Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Trailer Breakdown

About Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings .

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Shang-Chi. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is intended to be the 25th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton from a screenplay he wrote with David Callaham and Andrew Lanham, and stars Simu Liu as Shang-Chi alongside Awkwafina, Tony Leung, Michelle Yeoh, Fala Chen, Meng'er Zhang, Florian Munteanu, and Ronny Chieng. In the film, Shang-Chi is forced to confront his past after he is drawn into the Ten Rings organization.

A film based on Shang-Chi entered development in 2001, but work did not begin in earnest until December 2018 when Callaham was hired. Cretton joined in March 2019, with the project fast-tracked as Marvel's first film with an Asian lead. The film's title and primary cast were announced that July, revealing the film's connection to the Mandarin (Leung) and his Ten Rings organization that appears throughout the MCU. Filming began in February 2020 but was put on hold in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Production resumed in August before completing in October. Shooting occurred in Sydney and San Francisco.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is scheduled to be released in the United States on September 3, 2021, as part of Phase Four of the MCU.

Teaser Breakdown.

Within a short span of time, the trailer revealed several secrets about the film, and some of them are as follows.

THE POWER OF KUNG FU
In one scene, it has been proven that Shang-Chi can break any woods with his fists alone. This resonates with the popular Kung Fu movies wherein the main character can unleash their strengths even without the use of guns or knives.

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The character's apartment also nods to the "Kung Fu Hustle" film. His small space displays a small poster of the 2004 movie.

Shang-Chi's History
The trailer also highlights how the legend of Shang-Chi began.

A short montage shows a young Shang-Chi punching a wooden pillar. He underwent training every day with the help of his father, who is also a Kung Fu master.

The next clip explains why he needed to be trained. According to Mandarin, he needed to do so "so the most dangerous people in the world couldn't kill" Shang-Chi.

Shang-Chi's Real Powers
Aside from being a master martial artist, Shang-Chi is actually more powerful than what people can imagine. He can harness his chi to develop his mind and body even more. In one scene, he wears a strange pair of gauntlets that may explain the Ten Rings on the title.

Easter eggs

Marvel's latest martial arts hero, Shang-Chi, is finally here. The trailer serves as a short introduction as he faces off against the mysterious Ten Rings organization and its true leader, the Mandarin. In order to confront the past that he thought he left behind, Shang-Chi is lured into the wed of the mysterious Ten Rings organization. The Ten Rings have been strategically placed in a number of previous Marvel productions, including Iron Man (2008), but Shang-Chi promises to reveal the actual group for the first time.

The film stars Tony Leung as Wenwu, Awkwafina as Shang-Chi's friend Katy and Michelle Yeoh as Jiang Nan, as well as Fala Chen, Meng'er Zhang, Florian Munteanu and Ronny Chieng. The movie is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and produced by Kevin Feige and Jonathan Schwartz, with Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso and Charles Newirth serving as executive producers.

"When you look at the character of Shang-Chi through the comic books going back to the '70s and '80s, the fact that he existed and the fact that he was an Asian character was amazing. But at the same time, there are aspects of that portrayal of him that maybe could feel a little stereotypical. So when we first started to map out who this character was and what his journey was going to be over the course of this film, we were all very sensitive to not have it go into stereotypical territory," Simu Liu said to Entertainment Weekly in an interview.