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Creed (film)
''Creed'' is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Ryan Coogler, who co-wrote the screenplay with Aaron Covington. It is the first spin-off of and is the seventh installment in the ''Rocky'' franchise. It stars Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Tony Bellew, and Graham McTavish. In the film, amateur boxer Adonis Creed (Jordan) is trained and mentored by Rocky Balboa (Stallone), the former rival turned friend of Adonis' father, Apollo Creed. Although '' Rocky Balboa'' (2006) was considered the end of the franchise, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) hired Coogler in 2013 to develop a ''Rocky'' spin-off. Coogler and Covington's original screenplay was completed by April 2014, with the involvement of Jordan and Stallone also confirmed. The remaining cast were hired by January 2015, after which, principal photography began and lasted until that April, with filming locations including Liverpool, Philadelphia, and Gainesville, Georgia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ryan Coogler
Ryan Coogler (born May 23, 1986) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is a recipient of ten NAACP Image Awards and four Black Reel Awards, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award, and a Grammy Awards, Grammy Award. He made his feature-length debut with the independent film ''Fruitvale Station (film), Fruitvale Station'' (2013) before transitioning to directing and writing franchise films such as the Rocky (franchise), ''Rocky'' series spinoff, ''Creed (film), Creed'' (2015) as well as the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel films ''Black Panther (film), Black Panther'' (2018), and ''Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'' (2022). Coogler has also produced the historical drama ''Judas and the Black Messiah'' (2021) and wrote and directed the supernatural horror film ''Sinners (2025 film), Sinners'' (2025). In 2013, he was included on ''Time (magazine), Time'''s list of the 30 people under 30 who are changing the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Regency Village Theater
The Regency Village Theatre (formerly the Fox Theatre, Westwood Village or the Fox Village Theatre, commonly called the Westwood Village Theatre) is a historic, landmark cinema in Westwood, Los Angeles, California in the heart of the Mediterranean-themed shopping and cinema precinct, opposite the Fox Bruin Theater, near the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The Regency Theaters chain lease ended in July 2024. The seating capacity of the cinema is about 1,400. The Westwood Village Theatre was the site for many Hollywood movie premieres in Los Angeles. History Designed by architect Percy Parke Lewis, the Fox was originally built in 1930 and first opened on August 14, 1931, in a Spanish Mission style. The theatre was part of a widespread cinema construction program undertaken by Fox West Coast Theatres. The theatre is part of the 1929 Westwood Village, a Mediterranean-style village development adjoining the University of California Los Angeles planned by Harold and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Washington Times
''The Washington Times'' is an American Conservatism, conservative daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It covers general interest topics with an emphasis on Politics of the United States, national politics. Its broadsheet daily edition is distributed throughout Washington, D.C. and the greater Washington metropolitan area, including suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia. It also publishes a subscription-based weekly tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid edition aimed at a national audience. The first edition of ''The Washington Times'' was published on May 17, 1982. The newspaper was founded by Unification Church leader Sun Myung Moon, and it was owned until 2010 by News World Communications, an international media Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded by Moon. It is currently owned by Operations Holdings, which is a part of the Unification Church movement. ''The Washington Times'' has been known for its conservative political stance, often supporting the pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Forbes
''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The company is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. Sherry Phillips is the current CEO of Forbes as of January 1, 2025. Published eight times per year, ''Forbes'' feature articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. It also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, politics, and law. It has an international edition in Asia as well as editions produced under license in 27 countries and regions worldwide. The magazine is known for its lists and rankings, including its lists of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400, ''Forbes'' 400), of 30 notable people under the age of 30 (the Forbes 30 Under 30, ''Forbes'' 30 under 30), of America's wealthiest celebrities, of the world's top companies (the Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rocky Balboa (film)
''Rocky Balboa'' is a 2006 American sports drama film starring, written and directed by Sylvester Stallone in his first film as director since 1985. It is the sequel to '' Rocky V'' (1990) and the sixth installment in the ''Rocky'' franchise. The film co-stars Burt Young and Antonio Tarver in his only acting role. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone), now an aging small restaurant owner, is challenged to an exhibition fight by hothead young boxer Mason Dixon (Tarver). Development for a sixth ''Rocky'' film began after Stallone expressed regret over the outcome of ''Rocky V'', which was viewed as a disappointing conclusion to the series. ''Rocky Balboa'' includes references to characters and objects from previous installments, and Stallone was inspired by recent personal struggles and triumphs when writing the film. It is Stallone's first directorial effort since '' Rocky IV'' (1985). Principal photography began in December 2005 and lasted until January 2006, with filming l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Apollo Creed
