Creed 3 star and director Michael B. Jordan has shed some light as to why Sylvester Stallone will not be appearing in the next entry of the Rocky spin-off series. Speaking to IGN's Jim Vejvoda while promoting Tom Clancy's Without Remorse, Jordan revealed that one of the main reasons Stallone won't be returning is that this is a Creed franchise, and they "really want to build this story and this world around [Adonis] moving forward." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/11/07/the-rocky-creed-saga-in-7-minutes"] "Yeah, I think that Sly let it be known that he wasn’t coming back for this one but I think, you know, his essence and his spirit… there’s always going to be a little bit of Rocky within Adonis," Jordan said.