SHANG-CHI Star Simu Liu Likes Comment Criticizing Marvel Studios' Lack Of Progress On Sequel

SHANG-CHI Star Simu Liu Likes Comment Criticizing Marvel Studios' Lack Of Progress On Sequel

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Simu Liu is receiving quite a bit of attention online today after liking a comment which criticises Marvel Studios for not moving forward with a sequel...

By JoshWilding - Nov 28, 2024 02:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Shang-Chi

Despite being released when moviegoers were still wary about heading into theaters, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings still grossed an impressive $432.2 million in 2021. 

Three years on, we're still waiting to see Shang-Chi in action again. There was a period when it looked like the character would be a central focus of the Multiverse Saga as he was reportedly being lined up to take centre stage in Shang-Chi and the Wreckage of Time (a movie we expected Marvel Studios to announce at 2022's San Diego Comic-Con) and Avengers: The Kang Dynasty

Plans have since changed and Shang-Chi's rings likely no longer have ties to Kang. Still, that's an easy retcon when they hail from Kakaranthara (the home of Fin Fang Foom) in the comics.

Rumour has it Shang-Chi will be a central character in Avengers: Doomsday, though work on the sequel has completely stalled now filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton has moved on to Spider-Man 4. That's not coming out until 2026, so there's no way Shang-Chi 2 is getting here before 2028 or 2029 assuming he still plans to direct. 

Today, Simu Liu is receiving quite a bit of attention on social media for liking a comment from a fan who expressed frustration at the lack of progress on the follow-up. 

We wouldn't read too much into this as he's likely just grateful for the support; however, it would be easy enough to understand if Liu is fed up with being sidelined after Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was hailed by many as one of the best MCU movies to date. 

It's unfortunate, but Marvel Studios' pivot away from Kang is likely why Shang-Chi is on ice; both the Ten Rings and Ms. Marvel's bangles were expected to have ties to the villain, with Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania making use of ring imagery for the Conqueror's time travel technology in the Quantum Realm. 

With any luck, Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars can put the spotlight back on the master of the martial arts. 

"Oh man, I don't know to be honest," Liu said earlier this year after being asked when Shang-Chi is likely to make his MCU return. "I mean, those things are so above my pay grade. I just wanna continue to be a fan of it. You know, when I get a call of like, 'Hey, this is what your in and this is where you're going to show up. And, this is when you're going to be need to be blacked out for.'"

"That's kind of generally what tends to happen. But, you know Destin is such a special filmmaker and we're very happy to have him on the sequel. So, he'll be working on that and we're really excited to see what he comes up with. I think he's going to do a brilliant job."

"There are a lot of ideas that we had in the opener, and some of those ideas are planted as questions, by the end of our movie. There are things that we potentially want to explore in the future," the Barbie star continued. "Everything changes so much, so it’s hard to say how many of those ideas will actually make it to the finish line, but there are many of them there."

Do you think we'll still get a Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings sequel in the next Saga of MCU storytelling?

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PatientXero
PatientXero - 11/28/2024, 2:52 PM
Idk why he’d be surprised. The movie sucked and bastardized something that could have been cool, in the ten rings.
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 11/28/2024, 2:54 PM
@PatientXero - xerox taste
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 11/28/2024, 2:54 PM
@ProfessorWhy - *Xero
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 11/28/2024, 2:54 PM
@ProfessorWhy - xerox tastes like paper
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 11/28/2024, 2:56 PM
@ProfessorWhy - nom nom nom nom

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FrankenDad
FrankenDad - 11/28/2024, 3:00 PM
@PatientXero - I really dug Shang Chi. Depending on your taste, it has its people. It is my wife’s favorite MCU movie, and we tend to see most of them.
fanboy03191
fanboy03191 - 11/28/2024, 4:56 PM
@ProfessorWhy - spell it right.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 11/28/2024, 2:54 PM
[Marvel snipers activated]

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JFerguson
JFerguson - 11/28/2024, 2:56 PM
I really liked the rumor that he would have a big role in Kang Dynasty. Hope he still has much to do in Doomsday
FrankenDad
FrankenDad - 11/28/2024, 2:58 PM
He’ll be in Spider-M4n. Maybe. Probably.
thedrudo
thedrudo - 11/28/2024, 4:17 PM
@FrankenDad - Hard pass.

