However, Majors will first hit movie theaters as Kang rather than boxer Anderson Dame due to Creed 3 being pushed back to March 3, 2022, from its original release date of November 23 of this year. Although no specific reason was given to justify the delay, the movie will see Creed not having to compete with major blockbusters like Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Avatar 2, or to a lesser degree Pinocchio and Matilda. All of those films are scheduled to release just a couple of weeks apart, thus previously causing a slight overlap with Creed 3’s previous premiere date.
While many eyes will veer towards Jordan’s handling of the film as a first-time director, screenplay duties have also fallen onto new hands. Zach Baylin and Keenan Coogler will take over from the former’s brother and Sylvester Stallone. The case is much different in the production department, as Stallone will continue to get producing credits along with Irvin Wrinkler, the very man the Italian stallion has lambasted on social media recently due to the actor feeling cheated out of his intellectual property rights as Rocky’s creator.
It’s possible that Creed 3’s delay is related to post-production work, as the new March 2023 release will still see it come out just two weeks after Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, exactly the same time frame before Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. For Rocky fans, this will be the first movie set in the Rocky universe without Stallone, though the actor himself believes his story has been completed.
Creed 3 is scheduled to release in theaters on March 3, 2022.
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Source: ComingSoon.net
