Who co-wrote Creed with Ryan Coogler?

Aaron Covington co-wrote Creed with Ryan Coogler. Their screenplay follows Adonis Johnson, the son of Apollo Creed, as he seeks Rocky Balboa’s help in becoming a professional boxer.

The project began as Ryan Coogler’s proposed Rocky spin-off, developed after his breakthrough film Fruitvale Station. Coogler brought Michael B. Jordan into the project, and Covington collaborated with him on the screenplay. Sylvester Stallone also worked on the script and reprised Rocky, but the credited screenplay writers are Coogler and Covington.

Creed premiered in 2015 as the seventh film in the broader Rocky franchise and the first spin-off centered on Apollo Creed’s family. Its story combines a new protagonist with familiar characters, locations and dramatic patterns from the original boxing series.

The main mix-up involves later Creed films. Keenan Coogler and Zach Baylin wrote the screenplay for Creed III, while Juel Taylor was not the co-writer of the first Creed. Aaron Covington is the specific credited collaborator asked for here.