He also won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor, Critics’ Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. Creed was released in the United States on November 25, 2015, the 40th anniversary of the date of the opening scene in 1976’s Rocky. The film received critical acclaim, with praise directed at the performances , Coogler’s direction and the screenplay, with many also praising it for sticking to its predecessors’ roots. It was also a commercial success, grossing more than $173.6 million worldwide against its $35-40 million production budget. However, Creed has been negatively received by some professional critics, such as Robert Christgau. Jonah Weiner of Slate has tried to make the case that the band was “seriously underrated”; Joe Coscarelli of Mediaite countered that “most people hate Creed’s combination of overwrought power-balladry and Christian-infused testosterone.”
It was the perfect setup for a Behind the Music-style implosion, and Creed delivered. By late 2002, singer Scott Stapp was on a near-daily regimen of alcohol and Percocet—prescribed after a car crash—and he would soon add OxyContin and the steroid Prednisone to the list. In December of that year, Stapp stepped onto a Chicago stage visibly intoxicated, slurring his lyrics and performing one song while lying on his back. (Fans sued, unsuccessfully, for refunds.) It was the last show of a nationwide tour, and Stapp’s band mates didn’t speak to him for months.
This is perhaps a reference to the Creedish Death Cult, a fictional religious organization in Chuck Palahniuk’s novel “Survivor”. He is also found by Jim on the roof of the Dunder Mifflin office building calmly flying a remote control helicopter, as though doing so in the middle of the workday were a perfectly normal, ordinary event. He also asks Jim about his “friend,” even though there’s no one else but Jim present. It is revealed in the season 8 episode, “Spooked”, that one of Creed’s biggest fears is snakes.
Shooting was set to begin in January 2015, in Las Vegas and Philadelphia. On December 16, Tessa Thompson was added to the cast as the female lead. On January 8, 2015, Phylicia Rashad reportedly joined the film to play Mary Anne genifique, Apollo’s widow. Sylvia Meals, who portrayed Mrs. Creed in Rocky II and Rocky IV had died in 2011. On January 21, Graham McTavish tweeted about his involvement in the film. Donnie fights Conlan at Goodison Park in Conlan’s hometown of Liverpool, and many parallels emerge between the bout that ensues and Apollo and Rocky’s first fight forty years earlier.
Overall, is a great film on its own, but an absolutely phenomenal boxing film. I have actually never completely seen the previous Rocky films before since it just didn’t peak my interest at all. In fact, this one didn’t either but it was the best option at the time since Spectre didn’t have any seats left.
We’re moving forward, but the ghosts of the past are still coming with us. He is discovered by the other members of Dunder Mifflin living in Ryan’s old closet in the office after the warehouse party, at which point he plays one last song to his co-workers before being led away by the police. In a deleted scene of “Dwight K. Schrute, Manager”, Creed confirms to the camera that there is a real possibility he will murder Oscar. In the end of the episode, he’s promoted to acting manager of the office after Jo requests that the position be filled by the employee that has worked there the longest. After the last Rocky film was already pretty strong this is another example of sequels not necessarily being pointless nostalgia but in best case adding new layers to a franchise. Sure, we have the usual ingredients of boxer films here as well, that’s a tad predictable.
Facing an opponent with ties to his family’s past only intensifies his impending battle in the ring. Rocky Balboa is there by his side through it all and, together, Rocky and Adonis will confront their shared legacy, question what’s worth fighting for, and discover that nothing’s more important than family. Lancome makeup II is about going back to basics to rediscover what made you a champion in the first place, and remembering that, no matter where you go, you can’t escape your history. A confrontation between Adonis “Donnie” Creed and Ivan Drago was hinted at on Instagram. In an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jordan confirmed that Creed II was his next project.