Boxing sequel Creed IV is still in the works, star Michael B Jordan says: “I still might be able to get a couple of really good swings at the franchise.” It’s already more than two years and counting since the release of Rocky spin-off Creed III, and news on a fourth film in the series ... Creed IV is still “eventually, definitely” happening says Michael B Jordan
Boxing sequel Creed IV is still in the works, star Michael B Jordan says: “I still might be able to get a couple of really good swings at the franchise.”
It’s already more than two years and counting since the release of Rocky spin-off Creed III, and news on a fourth film in the series has been rather difficult to come by. Series producer Irvin Winkler had said there were plans for another Rocky boxing spin-off (that was in November 2023), but things have been quiet since.
A big reason for that is probably due to the workload of series star Michael B Jordan, who had a dual role in this year’s horror hit, Sinners, and is currently making an updated reboot of romantic thriller, The Thomas Crown Affair. Despite all that, Jordan hasn’t forgotten about appearing in another Creed movie.
When Variety asked whether a sequel’s still going to happen, Jordan replied, “Eventually, definitely.”
“It’s a franchise that’s been really kind to me in a big way,” he told the outlet’s Awards Circuit podcast. “I love MGM and Irwin Winkler and everything they’ve got going on. I think there’s a bit more story to be mined through that. Do I want to be in the ring boxing for the next 15 years? Not so much. But I think there are clever ways and interesting characters we’ve established that we might want to see where that goes, along with some introductions to new ones I have in mind. I still might be able to get a couple of really good swings at the franchise a bit more.”
Jordan also talked again about a Creed spin-off TV series focusing on the main character’s daughter, Amara (played by Mila Davis-Kent). By the sounds of things, that show is a bit further along than some of the other spin-offs of a spin-off proposed a couple of years ago, including a Creed anime and some sort of story focused on Ivan Drago.
“We’re spinning off doing Adonis’s daughter, Amara’s story, the television show that’s picked up at Amazon,” Jordan said. “So you’ll be seeing different parts of the Creed-verse, [as] I like to call it. These little IPs are going to keep the universe alive without it being completely reliant on just me to push it through the finish line every time as a boxer. I’ll be adjacent.”
That Amara Adonis series is a separate one from Delphi, a prequel drama about the Los Angeles gym that turned Creed into a contender. Announced in May, Delphi’s due to appear on Prime Video at some point.
More on Creed-related matters as it comes in.
