 On July 24, 2013, it was announced that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures had signed on with "Fruitvale Station" director Ryan Coogler to direct a spin-off of "Rocky", a seventh film in the "Rocky" series, which Coogler would also co-write with Aaron Covington.Sylvester Stallone also worked on the screenplay for the seventh film.The film would focus on a man following in the footsteps of his late father, Apollo Creed, and getting a mentor in the now-retired Rocky Balboa.