The Marvel Cinematic Universe continues on (no doubt long after we are all dust) and now, according a report detailing future Marvel projects,Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringshas successfully spawned its own franchise with a sequel due to begin production in 2023. As per a report by The GWW,Shang-Chi 2is still a little ways off, with a 2023 production date suggesting a 2024 release, but thanks to both the critical and financial success garnered by the new MCU hero’s first outing, audiences can look forward to more from the master of kung fu.
Released back in September,Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringschronicles the story of Shang-Chi, a skilled martial artist who was trained at a young age to be an assassin by his father Wenwu. After leaving the nefarious Ten Rings organization and opting to live a normal life in San Francisco, Shang-Chi is soon drawn back into the clandestine world of the Ten Rings and is forced to confront the past he thought he had left behind.
StarringSimu Liuas the title character alongside Awkwafina, Meng’er Zhang, Fala Chen, Florian Munteanu, Benedict Wong, Michelle Yeoh, and Tony Leung, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has successfully introduced an undiscovered world of martial arts and magic into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as debuting its version Asian lead. Typically of Marvel movies these days,Shang-Chiends with several post-credits scenes, the events of which will no doubt lead into the follow-up.
The likes of Simu Liu andAwkwafinaare expected to return forShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2, with director Destin Daniel Cretton having previously stated his desire to come back for more, despite his initial concerns over joining such a huge franchise. “Yeah, yeah, I would,” the filmmaker said when asked if he would be interested in helming aShang-Chisequel. “When I said that to my agent, it was real. I was basically just telling my agent, ‘I don’t want to do those types of movies.’ I know I was getting to the place in my career where it’s easy for agents to try just and push me into that direction, but I was not feeling like I wanted to. A part of it was definitely fear. Fear of losing creative control.”
For now, the next phase in theMarvel Cinematic Universehas more than enough to contend with. Audiences still have the likes ofEternals, and the multiversal shenanigans ofSpider-Man: No Way Hometo look forward to in 2021, while next year will see several sequels hit the big screen, includingDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Thor: Love and Thunder, andBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever. As for 2023, the year that will allegedly seeShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2enter production, Marvel will unleash even more sequels in the form ofThe Marvels, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, andAnt-Man and the Wasp:Quantumania, before introducing the superhero familyThe Fantastic Fourto the fray. This comes to us fromThe GWW.
