ANT-MAN 3 Star Jonathan Majors In Talks To Touch Gloves With Michael B. Jordan In CREED III

ANT-MAN 3 Star Jonathan Majors In Talks To Touch Gloves With Michael B. Jordan In CREED III

Lovecraft Country star Jonathan Majors, who is set to play Kang the Conqueror in Marvel's Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, is reportedly in talks to join Michael B. Jordan in Creed III...

By MarkCassidy - Jun 02, 2021 11:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Action
Source: Deadline

Jonathan Majors has been highly sought-after in Hollywood ever since his star-making turn in Lovecraft Country, and it looks like the actor may have landed a huge role as Adonis' ring-nemesis in the upcoming Creed III.

Though he hasn't signed on the dotted line just yet, Majors is reportedly in talks to play the antagonist in the third installment of MGM's boxing drama, which will be helmed by star and first-time director Michael B. Jordan. Specific details on his character are being kept under wraps, but there's a lot of speculation that he might be playing the son of Rocky III's Clubber Lang (Mr. T). Another theory points to Majors taking on the role of Apollo Creed's other son, which sounds more likely to us.

Tessa Thompson and Phylicia Rashad are set to reprise their respective roles, but Sylvester Stallone will not be back as Rocky Balboa. Zach Baylin and Keenan Coogler penned the script.

Majors has also appeared in The Last Black Man in San Francisco and Da 5 Bloods, and will next be seen in Netflix western The Harder They Fall and Black Label Media’s Devotion. Of course, he is also set to play the villainous Kang the Conqueror in Marvel's Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, which is scheduled to begin shooting this summer.

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Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 6/2/2021, 11:34 AM
I hope he’s playing some YouTube star that calls out an elite professional boxer, and the plots heavily influenced on the money making and corruption side of boxing.

After all, you can’t get more realistic than that in today’s Boxing Industries standards.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/2/2021, 11:39 AM
@Se4M4NSt4ine - that would be pretty funny actually, but don't think they're gonna go for that
GhostDog
GhostDog - 6/2/2021, 11:44 AM
@Se4M4NSt4ine -

Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 6/2/2021, 12:03 PM
@BlackBeltJones - gOt yOoOoOO hAaAt
soberchimera
soberchimera - 6/2/2021, 11:35 AM
I still hope they're just introducing Kang in Ant-Man 3 like they did with Thanos in GotG. And that the real villains will be something like Swarm or Whirlwind.


bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/2/2021, 11:38 AM
@soberchimera - I like they idea of Cross returning as Swarm, but I'm kinda hoping they're also gonna resolve that Carson storyline from the first and the mysterious buyer storyline from the second
DannRamm113
DannRamm113 - 6/2/2021, 11:36 AM
Interesting, since he's the first actor to play a rocky villain since Dolph I think, the rest since have been actual boxers/fighters
DannRamm113
DannRamm113 - 6/2/2021, 11:37 AM
this would literally be a meme if he was Clubber Lang's son. Dragos son was understandable, it was personal. No one weeps for Clubber Lang
Godzilla2000Zer
Godzilla2000Zer - 6/2/2021, 11:39 AM
Cool
GhostDog
GhostDog - 6/2/2021, 11:41 AM
Ya girl gonna ask to see this movie again and again and again and again...

Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 6/2/2021, 11:42 AM
Jonathan Majors In Talks To Touch Gloves With Michael B. Jordan
GhostDog
GhostDog - 6/2/2021, 11:46 AM
Just realized that's Ryan Coogler's brother penning the script.

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