Michael B. Jordan to Direct ‘Creed 4,’ Says Producer Irwin Winkler

A fourth Creed film is in development with Michael B. Jordan set to direct the upcoming installment, franchise producer Irwin Winkler has revealed.

Jordan made his directorial debut with Creed 3, in which he also starred as heavyweight champ Adonis Creed from the Rocky spinoff film series. The third installment, which premiered in theaters in March of this year, clobbered the box office with its $58 million debut weekend, a record-setting sum for the boxing franchise.

MGM did not respond to Varietys request for comment about Creed 4.

Jordan first appeared as Adonis in 2015s Creed, followed by the 2018 sequel and 2023 threequel. Sylvester Stallone reprised his role as Rocky Balboa in the first two Creed installments, becoming a mentor to Adonis, the son of his former rival Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). Creed 3 is the first entry in the long-running series without Stallone.

Back in March, Variety reported that Jordanand Amazon were in talks for a film and TV universe expanding the Creed boxing world.

While details remained scarce regarding what projects were being discussed, sources said that conversations were underway to explore the possibilities for capitalizing on the MGM film franchises success on Prime Video, following Amazons acquisition of MGM.

Deadline was first to report the Creed 4 news, posting a video clip on X/Twitter of Winkler announcing the upcoming film.

Were planning to do Creed 4 right now its in the works and we think we have a really good story, a really good plot, Winkler said, adding that the plans were delayed because of strike, like everybody else but probably a year from now were going for pre-production.