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Michael B. Jordan Officially Making Directorial Debut With ‘Creed III’ – MGM Sets Release For November 23rd, 2022

Yesterday, MGM announced via Variety that Michael B. Jordan will make his feature film directorial debut with Creed III. Jordan playing Adonis Creed in the previous two films will reprise the role with Tessa Thompson and Phylicia Rashad expected to return as well.

Jordan stars in the boxing franchise as Adonis “Creed” Johnson, son of the fallen boxing champion Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) — Rocky Balboa’s (Sylvester Stallone) former foe turned friend, who was killed in a match versus Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) in Rocky IV.

The script comes from Keenan Coogler (Space Jam: A New Legacy) and Zack Baylin (King Richard) that is based on an outline from producer Ryan Coogler.

MGM has given Creed III a release date of November 23rd, 2022 which would suggest a fall or winter production start.

CREED II – In 1985, Russian boxer Ivan Drago killed former U.S. champion Apollo Creed in a tragic match that stunned the world. Against the wishes of trainer Rocky Balboa, Apollo’s son Adonis Johnson accepts a challenge from Drago’s son — another dangerous fighter. Under guidance from Rocky, Adonis trains for the showdown of his life — a date with destiny that soon becomes his obsession. Now, Johnson and Balboa must confront their shared legacy as the past comes back to haunt each man.

SOURCE: VARIETY

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Michael B. Jordan May End Up Directing ‘Creed 3’ For MGM

As reports swirled that MGM was meeting with Apple and Netflix for the streaming rights for their Jame Bond film No Time To Time (reportedly not happening), Deadline added a neat update concerning MGM’s third Creed film suggesting that Michael B. Jordan may end up making his directorial debut on the Rocky franchise spinoff.

While MGM is working on a Creed sequel that Michael B Jordan is considering to direct…

Michael B. Jordan’s most recent film Without Remorse moved from Paramount Pictures to Amazon Prime Video, an action film set in the world of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan universe as Michael will be playing lead character John Clark. Clark is a Navy SEAL turned C.I.A. operator previously played by Willem Dafoe in Clear & Present Danger and Liev Schreiber in The Sum of All Fears.

CREED II – In 1985, Russian boxer Ivan Drago killed former U.S. champion Apollo Creed in a tragic match that stunned the world. Against the wishes of trainer Rocky Balboa, Apollo’s son Adonis Johnson accepts a challenge from Drago’s son — another dangerous fighter. Under guidance from Rocky, Adonis trains for the showdown of his life — a date with destiny that soon becomes his obsession. Now, Johnson and Balboa must confront their shared legacy as the past comes back to haunt each man.

SOURCE: DEADLINE