and is promoting his protégé, world champion Felix "El Guerrero" Chavez, in a match against Viktor Drago.

If Creed III does indeed feature Lang's son as the main antagonist, we could end up with a movie that feels a lot like Creed II. Stallone requested that if Creed III were to feature the son of Rocky III villain Clubber Lang, that he be played by wrestler Deontay Wilder. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 73 out of 100, based on 62 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Jordan - Adonis Creed Tessa Thompson - Bianca Jonathan Majors - Damian Anderson Wood Harris - Tony 'Little Duke' Burton Florian Munteanu - Viktor Drago Phylicia Rashad - Mary Anne Creed. To help secure interest from the faithful, the original Italian Stallion, Sylvester Stallone, was coaxed back into action as Rocky, giving one of his best performances, boosting the emotional core of a fantastic story concerning boxing and family.When asked about the future of the Creed movie franchise in an interview with ScreenRant Plus, Jordan said "But you will see the Creed-verse continue to grow and expand. The 2015 movie starring Michael B Jordan as the eponymous young boxer was highly rated by critics and fans, and performed well at the box office. The film also stars Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Wood Harris, Mila Davis-Kent, Florian Munteanu and Phylicia Rashad.

Adonis has been thriving in both his career and family life, but when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces, the face-off is more than just a fight. Realizing that Dame planned the attack, Donnie confronts him, and Dame admits that he manipulated him into getting the title shot. Jordan Exclusively Announces at ComplexCon That Dreamville Is Executive Producing Creed III Soundtrack".Sign up to get it sent straight to your inbox – and don't forget to join our Watch This Facebook Group for daily TV recommendations and discussions with other readers. Now that has been confirmed, with Sylvester Stallone announcing that he would not reprise his role in the third Creed movie , also unsurprisingly titled, Creed III. Donnie is unable to open up to Bianca about his guilt over Dame, who revels in his newfound fame and publicly slanders Donnie as a fraud who turned his back on him.

While the two watch the declining health of Donnie's adoptive mother Mary-Anne, Amara aspires to become a boxer like Donnie, which gets her into trouble in school for punching another student. After Drago is attacked by an unknown assailant at a party for Bianca's record label, which casts doubt on his ability to participate in his upcoming fight, Donnie nominates Dame as Drago's replacement. Zach Baylin (who wrote Will Smith's King Richard movie) has been hired to pen the script for Creed III.In October 2020, it was reported that Jordan would reprise his role of Adonis Creed and make his directorial debut in Creed III. Principal photography began in January 2022 and lasted until that April, with filming locations including Los Angeles, Tampa, and Georgia. Lovia Gyarkye of The Hollywood Reporter praised the fighting sequences and said: "If we take its claims at face value, Creed III is a rousing success, a slick, cool and inspiring narrative about boxing's prince trying to defend his title and honor. In April 2022, it was announced that Wood Harris and Florian Munteanu would reprise their roles from previous Creed films, and Selenis Leyva, Thaddeus J.

Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while those polled by PostTrak gave it a 92% positive score, with 80% saying they would definitely recommend it. So far, that date seems fairly set in stone, but with the constant changes to cinema schedules happening recently, never say never.

On February 2, 2023, Jordan confirmed that a fourth Creed film was happening "for sure" and that spin-offs were also being considered.