The Rocky spinoff Creed has just been given a n official synopsis by Warner Bros. and MGM. Check it out, from the sound of it this could be really good a great follow up to Rocky Balboa.
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?
Creed also stars Tessa Thompson (Selma, Dear White People) as Bianca, a local singer-songwriter who becomes involved with Adonis; Phylicia Rashad (Lifetime’s Steel Magnolias)
as Mary Anne Creed, Apollo’s widow; and English pro boxer and former
three-time ABA Heavyweight Champion Anthony Bellew as boxing champ
“Pretty” Ricky Conlan.
Coogler directs from a screenplay he wrote with Aaron Covington,
based on characters from the “Rocky” series written by Sylvester
Stallone.
Opening on November 25, 2015, the film’s production is being overseen
by MGM. It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a
Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, with select international
territories as well as all television distribution being handled by MGM.
