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Q: Is it true they're making another Rocky movie? Isn't Stallone getting a little old to be boxing?

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Adam Thomlison / TV Media

While it's technically true that another Rocky movie is in the works, it's the first one to not actually be called "Rocky," and Sylvester Stallone's iconic character won't be the guy getting punched in the ring.

Stallone will play boxer Rocky Balboa, but he's there as mentor to a young boxer named Adonis Creed, the grandson of his old adversary, Apollo. In keeping with the series' tradition of title creativity, the film will be called "Creed."

The other star of the film will be Michael B. Jordan as Adonis. The 28-year-old actor has already made a name for himself, having starred in the critically acclaimed TV series "Friday Night Lights," and won numerous acting awards for his turn in hit 2013 indie film "Fruitvale Station." He has also signed on to play Johnny Storm in the upcoming "Fantastic Four" movie.

"Creed" is currently filming and is slated for release in November of this year.

Some photos have already leaked out from the set, and they show the two actors revisiting a lot of the old scenes from the old Rocky movies.

The two revisit the famous outdoor staircase at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, locally known as the Rocky Steps, that Rocky ran up and sweated all over in several of the Rocky films. There have also been shots of Adonis chasing chickens around a coop, one of the unorthodox training methods Rocky was subjected to in "Rocky II" (1979).

 

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