Creed is a 2015 American sports drama film written and directed by Ryan Coogler, co-written by Aaron Covington and produced by Robert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler and Sylvester Stallone. The film stars Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Johnson Creed – Apollo's son – and Stallone reprising the role of Rocky Balboa. It also features Tessa Thompson, Tony Bellew and Graham McTavish. It is the seventh Rocky film, both a spin-off from the original series and the indirect successor to 2006's Rocky Balboa, and also reunites Jordan with Fruitvale Station writer/director Coogler and also Wood Harris, whom Jordan worked with on The Wire.
Filming began on January 19, 2015 in Liverpool and later also took place in Philadelphia, Rocky's symbolic home. The movie premiered in Los Angeles on November 19, 2015 and was released on November 25, 2015 in the United States – the fortieth anniversary of the date of the opening scene in the original Rocky. More: en.wikipedia.org.