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Creed III 2023
Creed III is a 2023 American sports drama film that marks the directorial debut of Michael B. Jordan, who also stars in the movie. The film is produced by Jordan, Irwin Winkler, Charles Winkler, William Chartoff, David Winkler, Ryan Coogler, Elizabeth Raposo, Jonathan Glickman, and Sylvester Stallone. It continues the story from Creed II (2018), making it the third entry in the Creed franchise and the ninth overall in the Rocky series. Screenplay was written by Keenan Coogler and Zach Baylin, based on a story they co-created with Ryan Coogler. In the film, Adonis Creed, played by Jordan, faces off against his childhood friend and former boxing star Damian Anderson, portrayed by Jonathan Majors. Supporting roles are played by Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris, Mila Davis-Kent, Florian Munteanu, and Phylicia Rashad.
A third film in the series was officially confirmed in September 2019, with Jordan returning to the project. He was also announced as the director, making this the fifth time a lead actor has directed a film in the series, following Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, and Rocky Balboa, all directed by Sylvester Stallone, who played the main character in the first six films before reprising the role for the last two installments. Additional cast members including Majors and others joined between November 2021 and September 2022. Creed III is the first in the series not to feature Stallone as Rocky Balboa, although he remained as a producer. Principal photography began in January 2022 and concluded that April, with filming locations in Los Angeles, Tampa, and Georgia.
The movie had its premiere in Mexico City on February 9, 2023, which happened to be Jordan’s 36th birthday, before being released in the United States on March 3. It is the first film distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer independently without the United Artists Releasing logo since Fighting with My Family (2019). Critics responded positively to the direction, story, acting, and fight scenes. Like previous entries, it performed well at the box office, earning $276.1 million worldwide. This made it the highest-grossing film in the Creed series and the second highest-grossing in the Rocky franchise. A follow-up is currently in development.
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Cast
- Michael B. Jordan[[Adonis Creed|Adonis "Donnie" Creed
- Thaddeus J. Mixonthe 15-year-old Donnie
- Tessa ThompsonBianca Taylor-Creed
- Jonathan MajorsDamian "Diamond Dame" Anderson
- Spence Moore IIthe 18-year-old Dame
- Wood HarrisTony "Little Duke" Evers
- Mila Davis-KentAmara Creed
- Florian MunteanuViktor Drago
- Phylicia RashadMary Anne Creed
- José Benavidez Jr.Felix Chavez
- Selenis LeyvaLaura Chavez
- Tony Bellew"Pretty" Ricky Conlan
Crew
- Director
- Michael B. Jordan
- Screenplay
- Keenan Coogler, Zach Baylin
- Story
- Ryan Coogler, Keenan Coogler, Zach Baylin
- Producer
- Irwin Winkler, Charles Winkler, William Chartoff, David Winkler, Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan, Elizabeth Raposo, Jonathan Glickman, Sylvester Stallone
- Cinematography
- Kramer Morgenthau
- Editing
- Tyler Nelson (editor), Jessica Baclesse
- Music
- Joseph Shirley
Details
- Production
- Chartoff Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Outlier Society, Proximity Media
- Distributor
- MGM Distribution Co. (United States), Warner Bros. Pictures (United States)
- Budget
- $75million
- Box office
- $276.1million