I know it wont happen but I just don’t want that one cluttered with a dozen heroes. Daredevil makes the most sense.
FrankenDad
FrankenDad - 11/28/2024, 4:44 PM
@thedrudo - well I’m basing that on the director, not a necessary plot device.
CerealKiller1
CerealKiller1 - 11/28/2024, 3:00 PM
Definitely worthy of a whole article
grif
grif - 11/28/2024, 3:13 PM
how about progress on his integrity?
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 11/28/2024, 3:19 PM
@grif -
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McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/28/2024, 7:08 PM
@grif - regression mostly
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 11/28/2024, 3:17 PM
he should stick them sonic rings up his A55
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NodrickStripson
NodrickStripson - 11/28/2024, 6:51 PM
@harryba11zack - I have no idea why this actually made me laugh out loud but thank you anyway!
CoHost
CoHost - 11/28/2024, 3:19 PM
Because Marvel is in a tricky spot and is more reliant on nostalgia now.
Spike101
Spike101 - 11/28/2024, 3:19 PM
‘after Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was hailed by many as one of the best MCU movies to date’ really, by who may I ask?
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 11/28/2024, 5:29 PM
@Spike101 - Trevor Slattery fan.





....not me. That's who hailed Shang Chi & The Legend of the Ten Rings as one of the best MCU movies to date. That... fan.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/28/2024, 7:09 PM
@Spike101 - it was essentially a Black Panther remake. But Asian.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 11/30/2024, 5:15 PM
@McMurdo - it borrowed some notes sure but remake? How?
McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/30/2024, 6:54 PM
@Slotherin - villain with familial connection to Protagonist hero, secret home enclave hidden from world, secret power source both villain and hero utilize, familial final battle between hero and familial villain riddled with cgi in secret hidden home enclave.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 11/30/2024, 6:56 PM
@McMurdo - aight, point taken.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/30/2024, 7:00 PM
@Slotherin - ya I mean Shang Chi isn't awful it's just essentially BP with ninjas. It's better than a lot of MCU stuff, whatever that's worth.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 11/30/2024, 7:10 PM
@McMurdo - I didn't think much of it honestly.
Some cool fight scenes in the first 2 acts.
But IMO a sequel to it is hardly a pressing matter though I do want them to follow up the stinger in some kind of way.

As reviled as The Marvels is by a lot of people on here, I think something like that would be the answer. By which I mean use a team up or something to continue his storyline like they did Kamala and Monica, since neither of them was well set up for a movie of their own.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/30/2024, 8:49 PM
@Slotherin - ya he would certainly be better served as a companion hero. And I imagine that's the plan with Avengers.
TyrantBossMedia
TyrantBossMedia - 11/28/2024, 3:30 PM
Shang Chi had a great first act then they went way off the path with a confusing 2nd act and a sloppy, effects laden third act.

1) They rushed the development of Shang Chi
2) They once again had to elevate a girl boss (his sister) who taught herself martial arts?? And created her own faction also making her better than Shang Chi.
3) Changing the Ten Rings into the 10 Bracelets was a terrible choice, but that goes back to that ridiculous bait-and-switch false advertising of Iron Man 3 destroying such an amazing build up that occurred over three films and with that terrific trailer about The Mandarin.
4) Shang Chi just needed to be a street level hero to start without any of the fantasy mumbo jumbo.

Just another failed attempt by Marvel in MSheU Phase 4.

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda
BabyLasagna
BabyLasagna - 11/28/2024, 3:41 PM
@TyrantBossMedia - I hate women too bro
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 11/28/2024, 4:18 PM
@BabyLasagna - Well, who doesn't?

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KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 11/28/2024, 5:32 PM
@TyrantBossMedia - User Comment Image

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McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/28/2024, 7:10 PM
@BabyLasagna - you hate yourself? Don't be a transphobe
TyrantBossMedia
TyrantBossMedia - 11/28/2024, 8:49 PM
@KennKathleen - Thanks.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 11/28/2024, 3:31 PM
I mean , I could understand his frustration but I also get the other side aswell…

The universe is so big now that it can be hard to give everyone their time in the spotlight constantly especially given how long these projects take.

Anyway , I don’t see a sequel happening until after Secret Wars now and if so then I hope it’s done well as a big fan of the first one!!.
Polaris
Polaris - 11/28/2024, 9:39 PM
@TheVisionary25 - Makes sense why the sequel isn't exactly a priority, but I think they could have found a place for the character to show up. Imean, Trevor Slattery is in Wonder Man lol
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 11/29/2024, 3:32 AM
@Polaris - that’s true lol

However I can see the connection with Trevor since Simon is an actor aswell

I don’t know where Shang Chi could have fit
Chuck420Taylor
Chuck420Taylor - 11/29/2024, 7:49 AM
@TheVisionary25 - forgive me if I'm wrong it's been awhile since I saw Shang Chi but didn't Wong, Capt Marvel, Abomination and that streamer all show up in the film? Hell Kamala could have just watched the bus footage for all I care.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 11/28/2024, 3:35 PM
Shang Chi & The Iron Fist would be an awesome sequel. They should introduce The Hand and lead into a Defenders movie with Daredevil, Shang Chi, Iron Fist, Elektra, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/28/2024, 5:07 PM
@SonOfAGif - I kinda hope the trilogy follows the "Legend of" naming convention. The next one can be "Legend of the Iron Fist", and the one after "Legend of the Immortal Weapons"
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