Michael B. Jordan and Amazon Discussing a Creedverse of Anime, TV Series and Movies

While the Rocky franchise has seemed to be ready to throw in the towel on numerous occasions, since spawning the spin-off franchise Creed it has shown no signs of stopping. As Creed III hit cinemas last week end and immediately became one of the best performers in the entire Rocky saga, it now looks like new franchise helmer Michael B. Jordan could be about to expand the Creed-verse even further with a huge deal at Amazon.

While the Rocky and Creed franchises have always played it straight down the cinematic movie route, new reports have suggested that this could be about to change. As reported by Deadline, Jordan is said to have had various meetings with Amazon about new Creed related projects. This is said to include a TV series and an anime series linked to the franchise. While all of the conversations have been secret and there is very little in the way of concrete information right now, a spin-off from Creed based on Adonis Creed’s daughter is also being considered.

All of this would be alongside the MGM Drago spinoff, which would feature Rocky IV’s Dolph Lundgren reprising his role as Ivan Drago and Florian Munteanu as his son Viktor, who was last seen in Creed II. There has been little word on how this project has been going since it was first moved to having a script commissioned, and received a certain amount of backlash from Rocky himself, Sylvester Stallone. Stallone still has personal grievances with the rights to the first movie, and seeing projects moving on without him being consulted has only aggravated this further. How Stallone will react to a possible Creed universe is unclear, with him having already stepped back from Creed III.

Related: Michael B. Jordan Discusses the Absence of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky in Creed III

Creed III Could Be the Biggest Movie of The Entire Rocky Franchise.

Creed III has been packing in audiences since opening last weekend and quickly passed $100 million at the box office. While the movie still has some way to pass Rocky IV, which is still the biggest earner of the Rocky franchise with $300 million. However, after landing good reviews and word of mouth, Creed III can quite quickly become a much bigger hit than anyone thought possible when the movie was first announced without Sylvester Stallone being part of it. However, Jordan previously addressed his mentor’s absence, saying:

“First of all, Sly and Rocky’s DNA is through this entire franchise. You can’t have these movies [without that]. That underdog spirit, I think, connects the underdog in all of us. I think what we love about these movies so much is that we see somebody that’s going through hardships, that’s able to rise from the ashes and reach the mountaintop, and we connect with that. For us, we connect with characters that can do the same, and that’s what we want to do with Adonis Creed.”

Creed III has certainly managed to avoid all of the possible pitfalls that could have come its way, and it now looks like the franchise is going to get even bigger in future.