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Is Shang-Chi Villain Death Dealer Hiding a Secret?

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is reclaiming its roots, as evident in the debut trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, which showcases a defining return by the shadowy syndicate that tangled with Tony Stark way back in 2008’s original Iron Man. Yet, while Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) is on a collision course with the long-awaited “real” Mandarin (Tony Leung), he will clearly have his hands full fighting a masked villain named Death Dealer, whose hitherto obscurity in the pages of Marvel Comics seems to belie the character’s importance in the film. Death Dealer, as depicted in the upcoming…
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Trailer Teases Iron Fist Connection for the MCU

Marvel Studios celebrated Simu Liu’s birthday by giving us all a present: the first trailer for Shang Chi and the Ten Rings. And there’s a lot to get excited about: a ripped Liu kicking several things; some of the best looking fight shots in the MCU to date; Awkwafina being generally delightful. Watch it here if you haven’t already… But buried in the middle of the trailer was a very quick flash of something fascinating: Was that an Iron Fist? Iron Fist and the MCU Up until now, the first character who jumps to mind when you think “Marvel martial…
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Marvel’s Shang-Chi Release Date Moved Back Once Again

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has, once again, been shuffled farther down the release schedule of Disney’s Marvel Studios; a fate, typical of the times, now shared by some of its continuity cousins in the company’s latest move. The latest schedule overhaul by Disney will see Shang-Chi shift its release date from its previously set May 7, 2021 date to July 9, 2021. The previous date was set during a similarly telluric COVID-minded upheaval to the schedule this past April, which moved the film from its February 12, 2021 spot. Thusly, to paraphrase the martial-arts-minded Marvel character’s…
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Marvel’s Shang-Chi Movie Gets New Release Date

The coronavirus pandemic continues to affect the film industry in ways big and small, and not even the biggest, most successful franchise behemoth of the last decade is immune. Disney announced new release dates for every single one of Marvel Studios’ MCU Phase 4 projects, a necessary and expected step after Black Widow was pulled from its planned May 1 release date. We all had a feeling a “chain reaction” would follow, as the carefully planned Marvel Cinematic Universe would need to move its other release dates ahead to make sure that the intricacies of Kevin Feige’s blockbuster world would…
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Marvel’s Shang-Chi Suspends Production Over Coronavirus Precautions

The impact of the global coronavirus pandemic continues to affect the film world. A series of last minute release date delays and changes has swept across the entertainment calendar this week, with A Quiet Place Part II and Fast & Furious 9 disappearing from the 2020 calendar, Disney temporarily pulling Mulan, New Mutants, and Antlers from the schedule, the wrestling world moving to in-studio shows instead of live events, and even Tom Hanks announcing that he has tested positive for Covid-19, not to mention the cancellation of huge entertainment events like WonderCon and E3. And now Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the…
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