Godfather 2 style....




Variety

Sylvester Stallone Says ‘Creed’ Sequel Could Reunite Rocky and Apollo (EXCLUSIVE)
COURTESY OF MGM
JANUARY 5, 2016 | 10:30AM PT
Ramin Setoodeh
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After a successful comeback in “Creed,” which has grossed $103 million at the U.S. box office, Sylvester Stallone revealed in a new interview with Variety that he’s already getting ready to step back in the ring for another sequel where he’ll play Rocky Balboa.

MGM, which financed the Warner Bros. release with New Line, is onboard. “There’s no doubt that we’re making a ‘Creed 2,’” says MGM CEO Gary Barber.

It’s not clear if Ryan Coogler, who is in negotiations for Marvel’s “Black Panther,” will return as director of the next “Creed.” “I know Ryan is probably going to be gone for a couple years,” Stallone says. “So there will be a quandary on: Do we work with another director and have Ryan produce, or do we wait? There’s a diminishing time acceptance of a sequel. Now they are cranking them out in a year.”

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Coogler and Stallone have already developed ideas for the new “Creed.” One version of the story would take place in the past, which would mean — in a surprise that would energize the franchise’s fans — bringing back Carl Weathers to play Apollo Creed, who died in 1985’s “Rocky IV.” “Ryan has some ideas of going forward and backward and actually seeing Rocky and Apollo together,” Stallone revealed. “Think of ‘The Godfather 2.’ That’s what he was thinking of, which was kind of ambitious.” Stallone said he’d recently bumped into Weathers, who looked like he was still in good shape. “I can’t believe I got in the ring with him,” he says. “Even if it was play fighting.”

Coogler is startled to hear that Stallone has already let the cat out of the bag about their plan. “Oh no!” he says with a sigh. “There are no secrets with Sly.” Jordan sounds more skeptical. “So it’s going to be a CGI-version of Sly?” he teases, adding that he’d like to be in the next film. “I’m trying to think about it. Knowing Ryan, he’ll find a clever way to make that work.”

Another option would be a linear story with Apollo’s son Adonis (Michael B. Jordan) taking on another challenger. “You’ll have him face a different opponent, which I would say is a more ferocious, big Russian,” Stallone says. “You can start to meld my experiences and then you start to bring different cultures into it. And you can see what’s happening with the Russians today in America. The complication will come with the girl’s ambition, because she’s not Adrian. She has places to go, things to see, the clock is running on her hearing.”

I am all about anything Rocky related.

But count me skeptical on the going backwards part.

Creed 2 with a continuation of story with Adonis should be good.

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I'm sure people said that about Godfather 2

I'm with you RFDC. I will still pay to go see it though. They should turn Creed Jr into a new age version of the Rocky series.

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Well if they go backwards in time there's no way Stallone or Weathers should actually play the characters. It's too dumb. They should have new actors play those roles, and have Jordan continue in the present time as Creed Jr.

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I'm all in as well. Would be nice to see the possible flashback scenes with Rocky and Apollo around the time of the Clubber Lang fight? Not sure if they could pull that off but it would be interesting. Creed was very good and I enjoyed it very much. Looking forward to part two.

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Oh I don't think there is any question it will continue the Adonis story no matter what. At most the earlier part would be half the movie

I'm sure that there is footage that didn't make the other movies that they could work in.

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Agreed, though I think Carl Weathers should advise and be paid like a star

Me too. Watched the "Trilogy" arc I-III and they are still all awesome. I and II especially. II was a great sequel and a good film in its own right.

that's what they did for "godfather part II" anyway...

[quote="W_Z"][quote="veganfan21"]They should have new actors play those roles, and have Jordan continue in the present time as Creed Jr.[/quote]

that's what they did for "godfather part II" anyway...[/quote]

Yes but the story implies the original actors will be back to play the same roles, at least that's how I read it.

[quote="rogers park bryan"][quote="veganfan21"]Well if they go backwards in time there's no way Stallone or Weathers should actually play the characters. It's too dumb. They should have new actors play those roles, and have Jordan continue in the present time as Creed Jr.[/quote]
Agreed, though I think Carl Weathers should advise and be paid like a star[/quote]

Or even a cameo role .

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Yea, I understand the confusion though because they mention Godfather 2 but then talk about Carl Weathers being in it


Would have been something to have Brando play young Vito

i didn't mean my post to be a "durrrr" at vegan, but rather to point out that they're either not realizing the contradiction or they think those two actors can play their roles at 30 years younger. certainly it'd be cool to see a concurrent story of apollo's youth and rise against adonis's. but like vegan said, it'd have to be younger actors...just like they did with godfather.

with the way brando was being in the 70's, it would've been...the horror...the horror...to see him play vito at a young age.

Yeah, well Apollo's youth was always the story I wanted to see so if they can make that work somehow it'd be great.