Simu Liu is Shang-Chi, master of Kung Fu.
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So this is what Shang-Chi looks like. We started to wonder about Marvel’s oft-delayed martial arts adventure Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, but Simu Liu just tweeted a first look at the poster on Monday, Oh, and here’s the very first trailer …
The Legend of the Ten Rings also stars Awkwafina, Michelle Yeoh and Tony Leung as the Mandarin – not the fake ones from Iron Man 3, but the real deal, complete with titular jewelry. He recalls Shang-Chi from a life of partying and parking cars to face fate, which apparently involves all kinds of kung fu action and even some wuxia epicness.
After filming was halted by the pandemic last year, Shang-Chi’s premiere was rescheduled from February 2021 to this summer. The currently scheduled release date is September 3, after June Loki TV program and July Black Widow Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe then continue with Eternals in November and Spider-Man: No Way Home in December.
Shang-Chi was created in 1973 by writer Steve Englehart and artist Jim Starlin during the kung fu craze of the 1970s in America. Originally the son of vintage villain (and racist stereotype) Fu Manchu, he has no superpowers but holds his own in unarmed combat thanks to his unparalleled mastery of chi.
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