Creed movie is a spin-off of Rocky film series .
For the seventh , a spin-off Creed ( 2015 ) , and eighth , Creed II , the series shifted its focus towards Adonis Creed ( Michael B. Jordan ) , the son of Rocky 's deceased rival and friend Apollo Creed ( Carl Weathers ) , trained by a now retired Rocky .
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