Tag: Creed II
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Pete Davidson’s Improv Inspired the Look of His ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Character
For the first-time team-up between the Autobots and Maximals in the “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” prequel, director Steven Caple Jr. (“Creed II”) was given a lot of creative freedom in designing and animating the characters. Gone was Ilm from the previous six films, giving way to Mpc and Wētā FX. Mpc was the principal…
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How to Watch ‘Creed III’ Online: Michael B. Jordan’s Critically-Acclaimed Film Is Now Streaming on Prime Video
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission.After setting a franchise record with a huge $58 million debut at the box office, “Creed 3” is finally available to stream on Prime Video.In the third installment of the sports drama series, directed by…
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Box Office: ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Aims for $60 Million Debut, Battles ‘Spider-Verse’ for No. 1
“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” is readying to turbocharge the box office, targeting $50 million to $60 million in its opening weekend.There’s a chance that inaugural ticket sales could climb higher as the Paramount Pictures film touches down on Friday in 3,700 North American theaters. But the latest Autobot adventure is expected to face headwinds…
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‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Director Reveals the Big Change to Film
While the Michael Bay films of the Transformer franchise set a standard for outstanding visuals and VFX, they began to lose fans as the plot thinned in favor of flashy fight scenes. When Bumblebee recaptured the heart of the series, the film opened new doors for filmmakers and fans like Steven Caple Jr. (Creed II)…
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Creed 3’s Anime Influence ‘Led To A Whole Different Way Of Thinking’ [Exclusive]
“Creed III” is the first film in the, er, “Rocky Expanded Universe” to cast the Italian Stallion’s narrative arc aside. It’s a wise decision because there’s nowhere else to go with Balboa. Michael B. Jordan’s Adonis Creed can’t keep fighting the spawn of Rocky’s former foes; “Creed II” stretched this to the breaking point with…
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‘Creed 3’ Review: Michael B. Jordan Breathes New Life Into This Franchise
For nearly half a century, the Rocky franchise has understandably centered around Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa. Even when the series rebooted to center around Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan), the son of Apollo Creed, in Ryan Coogler’s 2015 film Creed, Rocky was still a major part of this series. While Stallone’s Rocky made sense in…
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Hellfire: Stephen Lang and Dolph Lundgren Action Thriller Wraps Production
Director Isaac Florentine’s upcoming action thriller film, Hellfire, starring Stephen Lang (Avatar) and Dolph Lundgren (Creed II), has officially wrapped up filming, according to an exclusive report from Deadline. While little information about the upcoming film is known, Deadline also reports that Hellfire will center on a mysterious drifter, played by Lang, who attempts to…
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Jonathan Majors Says He Was Punched in the Face ‘100 Times’ While Filming ‘Creed III’
Nearly 50 years after the original “Rocky” hit theaters, the classic boxing franchise keeps getting up off the mat. Ryan Coogler breathed new life into the series with 2015’s “Creed,” which followed Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa as he trained a young boxer named Adonis (Michael B. Jordan), the son of his late rival Apollo Creed.…