Dave Callaham, the writer behind Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, says the movie could change the way people watch Marvel movies.

Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings could change the way people view Marvel movies, according to the film’s author. While all eyes are currently on the highly anticipated Black Widow (released in theaters and on Disney + on July 9), Destiny Daniel Cretton directed Shang-Chi will follow soon at the beginning of September. The film was originally announced at Comic-Con in 2019, along with many other MCU titles that have all been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic afterwards.

With Simu Liu in the lead role and Awkwafina as sidekick Katy, Shang-Chi will be Marvel’s first blockbuster to feature a predominantly Asian and Asian-American cast. Following the famous forgery of Iron man 3, the film will also feature the real Mandarin as its main antagonist: Wenwu (Tony Leung), Shang-Chi’s father. The Phase 4 movie recently made waves with a new trailer that aired in prime time and provided some take out. Michelle Yeoh will play a new character named Jiang Nan, although she will appear as Aleta Ogord in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Based on the trailer, 2008’s Abomination The Incredible Hulk is also back.

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Shang-Chi can completely change the perception of superhero movies, according to film writer Dave Callaham. In an interview with RBC promote his Netflix movie America: the movie, Callaham also spoke about the importance of his next Marvel project and how it could change the MCU for good:

For Marvel fans and fans in general, I’m very confident to say that the action scenes and the fight sequences, the hand-to-hand combat sequences in this movie, are very different from anything we have. never seen in the [Marvel Cinematic Universe] before. All involved, very proud of the work that has been done there. They are very visceral and very practical, which is good.

On a larger scale, I think what I would like to say is that this is an incredibly important film. I’m Chinese-American myself, and so the opportunity to be part of the first film to feature Asian-American stars in front of a superhero movie of this stature, I think, is going to be really meaningful and important, not just for Asian fans, but for everyone, just for the sake of visibility and representation.

So I couldn’t be happier for this to happen. I think it’s a tough time right now. So it worked in a way that I think will really hopefully change the way people watch these types of movies and what may be on our screens in the future.

As Callaham discusses above, Shang-Chi isn’t just a landmark moment for the MCU because of its increased representation, but because of its alternate approach to superhero action. In the past, Marvel’s most famous action sets, such as Avenger’s final showdown with Thanos in End of Game, relied heavily on green screens and CGI. With Shang-Chi as the main protagonist, known in the comics as the Master of Kung Fu, the film will feature more martial arts-based action.

Drawing inspiration from various martial arts classics such as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Shang-Chi demanded that stars like Liu be in superb shape and perform many of their own stunts, especially since their faces weren’t covered in masks like many of their MCU counterparts. As Marvel’s first martial arts-based film, Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings will surely change some preconceptions about what a superhero blockbuster can be.

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Source: RBC

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