CREED IV in Development with Michael B. Jordan Returning To Direct
Michael B. Jordan will be back to direct Creed IV, which is confirmed to be in development at MGM Amazon Studios. This news was shared by Creed III producer Irwin Winkler over the weekend at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles event. He shared the following details:
“We are planning to do Creed IV right now. We have a really good story [and] a really good plot. We got a little delayed because of the strikes, but about a year from now we’re going into pre-production.”
When asked if Jordan would return to helm the film, he said: “He will be. He did such a great job — he was comfortable with the camera.” Jordan made his directorial debut with Creed III and he really did do a great job with it. As you know, he was heavily inspired by anime when directing the film and I’m sure that will carry over into his direction with Creed IV. Winkler went on to talk about Jordan’s vision of Creed III, saying:
“Michael and the creative team had the beautiful vision from the start to create a wholly new and different experience for this movie. It had to be firmly cemented in what we all [know] the Creed and Rocky movies for … it had to have great action, boxing, but we also really examined what kind of movie we were making. And a lot of that, those early days with Michael were spent crafting how we were looking at the Damian character, which is why I think everyone responded to the depth, not only on the page, but also on the screen. You spend half the movie having deep sympathy for him and understanding his vulnerability.”
The Creed franchise is going to be expanding in a big way with a previously announced anime series, which is already in the works. There are also ideas for “a companion live-action TV series and a possible project that centers around Adonis Creed’s daughter, Amara, who was played by deaf actress Mila Davis-Kent in Creed III.
As for Creed IV, it will be interesting to see what the next chapter of this character will entail. What would you like to see in it?