Creed 3 Michael B Jordan is directing
 

https://collider.com/creed-3-michael...source=twitter

Well, it looks like Creed 3 has secured its director: Michael B. Jordan. The actor and producer has been with the franchise from the beginning, so it makes sense that he would helm the next installment. Jordan initially re-teamed with Fruitvale Station director Ryan Coogler for 2015’s Creed, later reprising his role as boxer Adonis Johnson in 2018’s Creed II.

Interesting. I really, really liked the first one. Haven't seen the second one yet but I heard it's also really good. I'm aware there were some behind-the-scenes issues, though. This isn't altogether surprising but it's definitely an interesting turn.

Creed 2 is good just Ryan Coogler didn't direct it and I think part of the magic is missing because he didn't direct the follow up.

also Casting Phylicia Rashad aka Claire Huxtable as Mary Ann Creed was perfect casting in the sequel

I want the new Rocky just to have a franchise go two different directions at once.

I remember reading Stallone begging Jordan not to do this (direct), that it would take over his whole life for a year. *shrug* Guess he didn't listen.

Will Rocky die in this one? Maybe it's time he bows out.

Stallone won't have anything to do with this one. They can't even kill him off-screen since Stallone is threatening to do Rocky 7.

You know? Maybe I'm way off base here. But as time goes on I'm beginning to suspect the whole "Stallone is talking big about doing Rocky 7 and the studio really wants to do it and all he has to say is 'yes'" is largely just bargaining chips to get a bigger piece of the pie with "Creed 3." Both creatively and monetarily.

Thanksgiving, 2022 locked in.

https://deadline.com/2021/03/michael...gm-1234711695/

You can thank Black Panther for that. No complaints in my part.

Stallone is sticking to his guns about not doing Creed 3.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/stallon...r-third-creed/

Maybe after Creed 3 and Rocky 7 we can get Rocky vs Creed

"...Script from the writer of 'Space Jam: A New Legacy'..."

:teek::teek::teek::lol::lol::lol:

Oh, Jesus.

So with Stallone pretty definitively out of Creed 3, that means Creed is going to get a new trainer. Who do you guys reckon they'll tap for it?

My money is on Clubber Lang. Barring that, perhaps Drago himself.

What is the character's reasoning for not being present? I watched both Creed films on delay because of Stallone's presence. Drago or Lang don't do it for me so if Stallone throws in the towel so do I.

Creed 2 ended Rocky's Story. He made amends with his son and wants to spend time with his grandson so he probably moved closer to spend time with them.

For now. Stallone was wanting to make his "Rocky trains an illegal immigrant" Rocky 7 a while back. That kind of means Stallone still sees Rocky as potentially being active.

now he wants to do a Rocky Prequel series for streaming

https://collider.com/sylvester-stall...-series-pitch/

Yeah, I saw that. I'd way rather see Young Rambo: The Nam Years. I don't know that we need to see Young Rocky just being a well-intentioned loser pre-Rocky, though from the way Stallone is talking it sounds like he wants to Forrest Gump him into a bunch of historical points... which sounds really terrible.

ya id prefer young rambo too that would be cool

Michael B. Jordan addresses Stallone not being in Creed 3:

https://www.darkhorizons.com/jordan-...d-iii-absence/

So Creed is just fighting some guy in this:

https://www.darkhorizons.com/jonatha...-in-creed-iii/

I like that he's getting an actor and not a boxer for the part... but wake me up when "Mr. T joins Creed 3" is making headlines.

It will be more "intimate."

https://screenrant.com/creed-3-movie...jors-response/

Also, I forgot the villain was Jonathan Majors, the guy who is Kang the Conqueror at the end of Loki and will be in Ant-Man 2.

I bet you this guy is either one of Apollo's legitimate sons or there is a Lang connection. But probably the former.

Pushed back 4 months into 2023 now:

https://www.darkhorizons.com/creed-i...y-four-months/

That sucks I was looking forward to it. Next year it is.

No Stallone, no deal.
:tthumbsd:

I SUSPECT he'll have a surprise cameo in it. Nothing substantial. Like maybe Rocky leaving him high and dry in the trainer department is a thread in the movie (they can't not acknowledge it), but there he is in the crowd in the final ring bout at a critical moment, making eye contact with Creed.

Kind of wondering what they'll do in the musical department. If Rocky is gone, does that mean the wonderful musical cues are, too?

Maybe they’ll pull a “Terminator Dark Fate” and have him appear for like a minute…before Clubber Lang suddenly appears and guns him down.

You're joking, but Stallone would never sign onto anything like that. And no way would B. Jordan take that liberty with like a lookalike, or be allowed to.

Though maybe this is me being weird but I kind of do want to see Rocky's death.

Yeah, I was obviously joking, but still, why act so surprised? We didn’t expect Mark Hamill to sell Luke Skywalker out and let his character be completely torn down by Kathleen Kennedy. But he did, despite knowing how much Luke meant to us.

We almost got a Rocky death, actually, during the production of Rocky V, but the script was rewritten and Rocky got spared because he was too popular to be killed off.

And Rambo 1, etc. The guy doesn't like to die.

Hamill? From what I've read it seemed like before anything went into motion on episodes VII-IX, Hamill, Fisher and Ford all had to sign on, script(s) unseen. It was like a big commitment. So not much Hamill could do but covertly complain about it on Twitter later on. While not so covertly doing the same about Trump and half the country, yadda yadda.

It’s not like they held a gun to his head and forced him to read the script. When he realized what they had in plan for Luke, he could’ve just walked off the set, contract or no contract. He’s rich. He can obviously afford a legal battle. But he instead chose to let them crucify Luke because he didn’t care enough about the character or the fandom to go through all the trouble. “Oh, there was nothing I could do, I hate it as much as you all do, it’s all Disney’s fault.” I don’t care what he tweets. He’s a coward.

Eugh. I'm of two minds on it. And I wish I didn't see a lot of his tweets about this or that to color my opinion on him as a human being (and I do divorce the actor from the performance). I'm not saying you're wrong but I don't know that he could do a whole lot either way about his role in the sequel trilogy beyond sitting on his hands and putting up more of a fight. But from most accounts it sounds like he did, at least a bit. Which is more than anyone else did.

Exact same for me!

https://actionewz.com/movies/creed-i...o7W4#gs.fwwwg2

Yeah, Adonis is going to fight a "real" Creed in this.

Eh. Well, I guess the Creed movies could have their own Rocky V. That's a choice.

Man, how old would an "older brother" have to be to fit into the (admittedly scattered-brained) Rocky timeline? I think Adonis was already supposed to be over 30 when he started his professional fight career.

And waittaminute... oh, no. Flashbacks to when they were young men getting harassed by the police. You can imagine where this is going.

Like 6-10 years older? We see Apollo's kids at his house in, what was it, Rocky 3? And they looked about 8ish? And Adonis' mom was pregnant with him during the Drago fight in 4.

I wouldn't think most +40-year-old ex-cons have a chance to START a professional boxing career, let alone earning a title-shot.