Creed's Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler visit Toronto's Queen Alexandra Middle School

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For weeks, Queen Alexandra Middle School's grade 8 class has been hard at work on a mural about perseverance also a dominant theme of the Rocky spin-off.

The upcoming drama stars Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Creed, a young boxerfighting to build his own legacy under the tutelage of his late father Apollo's colleague and rival Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone).

Jordan, co-star Tessa Thompson and director Ryan Coogler the filmmaker behind the highly praised Fruitvale Station paid the Toronto school a surprise visit midday on Monday.

Click on the video above for Eli Glasner's report.

Creed arrives in theatres on Nov. 25.