You can’t run from your past.|Mar. 01, 2023|USA|116 Min.|PG-13
Genre: Action;Drama
Description: Creed III is a 2023 American sports drama film marking Michael B. Jordan’s directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Keenan Coogler and Zach Baylin. Serving as the sequel to Creed II (2018), it is the third installment in the Creed series and the ninth in the Rocky film franchise. The movie features a star-studded cast, including Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Wood Harris, Mila Davis-Kent, Florian Munteanu, and Phylicia Rashad. The story follows Adonis Creed (played by Jordan), a recently retired and accomplished boxer, who confronts his childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian Anderson (played by Majors).
The project was officially announced in September 2019, with Jordan confirmed to return both as the lead and director. Jonathan Majors and other cast members joined the production between November 2021 and September 2022. Notably, this is the first film in the series without Sylvester Stallone reprising his iconic role as Rocky Balboa, though he remains involved as a producer alongside Ryan Coogler, who contributed to the story. Filming took place from January to April 2022, with locations spanning Los Angeles, Tampa, and Georgia.
Creed III premiered in Mexico City on February 9, 2023, and was released theatrically in the United States on March 3. Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer following its acquisition by Amazon, it is the first MGM film without the United Artists Releasing logo since Fighting with My Family (2019). The film garnered positive reviews and achieved a global box office revenue of over $248 million.
The narrative also revisits Adonis Creed’s past, flashing back to 2002 in Los Angeles, where a young Adonis, nicknamed “Donnie,” sneaks out with his best friend, Damian “Diamond Dame” Anderson, a Golden Gloves champion, to watch him compete in an underground boxing match.
Cast director: Michael B. Jordan
Cast actor: Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Phylicia Rashād, Wood Harris, Florian Munteanu, Tony Bellew, Mila Davis-Kent, Jacob ‘Stitch’ Duran, Thaddeus J. Mixson
Original name: Creed III