Jonathan Majors In Serious Talks To Join Michael B. Jordan In The Boxing Ring For ‘Creed III’

As some of you may remember, Michael B. Jordan will not only star in the upcoming ‘Creed III’ film, but he’ll also direct it. It’ll mark his feature directorial debut.

Slowly, we are learning more about this sequel, and this week it was revealed that Jonathan Majors is in talks to battle Jordan in the ring in the upcoming film.

Deadline reports, “Negotiations are underway for Majors to star in the film as Adonis Creed’s ring nemesis.”

If this deal closes, it’ll be another huge role for Majors. He recently starred in the critically-acclaimed HBO series Lovecraft Country.

His rise to A-list from his 2019 breakout in The Last Black Man in San Francisco has been meteoric. Majors most recently co-starred in the Spike Lee-directed Da 5 Bloods for Netflix, and he is set to play Kang the Conqueror in Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

Safe to say Jonathan Majors is making some major moves…aha?

As for Creed III, it’s set to be released in 2022, which means filming should start later this year.

We’ll keep you posted.

Michael B. Jordan Set To Direct ‘Creed III’ According To Co-Star Tessa Thompson

Michael B. Jordan has starred in the first two ‘Creed‘ films. The first entry in the franchise was released back in 2015 and received glowing reviews from both critics and fans of the ‘Rocky’ franchise.

It went on to make over $170 million at the box office against a budget of just $40 million.

The sequel, Creed II, was released in 2018 and while it wasn’t loved as much as the original by critics, it did gross more than $200 million worldwide.

The first film was directed by Ryan Coogler, the second film was directed by Steven Caple Jr., and now we are learning the third entry will be directed by Michael B. Jordan.

This surprise was dropped by Jordan’s co-star, Tessa Thompson. During an interview with MTV, Thompson talked about how Jordan is set to direct and filming is expected to begin later this year.

She joked that she’s gonna use his ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ title to her advantage when filming begins…

It’s gonna be ammo, I think, for me when he is engaging with me as a director. I’m just gonna tell him to dial down the sexiness.

We’re not gonna make [the movie] until later [next] year. Who knows what happens? … I don’t know if he’ll still be the Sexiest Man Alive in six months. No, I’m proud of him. I’m so happy for him.

This will be Jordan’s big-screen directorial debut, so it’s a pretty huge deal.

He’s just 33-years-old, so if this film is a success, he just opened even more doors for himself in Hollywood.