Apollo Creed's Grandson To Be Punching His Way Into Theaters Soon..

Frutivalle Station director Ryan Coogler has his sights on CREED, a continuation of the Rocky franchise; but this time the grandson of Apollo Creed takes the spotlight, and he might be played by Coogler's recent Fruitvalle Station star Michael B. Jordon.

The always reliable Deadline reports:

-this whole idea also came from Coogler. When he signed with WME, Coogler identified Creed as a dream project. While Coogler already had the relationship with Jordan, the agency put him together with Stallone. Stallone, who is right now heavily involved in a stage musical transfer of his original Oscar-winning 1976 film Rocky, loved the idea and felt it was strong enough for him to bring back his signature screen character. Stallone and Coogler then approached MGM’s Gary Barber and Jon Glickman, and they flipped for it. The film will be produced by Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, who produced the original, along with Stallone and Kevin King.

Now I agree with the writer later on in the article when he says Jordon definitley has the ability. I haven't seen Fruitvalle Station; but going off of his performance in NBC's "Friday Night Lights"; I can see Jordon bringing the same physical intensity and heart to this.

The plot is as follows, which means you'll see Stallone back as Rocky Balboa.

The intention is for Jordan to play the grandson of Apollo Creed (played in the early movies by Carl Weathers). Raised in an upper-crust home thanks to the ring riches earned by his grandfather, the young man doesn’t have to box and his family doesn’t want him to. Yet, he has the natural instinct and gifts and potential that made his grandfather the heavyweight champion until Rocky Balboa took his crown in 1979′s Rocky II. Creed’s grandson needs a mentor and turns to Balboa, who is out of boxing completely and not eager to return.

Maybe I should finally watch these movies.