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Creed III is a special film for the universe created with the Rocky films, because in addition to the fact that precisely the actor who gives life to Rocky Balboa will not appear in this 8th installment, Michael B. Jordan, the film's protagonist, is also the director, and on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon he has been asked how he has made this film different from the others.
CREED III opens on March 3 and we may see spectacular fights, since, in a recent interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Michael B Jordan commented a little on his experience directing and acting in the same film, in it He explained that, to give variety to boxing matches, a great source of inspiration was Japanese anime.
Creed 3, the new installment of the boxing saga starring Michael B. Jordan, will feature Jonathan Majors (Ant-Man and the Quantumania Wasp, Lovecraft Territory) as the main antagonist, a figure from Rocky's student's past who will return to his life to torment him.
And it is that Majors will give life to a hardened boxer in prison and who goes out on the streets eager for revenge; and for this, the actor has had to follow a hard training to maximize his physique, achieving a most fearsome appearance based on muscle. But how has Jonathan Majors managed to get so fit? The interpreter himself has explained it to Variety.
There is very little left for us to see Michael B. Jordan put on his gloves and get into the ring again. Creed III will be very special for the actor who made the leap almost two decades ago at the hands of The Wire, who for the first time held the director's chair for a very special film for the Rocky saga: Sylvester Stallone will not appear at any time.
Many will remember the mythical saga directed and starring Sylvester Stallone, "Rocky" which told the story of a man who went from serving the mafia to becoming the world boxing champion on more than one occasion. And it is that this series of films have accompanied several generations, which is why it is considered one of the most classic sagas of cinema.
To the surprise of all his followers, the 35-year-old celebrity spoke about what he will do after ending his love affair with Lori Harvey. The man who gained popularity in 'Creed' and 'Black Panter' has shown his fans the way he dealt with the break with the also public figure. He knows the details of what he said here.
Scheduled to open in theaters on March 1, “Creed III” has unveiled a new trailer in which Adonis Creed, played by Michael B. Jordan, comes face to face with Damian, a childhood friend who turned 18. in prison. And that he resurfaces for revenge.
And what anime can you talk about? Well, we really don't know the answer but we bet on Hajime no Ippo, a manga that by the way was announced very recently that it will be published in Spain thanks to Planeta Cómic. If you don't know him, it is possibly the most important boxing manga/anime along with the mythical Ashita no Joe. In the anime of Hajime no Ippo you will find several spectacular fights and who knows if there we will be able to see the influence of which Michael B. Jordan refers to for Creed III.
The Creed movies, being part of the Rocky universe, can fall into comparison, which is why Michael B Jordan looks for how to differentiate one movie from the others, and for him the key was to make the boxing matches different. In the interview he explained that “it was a gift and a curse.
There have been eight other movies before me, and we've filmed you can film a boxing match in many different ways. I think because they put me in a corner a little bit, it forced me to be more creative and really think outside the box of how to make the fights different. and I had a big influence on Japanese anime in a lot of my fights."
And if you are curious to see the character of Michael B. Jordan, Adonis Creed along with other characters from the Rocky saga in an anime version thanks to artificial intelligence, La Casa De EL has already tried it at the time and it turned out really well.
Thus, and as part of the promotion for his new film Magazine Dreams -in which Majors plays the bodybuilder Killian Maddox-, the actor has explained the brutal training he has undergone to achieve his current and imposing physique, which has served him so well for Creed 3 as for this new film that has already been screened at the Sundance festival.
Well now, and after the tremendous success of the two 'spin offs' of the saga, "Creed" and "Creed 2", the release date for the third installment of this new series of films that continue the Rocky's story, this time as the trainer of the son of Apollo Creed.
What can be very difficult for many people seems to have become a very natural thing for Michael B. Jordan. And it is that, the character of Hollywood explained what he felt once he ended the love affair that he had with Lori Harvey last year.
The weight of guilt Directed by Michael B. Jordan, whose first production, “Creed III”, will see the actor/director take on the role of Adonis Creed, when the latter has established himself at the top of the boxing world.
"I'm an anime nerd" indicated the actor and director, possibly the anime that has influenced him the most is Hajime no Ippo (Fighting Spirit), where the drama from slow motion and off-screen reflections in the middle of the blows are protagonists . It's a long shot, but it's still a refreshing and innovative idea for this movie and other boxing movies.
“A normal bodybuilder exercises twice a day. I'm playing Killian Maddox. Playing him, dammit. What ended up happening is that he trained for two hours, twice a day for the movie and a third time after the end. Meanwhile, you eat six times a day. A lot of chicken. Lots of moose. That's just for me. I like it,” Majors explains.
On March 3, Creed III will hit the big screen with Jonathan Majors (Loki) as the main antagonist. If you want to see the entire saga before going to the movies to enjoy this new story, we'll tell you where to do it. Remember that there are six Rocky movies and two focused on Creed.
And it is that it has been confirmed that the film will hit theaters around the world on March 2, 2023, this after several postponements on its release date. The person in charge of directing the film will be its protagonist, Michael B. Jordan, who had confirmed that Sylvester Stallone would not be present for this new project.
In the middle of a monologue for the program he hosts, Saturday Night Live, he dared to make a reference based on the last relationship he ended. The celebrity assured that, although many people take advantage of the end of an affair to get in shape and show the best version of him, Michael confessed to seeing this opportunity to learn something new.
In this way, he joked with the possibility of learning a new language, taking into account that he was already in shape for the last productions he had had. The man confessed that only because of 'Creed' did he get a positive status.
The new trailer revealed on the film's official Twitter account shows the hero taking on an old childhood friend, Damian (Jonathan Majors), who has just emerged from 18 years behind prison bars. And he returns with the firm intention of taking revenge on Adonis, in order to show the whole world that he is a better boxer than him. He has nothing to lose, and that is precisely what makes him dangerous. “There is no worse enemy than the past”, we hear.
“I am 6 feet tall (1.82 meters). I weigh 202 pounds (91 kilos). To sustain that and grow, you have to eat as much protein as you weigh. I ate 6,100 calories a day for about four months. That included the work before and after Creed III”, concludes Jonathan Majors. In addition, Majors has taken advantage of his excellent form to play a very warrior Kang the Conqueror and that we will soon see in action in the expected Ant-Man and the Quantumania Wasp.
To see the two Creed movies released so far, the first in 2015 and the second in 2018, you will need an Amazon Prime Video account if you are in Latin America and an extra subscription to MGM in case you want to see it in Spain, where the second movie is also on Netflix.
Now, Jordan himself, in an interview with Collider, has spoken about how difficult it was for him to direct and star in that film, acknowledging what his biggest challenges were.
On the challenges that he had this new tape, the actor acknowledged that.To hope to win against this formidable opponent, Adonis will have to follow the advice given in the teaser: "Forget what has been and walk towards what is." According to Michael B. Jordan, "Creed III", which is scheduled to open in French theaters on March 1, will not be "your classic boxing movie", specifying that it has sought to exploit the "emotional journey of the characters, to put in the ring and get a physical result of it."
Jonathan Majors has become a very popular actor in recent times due to his different film projects, some of which have already been released; others who will soon. And it is that in February we will see him as Kang the Conqueror in Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania, while in March he will co-star in Creed 3. In addition, Majors will be the great villain of the next Avengers movie, Kang Dysnasty, planned by 2025.
If you are reading us from Spain, we will tell you that in order to see the six Rocky films released from 1976 onwards, you will only need a platform. Once again, you will have to have contracted the MGM Channel service, where all the movies starring Sylvester Stallone are.
For this third installment of the saga, it has been seen that Creed will face Damien, the character played by Jonathan Majors, villain of the next Marvel Studios tapes.
If you read us from Latin America, we have good news for you: the complete Rocky saga is available on not one but two streaming platforms. You can watch it from start to finish on both Amazon Prime Video and Paramount+. Perhaps, what suits you is to have Prime Video, since the Creed films are also available there.
The new story of "Creed" will come after the confrontation between the pupils of Rocky Balboa and Iván Drago in "Creed 2", released in 2018, which was a resounding success at the box office and raised 214 million at the box office.
"Rocky" was one of the sagas with which Sylverter Stallone rose to world fame, since in the first installment of this saga, which premiered in 1976, he raised more than 117 million dollars in the United States alone. In addition, that same year, said film was awarded three Oscars, among which the statuette for Best Film stands out. After this first part, five films followed in the following years.
On the occasion of a hosted by Jimmy Fallon, Michael B. Jordan spoke of Creed III, the third chapter of the Rocky spin-off saga (here the trailer) which marks his debut behind the camera.
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Creed 3 will see Michael B. Jordan in the role of protagonist and director and now the actor talks about the difficulties encountered in playing the double role and how the passion for anime has helped him.
Creed 3, Michael B. Jordan and the directorial debut: “I was able to count on a fantastic team”
"Creed 3" will be released in German cinemas on Thursday, March 3th, 2023. The performance lasts 1 hour and 20 minutes. Creed iii will see Adonis return to screens around the world, the heir of Apollo Creed, antagonist and then friend and mentor of Rocky Balboa in the film saga dedicated to the Italian Stallion of Philadephia. To interpret the protagonist will be, again, Michael B. Jordan who, for the occasion, will also make his directorial debut in the film.
During a chat on The Tonight Show hosted by Jimmy Fallon on the US broadcaster NBC, Jordan was able to talk about the experience and difficulties encountered in having to simultaneously manage the double role in front of and behind the camera.
"It's hard. Sometimes I was managing in my mouthguard and boxing gloves and you are dependent on so many people. They are your team and they are all you have. Shooting the fight scenes may have been easier, honestly, because I could direct while acting. If I needed the other actor to be in a precise point, it was enough for me too to move in a certain direction in order to have the shot I wanted".
Creed 3, director Michael B. Jordan confesses the great influence of anime for the fight scenes.
One of the biggest challenges Jordan faced as director of Creed 3 were the fight scenes.
The sequences, a true trademark of the Rocky saga since its debut with the first film in 1976, represented a particularly complex obstacle for him, both due to the need to give it the right realism and, in this regard, his partner in the ring. Jonathan Majors, recently said that the two ended up exchanging some real blows during filming and for the creative need not to repeat what has already been seen in the previous films of the saga. Jordan then explained that he found inspiration from Japanese anime, of which he has always been an avid fan.
“Having to deal with such a long tradition is a gift and, at the same time, a curse. There were eight films before mine and you can shoot the encounters in many different ways. Having my back against the wall forced me, I think, to think outside the box about how to make the fights in this film unique. Japanese anime have had a huge influence on this aspect“.
In the past, the director had already underlined how much the Japanese anime dedicated to boxing, in particular Hajime no Ippo broadcast starting from October 2000, had played a precious role in showing him the way to renew the film's ring sequences.
“In boxing anime like Hajime no Ippo, I really like the characters' self-talk about what's going on in the ring. It was really important to me that those scenes also show the emotional journey of the two characters, Adonis and Damian, and anime definitely played a big part in that inspiration.”
The 'inner dialogue' is a very common expedient in Japanese sports manga and anime. In addition to Hajime no Ippo, the Italian public certainly retains its memory by thinking back to the series dedicated to football and very popular in our latitudes Captain Tsubasa (better known with the Italian title of Holly and Benji).
Also in that case, the thoughts of the protagonists accompanied the game sequences on the football field, giving additional depth and motivation to the actions and rivalries between the various characters involved.
In Creed, Michael B. Jordan plays the role of the main character Adonis Johnson. Adonis is the son of world champion Apollo Creed. His father died before he was born. Although he never knew his father, he noticed that they had something big in common. Boxing is in the blood. Adonis leaves for Philadelphia where his father fought a legendary match against rival and friend Rocky Balbao. Seeing the same strength and determination in Adonis as in his father, Rocky decides to train him.
After many successes in the boxing world and the wise lessons of Rocky, Adonis is thriving in both his career and family life. When his old friend Damien Anderson resurfaces after a prison sentence, he wants to prove himself in the ring again. Which results in a fight between two former friends.
So in Creed III it is time for Adonis to stand on his own two feet. Rocky, played by Silvester Stallone, can no longer be seen. Stallone has spoken about this before. He said it was time to pass the baton to Creed. The story now revolves around him and the new generation.
The trailer of the film appeared 3 months ago, but to hype you up a little extra, extra images appeared yesterday. Get ready for Creed III! The film will be released on the silver screen from March 3.
After a delay, Creed III will finally be released in March and will see Michael B. Jordan return as Adonis Creed. Not only will the Marvel star be playing the film's lead, but this will be his directorial debut. In the past, Jordan has spoken about his love of anime and revealed in an interview with The Tonight Show (via Collider) that his love of Japanese animation had an influence on the third Creed movie.
He then added: “It's tough. Sometimes there is a mouthpiece, there are boxing gloves. You always depend on so many people. Your team is everything. So being able to be in the center of a boxing scene, honestly, sometimes it's easier because I can direct while acting. If I need to move you up a bit on stage, I move a bit like this and then I get the shot I need.”
In 2019, THR spoke with Jordan about his production company, Outlier Society, and the anime series gen:LOCK. During the chat, Jordan explained how anime helped shape him.
Creed III sees Michael B. Jordan's Adonis go head-to-head with Damian, played by Marvel star Jonathan Majors. The cast also includes returning stars Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris, Florian Munteanu and Felicia Rashad, as well as new cast members Selenis Leyva, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Spence Moore II, Mila Davis-Kent and Canelo Álvarez. However, Rocky star Sylvester Stallone will not appear in the film.
In a new interview with Deadline, Jonathan Majors detailed his intense physical training for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantummania, Creed III and Magazine Dream.
As many of you know, during the pre-production of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (late 2020) Majors began intense physical preparation with the aim of dramatically increasing muscle mass for three extremely "physical" roles : Kang the Conqueror of Quantumania, Anderson Dame of Creed III and especially the bodybuilder Killian Maddox in the film Magazine Dream.
In this regard, the actor explained that, in these two years, he has followed a strict diet by minimizing carbohydrates and cutting many of his favorite meals.
