His diagnosis and the fact that his best friend and brother-in-law Paulie Pennino-Adrian's brother-has now died along with Apollo, and his old trainer, Mickey Goldmill, consign him to accept his eventual death, without treatment. He is unwilling to undergo chemotherapy, citing its inability to save Adrian when she had ovarian cancer. ![]() Through further testing, he is diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. ![]() ![]() While helping Donnie train, Rocky stumbles, falls and is rushed to the hospital. However, he eventually agrees with a little convincing from Bianca. Donnie is hesitant at first, wanting to forge his own legacy. He offers to make Donnie his final challenger-provided that he fights using his father's surname, Creed. Rocky receives a call from the handlers of world light heavyweight champion "Pretty" Ricky Conlan, who is being forced into retirement by an impending prison term. This leads to the opposing side leaking the news that Donnie is Creed's illegitimate son. He also finds a love interest in Bianca, an up-and-coming singer and songwriter in the early stages of progressive hearing loss.ĭonnie, fighting under his biological mother's surname, Johnson, and the fight name "Hollywood", defeats local fighter Leo "The Lion" Sporino, which upsets the opposing corner. Donnie trains at the Front Street Gym, with several of Rocky's longtime friends as cornermen. Donnie asks him about the "secret third fight" between him and Apollo just after Apollo helped Rocky regain the heavyweight title, and Rocky reveals that Apollo won. Rocky is reluctant to return to boxing, having already made a one-off comeback at a very advanced age despite having suffered brain trauma during his career as a fighter, but eventually agrees. Undaunted, Donnie travels to Philadelphia in hopes of getting in touch with his father's old rival-turned-friend, former heavyweight champion, Rocky Balboa.ĭonnie meets Rocky at Rocky's Italian restaurant, Adrian's, named in honor of his deceased wife, and asks Rocky to become his trainer. Mary Anne vehemently opposes his aspirations, remembering how her husband was killed in the ring by Ivan Drago thirty years ago. This rejection is further emphasized as Donnie is beaten in a sparring match by light heavyweight division #2 contender Danny "The Stuntman" Wheeler after he publicly challenges the whole gym to prove himself, betting his 1967 Ford Mustang that no one can get a clean head shot on him. Donnie auditions at Los Angeles' elite Delphi Boxing Academy, managed by family friend Tony "Little Duke" Evers Jr., the son of Apollo's trainer Tony "Duke" Evers, but is turned down. Upon returning from his latest fight, Donnie resigns from the Smith Boardley Financial Group to pursue his dream of becoming a professional boxer. In 2015, Donnie is in Tijuana, preparing for his fight in an amateur boxing bout hosted in a bar. In 1999, Adonis "Donnie" Johnson - the son of former heavyweight champion Apollo Creed via an extramarital affair - is serving time in a Los Angeles youth detention center when Creed's widow, Mary Anne, visits and offers to take him in. The film was followed by Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023). Among its accolades, it was selected by National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2015, while Stallone won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. It grossed $173 million worldwide and received universal acclaim from critics who praised Coogler's direction, the screenplay, and acting performances. Pictures, to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the date of the opening scene in the first film. Ĭreed had its premiere on November 19, 2015, at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles and was released in the United States on November 25, by Warner Bros. The remaining cast were hired by January 2015, after which, principal photography began and lasted until that April, with filming locations including Liverpool, Philadelphia, and Gainesville. ![]() Coogler and Covington's original screenplay was completed by April 2014, with the involvement of Jordan and Stallone also confirmed. In the film, amateur boxer Adonis Creed (Jordan) is trained and mentored by Rocky Balboa (Stallone), the former rival turned friend of Adonis' father, Apollo Creed.Īlthough Rocky Balboa (2006) was considered the end of the franchise, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) hired Coogler in 2013 to develop a Rocky spin-off. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Tony Bellew, and Graham McTavish. It is the first spin-off of and is the seventh installment in the Rocky film series. Creed is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Ryan Coogler, who co-wrote the screenplay with Aaron Covington.
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