CREED Featurette Reveals How The ROCKY Spinoff Came Together
I think Creed has the potential to be a surprise hit this year. The history of the Rocky franchise combined with the up-and-coming talent of Fruitvale Station collaborators Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan, along with a supporting role from Sylvester Stallone, sounds like it could result in something special, a new entry into the series that could be vital and have a life all its own.
It's important that the vision of this movie came directly from Coogler himself and it not a group of suits in a boardroom somewhere at MGM. The director's passion for this project comes through in this new featurette called "Generations," which details how it came to be and features interviews with the major cast members talking about the legacy of Rocky and how Creed will fit into that story. The film arrives in theaters on November 25th.
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?