Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings proved to be one of 2021's biggest surprises, and arguably one of Marvel Studios' best solo movies. Tim Roth's return as Abomination was something of a disappointment, though, especially as he didn't have much more to do that what we saw from him in the trailers!
However, the villain will return in Disney+'s She-Hulk, and we're expecting him to have a more substantial role.
Concept artist Jimmy Duda has now shared some concept art from the movie highlighting the work that went into bringing Abomination back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
"Most of my work was designing Abomination and some look dev for Quilin, the dragon-horse," he explains in the Instagram post below. "With some great concept art sketches provided by Marvel, I developed the Abomination further to bring him closer to his iconic look from the comic."
2008 was a very different time for superhero movies, so Abomination being redesigned for The Incredible Hulk wasn't a surprise, and it's great to see Marvel Studios finally embracing the comic books in a significant way with characters like this one.
"Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is nothing short of action movie perfection," we said in our review of the movie earlier this year. "[This] is the MCU like you’ve never seen before, and it’s no exaggeration to say Simu Liu was born to play the MCU’s newest Avenger."
Check out the concept art below: