With domestic opening predictions as low as $30 million, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings opened to a stellar $71.4 million Labor Day weekend at the box office, shattering expectations. The MCU’s newest origin story now owns the highest Labor Day opening of all time while also achieving the second-highest opening weekend of the pandemic. Marvel currently owns the pandemic’s two
Read MoreSpoiler warning for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings below! As I had suspected would happen by the end of Shang-Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings, Shang-Chi’s sister Xialing (Meng’er Zhang) takes over the Ten Rings organization. It’s also apparent that the transition was probably made immediately, with the scene zooming out showing the stylistic graffiti we
Read MoreThe latest entry in the MCU, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, thundered into theaters over the long weekend. The film was packed full of surprises, including two end-credits scenes that rank among my favorites in the entire franchise. In this article, I’ll be speculating on what the future holds for Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi based on these scenes. MAJOR
Read MoreShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is the first Marvel Studios origin film since the radical universe-altering events of Avengers: Endgame and Loki. Before director Destin Daniel Cretton took this job, he was primarily known for grounded true-story dramas like Short Term 12, The Glass Castle, and Just Mercy. Cretton is the latest in a line of Marvel directors transitioning from
Read MoreAlthough the film has yet to be released and only a few of us got a preview, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings seems to be setting its future up ahead of his debut. In an interview with ComicBook.com, Kevin Feige had this to say, “We certainly have many ideas of where to take them and where to put
Read MoreEditor’s note: This is a guest review that was written by David Meyers, who saw Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings at a special early screening for fans. The review contains only mild spoilers, if that, for the film. Marvel is focused on the future. After the prequel of Black Widow, Marvel Studios has released its first front-facing movie
Read MoreWith Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings fast approaching release to theaters, there are still many questions that we have about the film. As an origin story, fans want to know how Shang-Chi (played by Simu Liu) will be introduced and how the Marvel Cinematic Universe will interpret the character and his powers. Will Shang-Chi feel like he is
Read MoreWith the release of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings less than three weeks away, it seems those over at Marvel Studios have begun to ramp up the promotion of the film. Almost every day it seems fans are receiving a new trailer, poster, or featurette about some aspect of Shang-Chi. However, today alone fans were blessed with not
Read MoreWith Marvel Studios’ next film just around the corner, information on Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has been limited. Besides announcing most of the cast and their respective characters (with the exception of the recently discovered identity of the actor of Death Dealer) along with bits of the story we can gather from the promotional material, fans have
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