‘Creed 3’ Ready To Step Back In The Ring With A New Writer
Adonis Creed might be gearing up for another fight.Creed 3is reported to be in the works, withZach Baylinhandling the script. Baylin wrote the upcomingKing Richard, starring Will Smith as the father of Venus and Serena Williams. There are zero plot details forCreed 3at the moment, and no director is attached yet. On top of all that, starMichael B. Jordanis a busy man, so there’s no word on just when this movie will see the light of day. But you can bet MGM wants to make it happen.
THRhas the news onCreed 3, while adding that there are next to no details. The firstCreed, released in 2015, was directed and co-written by Ryan Coogler. Michael B. Jordan played Adonis Creed, son ofRockycharacter Apollo Creed. In that first film, Adonis tracked down Rocky (Sylvester Stallone), and convinced the former champ to train him how to fight. The end result was a great movie, one that expanded on theRockylegacy while forging its own path.Creed II, directed by Steven Caple Jr., came in 2018, and it was…fine? The sequel felt like more of aRockysequel than a follow-up toCreed, as it brought back Dolph Lundgren as Ivan Drago, the man who killed Apollo Creed in the ring. I liked it, for the most part, but it felt like a step down afterCreed. So is there room for a third movie? Probably! After all, there weresixmovies in the originalRockyfranchise.
The question is: Where does the story go now? The problem with theRockyseries was that it eventually became too repetitive. It would be nice ifCreedfound a way to avoid that. For instance: Please stop bringing backRockycharacters. We don’t need Mr. T to show up as older Clubber Lang inCreed 3. I’d also love it if Ryan Coogler came back to direct, but that seems unlikely. And what about Stallone? Would he be back? The actor has a hard time letting go of his iconic characters, so I’d imagine he’d return – although I don’t know what else there is for Rocky to do in this storyline.
In any case, Baylin should have plenty of time to work things out. Jordan is an in-demand actor, and has an untitled David O. Russell film and Denzel Washington’sA Journal for Jordanboth on the horizon, so there’s no indication at the moment of when he can fit a thirdCreedfilm into his schedule.
