto the global stage as the formidable Ivan Drago in 1985's Rocky IV, continues to command attention both on and off-screen.

Meanwhile, Drago’s son, Viktor Drago, appeared in 2018’s Creed II. “I think there’s some talk about doing a whole spinoff on Drago with MGM,” Lundgren told the Hollywood Reporter in 2021.