Series producer Irving Winkler says Michael B. Jordan will direct ‘Creed 4’

November 18, 2023 @ 6:03 pm

Michael B. Jordan will return to the “Creed” series as the director of the fourth installment of the series. The news was shared by series producer Irving Winkler, who told an audience in Los Angeles, “We’re planning on doing Creed 4 right now… We have a really good story, a good plot.” For Jordan as Of the director’s return, Winkler added: “He will. “He did a fantastic job – he was very comfortable with the camera. “

Jordan directed and starred in “Creed 3,” which was released in March. Creed 3 also stars Jonathan Majors, who has since been accused of physical, verbal and emotional abuse. After Majors’ ex-girlfriend claimed in March that Majors assaulted her, Rolling Stone published a report in which interviews with Majors’ former Yale classmates “suggested an alleged physical, mental and A pattern of emotional abuse dating back a decade to Majors’ time at Yale’s David Geffen School of Drama. “

Jordan first played Adonis Creed in 2015’s Creed, playing the son of Rocky Balboa’s rival Apollo Creed. He starred in the first and second films of the series alongside “Rocky” veteran Sylvester Stallone.

Jordan explained to IGN that despite Stallone’s absence, his character’s presence is an important part of the third film. “I think Sly has made it known that he’s not coming back, but I think, you know, the essence of him and his spirit… there’s always going to be a little bit of Rocky in Adonis,” he said.

“But this is the Creed series and we really wanted to build this story and this world around him. So there’s always respect and love for everything he’s built, but we really wanted to push and guide Hodor Nice and the family he created moving forward,” Jordan added. “So, hopefully you guys will like my idea of… what we’re cooking. “I think it’s going to be something special. “

Winkler made the remarks at Deadline’s Contender Movie: Los Angeles event.