After hinting earlier this month through social media thatCreed 2might bring backRocky IVcharacterIvan Drago, new details have surfaced about Sylvester Stallone’s involvement in the sequel. A new report claims that Sylvester Stallone is actually writing the script forCreed 2himself, which the actor/writer has been “fully focused on.” The report claims that MGM hopes to start production sometime next year, although no production or release plans have been confirmed at this time.
This comes from aDeadlinereport that shuts down rumors Sylvester Stallone will be involved in the Indian remake ofFirst Blood, which kicked off hisRambofranchise in 1982. This is the first we’re hearing aboutSylvester StallonewritingCreed 2himself, although it would put his cryptic social media post about Ivan Drago into context. Still, this marks quite the turnaround from a year and a half ago, where the actor hinted he might not return for the sequel at all.
While making the festival and awards circuit rounds in February 2016, when he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor asRocky BalboainCreed, the actor stated he had “mixed feelings” about returning for the sequel, stating that he thought the ending with Adonis (Michael B. Jordan) summarized the whole franchise so well, and he didn’t know how much further he could “push” the Rocky Balboa story. Director Ryan Coogler co-wroteCreedwith Aaron Covington, based on characters created by Sylvester Stallone, but if this report is true, it seems that Sly could be tackling the writing all by himself.
There hasn’t been any confirmation if director and co-writer Ryan Coogler will return, but Sylvester Stallone mentioned in January 2016 that Ryan Coogler has an idea that may bring part of thisCreed 2story back to the past, which will allow for Stallone to reunite with Carl Weathers asApollo Creed, Adonis' father. Of course, it isn’t known if this idea is still being floated around, but there would certainly be plenty ofRockyfans that would love to see the Italian Stallion and the Master of Disaster get back together again on the big screen.
Last year, long before Sylvester Stallone teased a possible Ivan Drago return, comedian Tracy Morgan portrayed the son ofClubber Lang, Mr. T’s vicious character fromRocky III. While that was obviously a parody, if Stallone is pondering a return for Ivan Drago, Clubber Lang and/or his son coming into the fold may not be out of the question. Since Adonis is the descendant of Apollo Creed, it could be possible that his next challenge is to beat the sons of the men who beat Rocky and Apollo. Naturally, that’s all speculation for now, until we hear something more concrete regardingCreed 2.
