{"id":70710,"date":"2014-12-16T23:58:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T23:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2014\/12\/16\/tessa-thompson-lands-female-lead-in-ryan-cooglers-creed\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T03:53:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:53:37","slug":"tessa-thompson-lands-female-lead-in-ryan-cooglers-creed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/tessa-thompson-lands-female-lead-in-ryan-cooglers-creed\/","title":{"rendered":"Tessa Thompson Lands Female Lead In Ryan Coogler’s ‘Creed’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tessa Thompson Lands Female Lead In Ryan Coogler’s ‘Creed’<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

December 15, 2014<\/p>\n

Source: Deadline<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tessa Thompson<\/strong> has landed the female lead opposite Michael B. Jordan<\/strong> in Ryan Coogler’s ‘Creed,’<\/strong> reports Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Raised in an upper-crust home thanks to the ring riches earned by his grandfather, the young man (Jordan) doesn\u2019t have to box and his family doesn\u2019t want him to. Yet, he has the natural instinct and gifts and potential that made his grandfather the heavyweight champion until Rocky Balboa took his crown in 1979\u2032s Rocky II. Creed\u2019s grandson needs a mentor and turns to Balboa, who is out of boxing completely and not eager to return.<\/p>\n

Sylvester Stallone\u00a0<\/strong>will returning to reprise his role Balboa.<\/p>\n

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Balboa was Creed\u2019s father\u2019s greatest opponent and later his best friend until that fateful moment when Balboa heeded Creed\u2019s wishes and didn\u2019t stop the fight against the Soviet fighter Drago (played by Dolph Lungdren<\/strong> in 1985\u2032s Rocky IV) before the giant delivered what proved to be a fatal beating. The elder Creed, played by Carl Weathers<\/strong>, appeared in the first four Rocky films.<\/p>\n

In talks to join the film are champion boxers Andre Ward and Tony Bellew<\/strong> with Bellew to play a fighter named “Pretty Ricky Porter,” Michael B. Jordan’s main opponent in the ring.<\/p>\n

\"Apollo<\/a>\u00a0Thompson was last seen starring in Justin Simien’s “Dear White People,”<\/strong> and will next appear in Ava DuVernay<\/strong>\u2019s Martin Luther King Jr. biopic “Selma.” <\/strong>She won a Gotham Award for\u00a0Breakthrough Actor for her performance in DWP<\/p>\n

Writer\/director Ryan Coogler, who directed Jordan in the award-winning Fruitvale Station<\/strong>, is drafting Creed alongside Aaron Covington<\/strong>. Stallone will also produce, alongside Robert Chartoff<\/strong>, Kevin King<\/strong> and Irwin Winkler<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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