Apollo Creed is a fictional character from the ''Rocky'' franchise, portrayed by Carl Weathers. He appears in the first four '' Rocky'' films, serving as the main antagonist in '' Rocky'' and '' Rocky II'', and later becoming one of the protagonists in '' Rocky III'' and '' Rocky IV''. Sylvester Stallone, the writer and star of the ''Rocky'' series, stated that Jack Johnson was the inspiration for the character of Apollo Creed. Protagonist Rocky BalboaCreed's rival in '' Rocky'' and '' Rocky II''faces underdog odds, but he views Creed with respect, pointedly refusing the prodding of a reporter to trash-talk Apollo Creed, even after he publicly taunts Balboa by remarking "he's great." In '' Rocky,'' Creed cleans out his division of serious challengers but decides to fight Balboa for the fan spectacle as well as for the implied symbolism of fighting a man with an Italian background. In the sequel film '' Rocky II'', Balboa and Creed find themselves evenly matched in the ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rocky Balboa
Robert "Rocky" Balboa (also known by his ring name the Italian Stallion) is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of the ''Rocky'' franchise. The character was created by Sylvester Stallone, who has also portrayed him in eight of the nine films in the franchise. He is depicted as a working class or poor Italian-American from the slums of Philadelphia who started out as a club fighter and "enforcer" for a local Philly Mafia loan shark. He is portrayed as overcoming the obstacles that had occurred in his life and in his career as a professional boxer. While the story of his first film was partly inspired by a 1975 fight between underdog Chuck Wepner and heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (which nearly went the 15 round distance despite the odds), the inspiration for the name, iconography and fighting style came from boxing legend Rocco Francis "Rocky Marciano" Marchegiano, though his surname coincidentally also resembles that of Middleweight Boxing Champion Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Adonis Creed
Adonis "Donnie" Creed (born Adonis Johnson) is the fictional protagonist of the ''Creed'' films— ''Creed'' (2015), ''Creed II'' (2018), and ''Creed III'' (2023) — the sequel series to the ''Rocky'' films. The character is played by Michael B. Jordan in all three installments. In the fictional setting of the films, Adonis is the illegitimate son of the late and former world champion Apollo Creed, the result of an affair between him and a woman with the surname Johnson who died sometime in the 1990s. Adonis spends the first several years of his life in foster care and juvenile hall, until he is subsequently adopted by Mary Anne Creed, Apollo's widow. He lives a life of luxury and maintains a stable white-collar job, only to abandon it to pursue a lifelong dream of becoming a professional boxer. He goes to Philadelphia and convinces his late father's friend Rocky Balboa to train and mentor him. In film ''Creed'' In 1998, Adonis "Donnie" Johnson is spending time at a juvenile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Graham McTavish
Graham McTavish (born 4 January 1961) is a Scottish actor and author. He is known for his roles as Dwalin in ''The Hobbit'' film trilogy, The Saint of Killers in the AMC series ''Preacher'', Dougal MacKenzie and William Buccleigh MacKenzie in the Starz series '' Outlander'', and Harrold Westerling in the HBO series ''House of the Dragon''. He is also known for his roles in the video game franchise ''Uncharted'' as the main antagonist Zoran Lazarević in '' Uncharted 2: Among Thieves'' and Charlie Cutter in '' Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''. Graham is proud of his Scottish heritage and a member of Clan MacTavish. In 2020, McTavish and ''Outlander'' co-star Sam Heughan co-wrote ''Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other'', which hit No. 1 on the ''New York Times''' Best Seller Lists for hardcover nonfiction and for combined print and e-book nonfiction. Early life McTavish was born 4 January 1961, in Glasgow, Scotland. He is the son of Alec and Ell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rocky (franchise)
''Rocky'' is an American sports drama multimedia franchise created by Sylvester Stallone, based on the life of boxer Rocky Balboa in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which began with the eponymous 1976 film and has since become a cultural phenomenon. The original film (''Rocky'') was written by Stallone and directed by John G. Avildsen, and was followed by the sequels '' Rocky II'' (1979), '' Rocky III'' (1982), '' Rocky IV'' (1985), '' Rocky V'' (1990), and ''Rocky Balboa'' (2006). Stallone wrote and directed four of the five sequels, with Avildsen returning to direct ''Rocky V''. All six films were distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A sequel film series followed, with ''Creed'' (2015), '' Creed II'' (2018), and '' Creed III'' (2023). The series stars Michael B. Jordan as boxer Adonis Creed, with Rocky as his trainer in the first two films. The ''Creed'' films were directed by Ryan Coogler, Steven Caple Jr., and Jordan respectively. The Creed franchise will continue with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Drama (film And Television)
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police procedural, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, Drama (film and television)#Teen drama, teen drama, and comedy drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular Setting (narrative), setting or subject matter, or they combine a drama's otherwise serious tone with elements that encourage a broader range of Mood (literature), moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of Conflict (process), conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of Film industry, cinema or television that involve Fiction, fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sports Film
A sports film is a film genre in which any particular sport plays a prominent role in the film's plot or acts as its central theme. It is a production in which a sport or a sports-related topic is prominently featured or is a focus of the plot. Despite this, sport is ultimately rarely the central concern of such films and sport performs primarily an allegorical role. Furthermore, sports fans are not necessarily the target demographic in such movies, but sports fans tend to maintain a high following and esteem for such movies. Subgenres The first sports film was released 1915, this was during the era of silent films. Several sub-categories of sports films can be identified, although the delineations between these subgenres, much as in live action, are somewhat fluid. The most common sports subgenres depicted in movies are sports drama and sports comedy. Both categories typically employ playground settings, match, game creatures and other elements commonly associated with biologic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
