CREED IV in development with Michael B. Jordan returning to direct

Michael B. Jordan he will return to directing Creed IV, which is confirmed to be in development at MGM Amazon Studios. This news was shared by Creed III producer Irwin Winkler over the weekend at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles event. He shared the following details:

“We’re planning on making Creed IV right now. We have a beautiful story [and] a really good plot. We were delayed a bit due to the strikes, but in about a year we will enter pre-production.”

When asked if Jordan would return to helm the film, he said, “He will. He did a great job: he felt comfortable with the camera. Jordan made his directorial debut with Creed III and he did a really great job. As you know, he was heavily inspired by anime when he directed the film and I’m sure that will carry over into his direction. Creed IV. Winkler went on to talk about Jordan’s vision Creed IIIsaid:

“Michael and the creative team had the beautiful vision from the beginning to create a completely new and different experience for this film. It had to be firmly cemented in what we all [know] the Creed and Rocky movies for… they had to have great action, boxing, but we also looked carefully at what kind of movie we were making. And largely, those early days with Michael were spent creating the way we looked at Damian’s character, which is why I think everyone responded to the depth, not just on the page, but on the screen. You spend half the movie feeling deep sympathy for him and understanding his vulnerability.

The Creed franchise will expand in a big way with a previously announced anime series, which is already in the works. There are also ideas for “a live-action TV series and a possible project centered on Adonis Creed’s daughter Amara, played by a deaf actress.” Mila Davis-Kent In Creed III.

As for Creed IV, it will be interesting to see what this character’s next chapter entails. What would you like to see in it?