I Feel Weird About "Creed II"

Jun 19, 2018 0:41:16 GMT brownstones said:

Jun 19, 2018 0:21:15 GMT @thegodfather said:

I follow Stallone on Instagram. He hasn't said much about it. Michael B. Jordan only talks about the director or his co-star Tessa. Never Dolph, or Sly, or the guy playing Drago Jr.

Jordan went on and on about Black Panther, but he's posted like 2 pics of Creed II on Instagram. It quietly finished production.

The official Creed movie Instagram has like a handful of pics. The director only talks about Jordan and Tessa.

They post more about BLM stuff than this movie. Then BAM! A poster and trailer drop tomorrow.

A post production wrap party pic surfaces and Stallone isn't present.

I'm nervous about what we are getting... I loved Creed, I hope this is good.

Well I'm still upset that Coogler couldn't return for Creed 2 because he brought such heart to the film, so him not coming back was disappointing.

But ummmm right now Stallone is in some hot water, and he was suppose to direct the film initially, so idk what's happening, maybe it's a bad movie, needs reshoots, maybe Stallone is envious of not being able to direct it, or maybe it's too early to do a hard marketing push. I mean what did their social media accounts look like during Creed 1?

During "Creed" (2015) production Stallone and Coogler were like best buds. They would go back and forth on their social media accounts with old clips of Rocky and Apollo, the red, white, and blue shorts, etc... Michael B. Jordan and Stallone would talk about how he would film entire rounds in one shot and even showed a clip of Jordan taking a real punch from the Boxer in the final fight.

There was excitement, and buzz. I remember Coogler saying when he was growing up the Rocky Franchise was his dad's favorite action films, how important it was in the 1970s and 1980s to have a movie showing a relationship between a white and black fighter who had more in common than differences and all that. Coogler had the idea in College (film school) about this script and how he would make a Rocky movie.

I think what happened was WB/MGM (co making film) wanted Coogler back, but he got wrapped up in Black Panther and other projects. They were going to wait, but Stallone was going to make a new Rambo and Expendables so he couldn't push his projects back anymore. Stallone actually pushed his own projects back to make this sequel. So finally he just told them he would write and direct the sequel to get it done.

This is where I think the bad blood happens. The reason "Creed" was so successful was because a fresh set of eyes came in to get a new vision of that universe. Stallone has lost touch with what made that franchise a success to begin with. "Creed" really is the best of that franchise since "Rocky I and II"... So I think Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, and a few others who ONLY SIGNED ON to "Creed" (2015) because of Coogler were like "Nah, I ain't doing this with him writing and directing"... so the studio asked him who he would want... I personally believe he hand picked the director (another young up and coming black man) to make Jordan happy.

Stallone, had a choice. Either wait another year and Creed II is directed by Coogler without him, drop out after they basically pulled the rug out from under him and told him "No, you aren't writing and directing" or just keep the peace and look good in public by letting the studio and Jordan/Tessa Thompson have their way.

Sly is a gentleman. But I think the compromise was keeping Dolph and the Drago/Drago Jr. story in the film. That was Sly's idea.