There are two main types of comet tails, dust and gas. In this image you can see the dust tail streaking out to the right whist the blue ion tail points away from the sun. Tony Bellew as 'Pretty' Ricky Conlan: A British fighter who is the title holder who Adonis challenges.Comet C/1995 01 Hale-Bopp captured on March 14, 1997.Phylicia Rashad as Mary Anne Creed: Apollo's widow.Tessa Thompson as Bianca: Singer-songwriter who becomes Adonis' love interest.Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa: 'The Italian Stallion,' a 2-time world heavyweight champion and Apollo's rival-turned-friend who owns and operates an Italian restaurant in Philadelphia named after his deceased wife, Adrian (or Adrianne Balboa, née Pennino, played by Talia Shire in Rocky I-V).Jordan as Adonis Johnson Creed: An underdog but talented light heavyweight boxer and the son of world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed. With Rocky's help, Adonis soon gets a title shot, but whether he has the true heart of a fighter remains to be seen. Rocky sees much of Apollo in Adonis, and agrees to mentor him, even as he battles an opponent deadlier than any in the ring. However, boxing is in his blood, so he seeks out Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) and asks the retired champ to be his trainer. Jordan) never knew his famous father, boxing champion Apollo Creed, who died before Adonis was born. The son of Apollo Creed, Adonis Johnson Creed, travels to Philadelphia, where he meets Rocky Balboa and requests that the elder boxer train him.Īdonis Johnson (Michael B. It was released on Novemin the United States - the 40th anniversary of the date of the opening scene in the original Rocky. It is also the first Rocky film not to have Stallone as a writer.įilming began on Januin Liverpool and later also took place in Philadelphia, PA, Rocky's symbolic home. The film is also indirect successor to 2006's Rocky Balboa, and also reunites Jordan with Fruitvale Station writer/director Coogler and also Wood Harris, whom Jordan worked with on The Wire. Creed 2, released in 2018, serves as the successor to this film.

It is a spin-off from the Rocky film series, and as such, is the seventh film in the series. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Tony Bellew and Graham McTavish. Creed is a 2015 American sports drama film written and directed by Ryan Coogler, co-written by Aaron Covington and produced by Sylvester Stallone, who also co-stars.

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