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Coogler, who scripted with Aaron Covington, teamed with Stallone to pitch the project to MGM and is helming it as his follow-up to his Cannes-, Gotham- and Spirit Award-winning 2013 debut Fruitvale Station.
MGM is setting Ryan Coogler to direct Creed, and the studio is in early talks with Coogler's Fruitvale Station star Michael B. Jordan to play the grandson of Apollo Creed in a continuation of the Rocky saga that Coogler is going to write with Aaron Covington.
The film is based on a script penned by Coogler and Aaron Covington, and was shot on location in Philadelphia, Rocky's hometown.
Aaron Covington is from Northwest Indiana, just outside of Chicago. He studied communication (marketing/advertising) at Ohio State University and has done sound and editing work for various films. He received his MFA in film production at the University of Southern California in May, 2011.
We'll find out when Creed opens on November 25. Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale) directs from a script he wrote with Aaron Covington.
Sylvester Stallone is on board to reprise his role as Rocky Balboa, with Coogler penning the script along with Aaron Covington. Deadline Hollywood broke the news.
Aaron Covington is from Northwest Indiana, just outside of Chicago. He studied communication (marketing/advertising) at Ohio State University and has done sound and editing work for various films. He received his MFA in film production at the University of Southern California in May, 2011.
Coogler met Stallone prior to production on "Fruitvale" and had "a really honest conversation about these two men," said Coogler, who is co-writing "Creed" with a screenwriting friend, Aaron Covington. As soon as Stallone signed on, the two deled [sic] deeper into developing the script, which is still being written.
