Michael B Jordan Jordan will star, produce and make his feature directorial debut on “Creed III” with Tessa Thompson and Phylicia Rashad expected to reprise their roles, MGM announced on Wednesday.
The third installment is set to be released on Thanksgiving 2022.
Keenan Coogler and Zach Baylin are writing the script based on an outline by Ryan Coogler.
A Chartoff-Winkler Production, the film’s producers include Irwin Winkler, Charles Winkler, William Chartoff, David Winkler, Jonathan Glickman, Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler, producing in association with Proximity Media. Executive producers include Adam Rosenberg, Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler.
“Michael’s vision for ‘Creed III’ is incredibly exciting and will undoubtedly be an important contribution to the cannon of this storied franchise,” Michael De Luca, MGM’s Film Group chairman, and Pamela Abdy, MGM’s Film Group president said in a statement to TheWrap.