Shirley was previously part of Ludwig Göransson's team scoring the first two films in the series, as a technical score engineer and score programmer. Donnie is unable to open up to Bianca about his guilt over Dame, who revels in his newfound fame and publicly slanders Donnie as a fraud who turned his back on him. I look forward to sharing the next chapter of Adonis Creed's story with the awesome responsibility of being its director and namesake. Jordan - Adonis Johnson Tessa Thompson - Bianca Phylicia Rashad - Mary Anne Creed Anthony Bellew - Pretty Ricky Conlan CREED II Michael B. While the two watch the declining health of Donnie's adoptive mother Mary-Anne, Amara aspires to become a boxer like Donnie, which gets her into trouble in school for punching another student.

Creed III premiered in Mexico City on February 9, 2023, [26] and was released in the United States on March 3. After Dame's victory, he tells Donnie about his aspirations to turn professional and become a world champion. One letter contains a picture showing Dame with a fellow inmate that Donnie recognizes as Drago's assailant. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian (Jonathan Majors), resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring.Encouraged by Bianca, Donnie decides to come out of retirement and challenges Dame for the championship, which he accepts.

Majors and the remainder of the cast joined between November 2021 and September 2022; Creed III is the first film in the series not to feature Sylvester Stallone reprising his role as Rocky Balboa, though he is credited as a producer. Following the match, an uneasy Donnie visits Mary-Anne, who shows him letters Dame had written to Donnie while in prison that she kept from him due to her believing that he was a bad influence. Weekend Box Office Forecast: Creed III, Demon Slayer: To the Swordsmith Village, and Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre Kick Off A Promising March". On February 2, 2023, Jordan confirmed that a fourth Creed film was happening "for sure" and that spin-offs were also being considered.In April 2022, it was announced that Wood Harris and Florian Munteanu would reprise their roles from previous Creed films, and Selenis Leyva, Thaddeus J. Donnie joins Bianca and Amara in the ring in the empty stadium, where he pretends to box with Amara.

Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 73 out of 100, based on 62 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

Donnie reluctantly invites Dame to the gym, and hires him as Chavez’s sparring partner, but his presence draws scorn from Chavez and Duke as Dame is overly aggressive and hostile. After her funeral, Donnie confesses to Bianca about the night of Dame's arrest, revealing Leon to be the abusive caregiver in their group home before he was adopted. Michael B Jordan is reprising his role as Adonis Creed, and excitingly is also taking on a major role behind the scenes as the director.

The film and Jordan was respectively nominated for Best Picture and Best Actor at the 6th Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Awards. Principal photography began in January 2022 and lasted until that April, with filming locations including Los Angeles, Tampa, and Georgia. Zach Baylin (who wrote Will Smith's King Richard movie) has been hired to pen the script for Creed III. and is promoting his protégé, world champion Felix "El Guerrero" Chavez, in a match against Viktor Drago.Beyond this speculation, there are no confirmed plot details as of yet, but keep your eyes on this space for when they are announced. The film also stars Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Wood Harris, Mila Davis-Kent, Florian Munteanu and Phylicia Rashad.