Warner Bros. and MGM
Pictures have released the first trailer for writer/director Ryan Coogler's (Fruitvale
Station) upcoming Rocky spinoff, Creed.
In Creed, Michael B.
Jordan plays Adonis, the son of the late world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed,
who with boxing in his blood decides to travel to Philadelphia to train under Rocky's (Sylvester Stallone) tutelage.
Opening on November
25, Creed also stars Tessa Thompson (Selma) as
Bianca a local singer/songwriter that becomes involved with Adonis, Phylicia
Rashad as Mary Anne Creed, Apollo's widow, and English pro-boxer Anthony Bellew
as "Pretty" Rick Conlan as the current boxing champion.
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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