Warner Bros. and MGM
Pictures have released the official synopsis for the upcoming Rocky spinoff,
Creed. Directed by Fruitvale Station writer/director Ryan Coogler, Creed stars
Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Johnson, the son of former world heavyweight
champion Apollo Creed, who decides to follow on his father's footsteps and
heads to Philadelphia to train under Sylvester Stallone's Rocky.
Also starring in this
November 25th release is Tessa Thompson (Selma) as Bianca a local
singer/songwriter that becomes involved with Adonis, Phylicia Rashad, who will play Mary
Anne Creed, Apollo's widow, and English pro-boxer Anthony Bellew who will play the
current boxing champion, "Pretty" Rick Conlan, who I'm assuming will
be Adonis' opponent.
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?
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