Of all the glut of remakes hitting the big screen, one is eagerly awaited.

And it seems the new Rocky spinoff will take heavy inspiration from the earlier movies – with shots showing the actors recreating an iconic scene on Monday.

Sylvester Stallone, back in the title role as Rocky Balboa, put his co-star Michael B. Jordan through the paces in a chicken coop during the filming of Creed in Philadelphia.

Training time: Sylvester Stallone filmed scenes for the Rocky spin-off Creed on Monday with Michael B. Jordan

As fans will immediately recognise, Rocky’s trainer Mickey [played by Burgess Meredith] had the boxer chase chickens in Rocky II to prepare for his rematch with world champion Apollo.

The 68-year-old actor is reprising his famous role for the spin-off featuring 28-year-old Jordan as boxer Adonis Johnson Creed.

Boxing film:L Sly reprises his famous role of Rocky Balboa to train the son of his rival turned friend Apollo Creed who died in Rocky IV

In the film Rocky agrees to train Adonis – the son of his former rival turned friend Apollo Creed who died in the ring in Rocky IV.

Jordan was decked out in workout gear including a black hoodie, black vest, black gloves, grey sweatpants and red Nike trainers.

Stallone wore a black slightly flattened fedora, dark blue coat, black trousers and work boots.

Traditional training: Rocky appeared to be putting Creed through the chicken chasing training he underwent in Rocky II to prepare for his fight with Apollo

Chicken scene: Mickey played by Burgess Meredith made Rocky chase chickens until he felt like a ‘Kentucky Fried Idiot’ in Rocky II

He carried a stopwatch as the pair filmed a scene with several chickens.

Creed is being directed by Ryan Coogler who also directed Jordan in the 2013 drama Fruitvale Station that was received with critical acclaim.

The film is the seventh movie featuring the Balboa character.

Same wardrobe: Rocky has favoured the same type of hat since the first movie in 1976

Cold outside: Rocky held a stopwatch as he trained Creed in Philadelphia

Jordan previously had starring roles on television as a high school quarterback in Friday Night Lights and a teenage drug dealer on HBO’s The Wire.

Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Tony Bellew, and Graham McTavish also have been cast in the spin-off.

Creed is scheduled for release on November 25, 2015 in the US.

Not easy: Chasing a chicken around is not that easy

Fatal fight: Rocky was in the corner for Apollo Creed when he was killed in the ring by Ivan Drago in the 1985 sequel Rocky IV