LOVECRAFT COUNTRY's Jonathan Majors in Talks to Face Off with Michael B. Jordan in CREED III
Lovecraft Country star Jonathan Majors is in talks to join Creed III alongside Michael B. Jordan, who is making his directorial debut with the film. If Majors ends up joining the film, he will take on the role of Adonis Creed’s nemesis in the story and the two will face off in the ring.
Majors has found himself pretty busy lately. He is set to play Kang the Conqueror in Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. He will next be seen in the upcoming Western The Harder They Fall for Netflix, and Black Label Media’s Devotion.
Creed III also stars Tessa Thompson and Phylicia Rashad who will return to reprise their roles. However, Sylvester Stallone will not come back this time. The franchise will now move forward without him. When talking about this, Jordan said:
“I think that Sly let it be known that he wasn’t coming back for this one but I think, you know, his essence and his spirit… there’s always going to be a little bit of Rocky within Adonis. But this is a ‘Creed’ franchise, and we really want to build this story and this world around him moving forward. So, it’s always respect and always a shit-ton of love for what he’s built, but we really want to push and navigate Adonis forward and the family that he created.”
The script for Creed III is written by Zach Baylin and Keenan Coogler. It’ll be interesting to see where they take Adonis Creed’s story from here.
Source: Deadline