Sup, Creed weebs. If Creed III’s box-office numbers are to be believed, there is a high statistical chance that if you’re reading this article, you’ve already seen the three-quel to Michael B. Jordan’s boxing movie. And if you’ve seen it, you already know that Jordan took his first-time directing gig as an opportunity to basically make a live-action anime. He has spoken about his anime influences in interviews, put posters for things like Lupin the Third in young Adonis’s bedroom in a flashback sequence, and added some anime-inspired flair to the fight scenes. Now, we might actually be getting a Creed anime.
Deadline reports that Amazon has held meetings with Jordan in the past year about expanding the Creed franchise into spinoffs — including a variety of TV-series concepts. “The plans for the scope of the universe have gotten bolder in the wake of Creed III’s big debut,†a source told the outlet. These plans, which are all in their early stages, include an anime series, a live-action series, and a project centering on Adonis’s young daughter, Amara (Mila Davis-Kent), whose scenes in Creed III easily could have been a setup to a larger story about her own future boxing journey. Amazon bought MGM for $8.5 billion last year, so you’d best believe it’ll milk it for all it’s worth.