Michael B. Jordan makes his directorial debut with 'Creed III,' the latest in a hit franchise that has featured Black talent on both sides of the camera.
The Creed film franchise has flipped the script on the Rocky series, highlighting Black talent behind and in front of the camera, while paying homage to Sylvester Stallone's iconic movies.
And, while paying homage to the star and the stories that gave it a foundation, it has flipped the script on an enduring white working-class mythos by highlighting Black talent on both sides of the camera.upcoming "Creed III," due in theaters March 3, also sees its lead actor take the helm as director, a move also made by Sylvester Stallone in 1979 with the release of "Rocky II." The film will be Michael B. Jordan's directorial debut.
The first film, 2015's "Creed," followed Adonis, the son of Rocky's longtime rival and later friend, Apollo Creed. The story examined the life of an orphaned boy living in the shadow of a boxing legend and dealing with his own underdog story as he sought to follow in his father's footsteps and enter the ring.
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