With the movie in the early stages of planning, there are already a few details about, the next film in the ever-popular Creed series. The Creed trilogy is the celebrated spinoff of the legendary, if not variably successful, Rocky franchise. Creed garnered one Academy Award nomination for Sylvester Stallone and a Golden Globe Best Actor win for the series creator. Creed II was not nearly the same awards darling but still garnered decent critical returns, with Creed III achieving even better reviews. Not just critically successful, the Creed films are all major blockbuster tentpoles as well.

The Creed films take place years after the Rocky timeline and center on Apollo Creed’s son, Adonis “Donnie” Creed (Michael B. Jordan). Rocky trains Donnie just like he used to be trained and helps him get to the top of the boxing world. The rest of the trilogy tracks many similar beats from the Rocky films while adding original elements and personal themes that make these movies their own. Creed is the type of movie franchise that can go on for a long time (particularly if Donnie can fight and Jordan remains interested), with Creed 4 being the next step.