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Rocky has cancer, it seems.
Back in December, Stallone tweeted a picture of the script.
Flipped around and cleared up:
ROCKY
Listen to em’.
STADIUM ATTENDEES
CREED… CREED… CREED… CREED
Adonis looks around the stadium [illegible] the standing ovation.
EXT. PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM STEPS: SUNRISE – ONE WEEK LATER
The long flight of stairs as Rocky’s van pulls up. Adonis and Bianca hop out, dressed in street clothes. Small white bandages on his face cover [illegible] wounds. He opens the passenger door and helps Rocky, who [illegible] a gray sweat suit, and black beanie. he is slower and [illegible] thinner – he has started the chemo treatments again.
Rocky balances himself with [illegible] left hand on Adonis’ right shoulder. They stand at [illegible] the steps. Rocky takes a deep breath. One step at [illegible]
Yesterday, the official synopsis was released and it seems to confirm this?:
Adonis Johnson (Jordan) never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there’s no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed’s legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
Once in the City of Brotherly Love, Adonis tracks Rocky (Stallone) down and asks him to be his trainer. Despite his insistence that he is out of the fight game for good, Rocky sees in Adonis the strength and determination he had known in Apollo—the fierce rival who became his closest friend. Agreeing to take him on, Rocky trains the young fighter, even as the former champ is battling an opponent more deadly than any he faced in the ring.
With Rocky in his corner, it isn’t long before Adonis gets his own shot at the title…but can he develop not only the drive but also the heart of a true fighter, in time to get into the ring?
Anyway, the movie is filming in Philadelphia now. Here is Adonis Creed and Rocky outside of Rocky's restaurant last week:
(sorry if old. it's tough to search 'Creed' on GAF and not be drowned in assassin's creed threads)