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Sylvester Stallone to Direct & Produce ‘Creed 2’ Starring Michael B. Jordan

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Sylvester Stallone to Direct & Produce ‘Creed 2’ Starring Michael B. Jordan

It’s official – Sylvester Stallone took to Instagram to confirm that he will be directing Creed 2, starring Stallone and Michael B Jordan in the pivotal role.

Though Sly has many movies to his credit, it is his portrayal as the fearless, professional boxer Rocky that garnered him much fame and adoration. The actor had received Oscar nominations for his 1976 original film Rocky, under the acting and screenplay category.

After doing six movies that revolved around his boxing career, director Ryan Coogler introduced the idea of Creed to Stallone. The script, a sequel to the Rocky film series was written by Coogler and Aaron Covington. While Jordan played Adonis Creed, the son of Apollo Creed, Stallone essayed the role of Rocky Balboa.

Creed was a huge box office hit. Made with a limited budget of $40 million, the film grossed $170 million worldwide.  Stallone’s performance in the film earned him an Academy Award nomination in supporting role. He also bagged the Golden Globe Award in the same category. The audiences couldn’t get enough and wanted to see more of Creed. When the plan to make its sequel came, it was naturally expected that Coogler would helm this project as well. However, developments were very slow for the past two years considering that Coogler is extremely busy with his upcoming project Black Panther.

Sly, at last, decided to step in and made an official announcement of his decision to produce and direct the film. The actor also confirmed that the shooting for the film will begin next year.

Though the news might bring in disappointment to Coogler’s fans, it must be known here that Stallone has a good amount of experience directing The Rocky franchise, except the original Rocky and Rocky V. He also experimented with more action in Rambo and The Expendables.

Meanwhile, this is for sure that Creed 2 will be connected to its more popular series Rocky IV, and will feature Ivan Drago’s (Dolph Lundgren) return. It’s being teased that Drago will jump into the ring with young Adonis Donnie Johnson Creed, but nobody knows exactly what will happen.

Let us hope and wait until Stallone returns with a more bigger and better Creed 2.

Source: Instagram

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