Amazon's 'Creed' Spin-Off Series 'Delphi' Starts Casting

TV & Film

May 22

Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Creed as seen in Creed III — Image Source: UHDWallpapers

The world of Creed is expanding! Amazon has revealed the cast for their upcoming Creed spin-off series Delphi on Tuesday.

It was confirmed that the main cast of the upcoming series will consist of Benji Santiago, Juan Castano, Demián Bichir, André Holland, Andre Royo, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Victoria Vourkoutiotis, and Wood Harris. Brittany Adebumola, Rene Moran, Okieriete Onaodowan, and Breanna Yde will star in recurring roles. Santiago will play the series lead, Santi Torres, an up-and-coming boxer who lives in the shadow of his older brother, Nico (played by Castano). Bichir will play the Torres family patriarch, Hector. Holland will play Teddy ‘T-Bone’ Parker, lead instructor at the Delphi Academy. Royo will play Elmer Tatum, an eccentric boxing encyclopedia. D’Elia will play Bobbi Weiss, an accountant who dreams of becoming a boxing trainer. Harris will play Tony “Little Duke” Evers, reprising his role from the Creed films.

Delphi is the first of many planned spin-offs of the Creed franchise, which itself was a spin-off of the Rocky franchise. Starting life as a legacy sequel directed by Ryan Coogler,the first Creed received critical acclaim, was a breakout role for Michael B. Jordan, and earned Sylvester Stallone multiple accolades, including an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. It was followed by two sequels, Creed II (directed by Steven Caple Jr.) and Creed III (directed by Michael B. Jordan). Both films received positive reviews and were box office hits, with Creed III becoming the second highest-grossing film in the Rocky franchise. In 2023, following the success of Creed III, Amazon-MGM revealed their plans to create an entire “Creed-Verse,” with Michael B. Jordan overseeing projects as an executive producer. In addition to Delphi, other planned projects include a potential Creed IV (with Jordan expected to return as director), an anime series, and a project centered on Amara, Adonis’ daughter, introduced in Creed III. Marco Ramirez (best known for his work on Daredevil and the Tony-nominated musical Buena Vista Social Club) will act as showrunner on Delphi, while José Padilha (based known for directing the Joel Kinnaman-led RoboCop reboot from 2014 and multiple episodes of Narcos) will direct the pilot.