SHANG-CHI Shortlist Reportedly Includes AQUAMAN's Ludi Lin; Donnie Yen Also Said To Be Up For Role

He wasn't in Power Rangers that much but whatever acting he did in that movie showed great promise. We all just have to forget how he was used in Aquaman. If Zachary Levi got a 2nd chance in a rival studio, hopefully Ludi Lin does too.

@mrbioshock1984 - Or his father/villain.

@mastakilla39 - oh that makes more sense! i would love to see Jackie Chan,Jet Li,Sammo Hung,Yuen Biao,Michelle Yoeh,Chow Yun-fat etc all in this movie or the sequel!:)

@mrbioshock1984 - I second that.

@DwightKGroot - somewhat. They've teamed up a number of times but Shang-Chi is the son of Fu manchu. He is basically an evil warlord who honed Shang into a deadly assassin.

@SnapperCarr - "cross between Bruce Lee and James Bond" I'm all in for a movie like this.

@Reeds2Much -

@blackandyellow - Scott bucking [frick] man.......

@blackandyellow - Why? The whole point of the "Iron Fist" character is that he's supposed to be the white interloper, who has to struggle to survive in n unkown land.

@blackandyellow - I agree. There was no way TV was the right medium for Iron Fist, and Jeph Loeb and Scott Buck [frick]ed it up.

Here's hoping Danny gets rebooted, and then we get a rebooted Heroes for Hire flick with a new Luke Cage.

@DonDave - Because that's the narrative we get virtually every time instead of just having an Asian lead in a story about Asian culture.

@LongMayHeReign - Fiege was busy building up towards Infinity War and says they plan up to five years ahead. They may not have intended for an Iron Fist movie to happen until Phase 4 and Jeph Loeb and Marvel TV could've announced it since there is a clear split between the two divisions. Fiege mentions "character stacks" and back-up plans in the case things go wrong, and Shang-Chi does feel like a replacement for a martial arts MCU movie.

http://www.mtv.com/news/2597235/marvel-movies-iron-fist-shield-black-panther-guardians-of-the-galaxy/

""I think what Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction have done with 'Iron Fist' lately is exciting," Feige told MTV News. "I think 'Black Panther' and Wakanda has some amazing potential to be a feature film. 'Doctor Strange,' as you've mentioned. There are some obscure titles, too, like 'Guardians of the Galaxy.' I think they've been revamped recently in a fun way in the book."

"I think what Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction have done with 'Iron Fist' lately is exciting," Feige told MTV News. "I think 'Black Panther' and Wakanda has some amazing potential to be a feature film. 'Doctor Strange,' as you've mentioned. There are some obscure titles, too, like 'Guardians of the Galaxy.' I think they've been revamped recently in a fun way in the book." "

Iron Fist was mentioned amongst GotG, Doctor Strange, Black Panther and Ant-Man (all of whom got movies). Iron Fist would likely have gotten one if the TV department didn't get to it first.

@SnapperCarr - But see that's my point, he said this back in 2010 if he truly had plans for Iron Fist he would have held onto him especially since all those films he mentioned happened prior to Infinity War and Endgame, he definitely could have made an Iron Fist film between 2010 and now if he truly wanted to.

Also I don't doubt that Feige has a lot of characters in a pool of consideration, but one of the many reasons I believe Shang Chi is being made instead of Iron Fist is because it allows Marvel to become more diverse in their cast of characters. Iron Fist may be wrapped up in Asian culture but at the end of the day he's still another rich white guy. Especially after the heat Marvel got about changing the Ancient One they are not about to make another white savior film. It just makes way more sense that Shang Chi would come first and way down the line "perhaps" add Danny in but like I said I'm not expecting it.

@Philip - Sure but why do that when you have a character like Shang Chi who is actually Asian? Plus by changing Danny you get the fanboys in tizzy and nobody wants hear them bitch about roles being taken away from white guys.

Let the white characters stay white and let the Black,Asian,Latino etc characters stay that way, just give them more opportunities while not excluding new white characters and everyone can be a little less angry all the time.

@SnapperCarr - If he comes I think it will be as a secondary character at this point, having him an Shang Chi each with their own franchise would be redundant. I could see him with a high budget Disney+ show tho.

But I still just don't think Feige ever truly intended on having an Iron Fist film. Remember how he talked about how they were going to do Inhumans and that never turned out, and in 2010 he was still firmly under Perlmutter's thumb so IF could have been forced on him but instead Ike took him to Netflix.