The Rocky franchise is alive and well, with the next entry, Creed, coming our way in November, and now we have a good idea of what the story...
The Rocky franchise is alive and well, with the next entry, Creed, coming our way in November, and now we have a good idea of what the story of Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan), the son of heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, will entail, and how Sylvester Stallone's Italian Stallion figures into it with the release of the official synopsis:
From Warner Bros. Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures comes award-winning filmmaker Ryan Coogler’s “Creed.” The film explores a new chapter in the “Rocky” story and stars Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone in his iconic role. The film also reunites Coogler with his “Fruitvale Station” star Michael B. Jordan as the son of Apollo Creed.
Adonis Johnson (Jordan) never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there’s no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed’s legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
Once in the City of Brotherly Love, Adonis tracks Rocky (Stallone) down and asks him to be his trainer. Despite his insistence that he is out of the fight game for good, Rocky sees in Adonis the strength and determination he had known in Apollo—the fierce rival who became his closest friend. Agreeing to take him on, Rocky trains the young fighter, even as the former champ is battling an opponent more deadly than any he faced in the ring.
With Rocky in his corner, it isn’t long before Adonis gets his own shot at the title…but can he develop not only the drive but also the heart of a true fighter, in time to get into the ring?
I like the idea of Rocky taking on the role of his old trainer Mickey (hopefully we get to hear Rocky call Adonis a bum) and the 'opponent more deadly than any he faced in the ring' line really does suggest he is battling illness. Could Creed be serving as Stallone's (he wrote the script with Aaron Covington) send off to the beloved character, an almost passing of the torch to Jordan's Creed the younger? I don't think this will be the last Rocky movie, with future installments following Adonis forging his own path in the boxing world. No matter what happens, you can bet all of us here at The Movie Bit can't wait to see how it all pans out
Creed hits our screen November 25th.
