Sylvester Stallone has been talking about a potential Creed 2. The legendary creator of Rocky, who appears in the boxing movie which opens across the UK next Friday, has stated that a sequel will definitely happen. The first movie, a spin-off from the hugely popular Rocky series, has grossed over $100 million from a budget of just $30 million on domestic soil.
Speaking with Variety, Stallone has been chatting about what the sequel could feature. The initial bad news is that director Ryan Coogler may not return for a follow-up, as he may be off to Marvel to direct Black Panther.
“I know Ryan is probably going to be gone for a couple years,” Stallone told the trade. “So there will be a quandary on: Do we work with another director and have Ryan produce, or do we wait? There’s a diminishing time acceptance of a sequel. Now they are cranking them out in a year.”
If Coogler was to return, he may have a few cool ideas to bring to the table.
“Ryan has some ideas of going forward and backward and actually seeing Rocky and Apollo together,” Stallone added. “Think of ‘The Godfather 2.’ That’s what he was thinking of, which was kind of ambitious.”
The second option doesn’t sound too great with Michael B. Jordan‘s Adonis Creed stepping into the ring with a different apponent in Creed 2.
“You’ll have him face a different opponent, which I would say is a more ferocious, big Russian,” Stallone said. “You can start to meld my experiences and then you start to bring different cultures into it. And you can see what’s happening with the Russians today in America. The complication will come with the girl’s ambition, because she’s not Adrian. She has places to go, things to see, the clock is running on her hearing.”
Creed opens across the UK on January 15th, 2016. Check back for our full review early next week.
