After months of speculation, Sylvester Stallone’sCreed 2now has an official release date of November 18th, 2018. Stallone has previously been cryptic about the follow-up, but he announced earlier this month that he willdirect and produce the sequelthat will see the return of star Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Creed, the son of Rocky Balboa’s late friend and previous rival, Apollo Creed.Sylvester Stallone will reprise his role as Creed’s trainerand mentor in the upcoming continuation of theRockyfranchise, which has been eagerly awaited ever since there were rumblings of it officially happening.
Sylvester Stallone has been hinting at a 2018 theatrical release forCreed 2over the last few months, even before the movie was greenlit. Taking a cue fromCreed, the sequel will hit theaters right before Thanksgiving, on November 18th, 2018. MGM revealed the news. The release date will see the movie go toe to toe with Disney’sWreck-It Ralph 2, but there probably won’t be too many people flipping a coin to decide which movie they’ll end up seeing.Creedcame out in 2015 and did surprisingly well at the box office and was critically acclaimed.
Though Sylvester Stallone was a producer on 2015’sCreed, his return as a director is new. His previous directing credits includeRocky II,Rocky III, andRocky IV, in addition to others. Stallone took to Instagram to share the news about his new role earlier in October by saying, “Looking forward to directing and producing the incredibly talented Michael B. Jordan in Creed 2next year. One more round!“Creedwas directed by Ryan Coogler from a script that he co-wrote with Aaron Covington as a spinoff and sequel to theRockyseries.
While specific plot points art not clear at this time, Sylvester Stallone has confirmed that we will see thereturn of Dolph Lundgren’s Ivan Dragocharacter, the boxer who killed Apollo Creed in 1985’sRocky IV. The inclusion of Ivan Drago has many fans excited about what could possibly go down inCreed 2, but it will almost certainly involve someintense boxing. Dolph Lundgren has been training for the movie for months, leading many to speculate that Adonis Creed could very well be avenging his father’s death. It’s important to note that this is all speculation at this point, as nothing about the plot of the sequel has been officially released at this time.
Though Ryan Coogler did a great job directingCreed, between that training montage and the amazingly constructed boxing match, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that he isn’t returning for the sequel. AfterCreed, the director landed the MCU’sBlack Panther, which is due out in February 2018. Regardless, it will be interesting to see what Sylvester Stallone has in store for us when he begins directingCreed 2off of a script that he wrote. You can read more about the official release date ofCreed 2via the official MGM website.
