Creed is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Ryan Coogler, who co-wrote the screenplay with Aaron Covington. It is the first spin-off of and is the seventh installment in the Rocky film series .

Creed: Directed by Ryan Coogler. With Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad. The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

Nov 25, 2015 · Director Ryan Coogler first fell in love with filmmaking while watching the Rocky franchise as a kid. Now, he's giving it new life — and a lot of feeling — with <i>Creed</i>. Here's how the 29-year-old channeled his family's tragedy to …

He is known for directing the Black Panther film series, Creed, a Rocky spin-off and Fruitvale Station. He frequently casts Michael B. Jordan in his works. He produced the Creed sequels, Judas and the Black Messiah and Space Jam: A New Legacy.

Coogler served as an executive producer on Creed II, and wrote the story outline for Creed III. [ 49 ] In February 2021, Coogler's production company Proximity Media signed an exclusive five-year deal with Disney to produce content for them, which includes a Disney+ television series based in Black Panther's home country of Wakanda . [ 50 ]

Jan 5, 2016 · Ryan Coogler understands why most people figure his “Rocky” spinoff “Creed” was, as he puts it, a “franchise play.”

Feb 23, 2018 · Creed was a smashing success and no doubt led to Coogler helming Black Panther, but fans were disappointed to hear that Coogler wouldn’t be back writing and directing Creed 2.

Creed is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Ryan Coogler, who co-wrote the screenplay with Aaron Covington. It is the first spin-off of and is the seventh installment in the Rocky film series.

It took some persuading before Sylvester Stallone agreed to hand the reins to his Rocky franchise to a 29-year-old African-American director, Ryan Coogler, who didn’t even have one film under...

Nov 27, 2015 · A t first blush, Ryan Coogler’s new movie, Creed, the seventh installment in the Rocky series, has little to do with his debut, Fruitvale Station— the true story of Oscar Grant III, an...