Shang-Chi teaser trailer shows Marvel's next major superhero in action
The first Shang-Chi trailer has arrived, showing off the next major superhero being introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The movie forms a part of Marvel Phase 4 and is due to reach cinemas later this year.
CAST
Simu Liu plays the leading character, with Destin Daniel Cretton (who worked with Captain Marvel herself, Brie Larson, on The Glass Castle) acting as director. Tony Leung will play the villain Mandarin (the real one, not the fake one from Iron Man 3) in the movie, with Awkwafina playing a supporting role.
PLOT
The Shang-Chi trailer sees the eponymous hero being trained by his father, the Mandarin, only for Shang-Chi to go against his Dad's wishes and be, well, an actual hero. There's a lot of wonderfully choreographed action and Awkwafina continues on her current trajectory of playing fun, scene-stealing characters. Watch above.
"The most exciting thing about stepping into this character was that his backstory has never been told before," Liu told EW as the trailer was released.
"We know so many different versions of Batman's origin story, how his parents were murdered when he was very young. We know Peter Parker, who was bitten by a radioactive spider, and he loses his uncle. Shang-Chi's story is very much unknown to most of the world, so we had a lot of freedom and creative liberty to make it the way that we wanted to."
Not quite the next Marvel movie, Shang-Chi comes after Black Widow, a prequel to Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame. However, Shang-Chi is certainly one of the most exciting new introductions to the MCU.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings arrives in cinemas this September, so we don't have all that long to wait to find out more about the movie. In the meantime, be sure to catch up on all the Marvel movies in order, as well as our latest Falcon and the Winter Soldier review.
The next new Marvel superhero getting their own movie is Shang-Chi. Here's the first teaser trailer.
Marvel Studios released the first trailer for "Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings" on star Simu Liu's birthday.
Destin Daniel Cretton is directing the movie about Shang-Chi who "must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization."
The character was introduced in the comics in 1973. The film also stars Awkwafina ("Ocean's 8") as Shang-Chi's friend, Katy. Tony Leung is playing the Mandarin. A fake version of the character, played by Ben Kingsley, appeared in "Iron Man 3."
"Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings" will be in theaters on September 3, 2021.
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