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'Above My Paygrade': Simu Liu Shares Exciting Update On New Shang-Chi 2 Movie
One of the MCU's coolest and most forgotten about heroes, Shang-Chi, will be returning to the MCU, says Simu Liu.
Shang-Chi is among the many forgotten heroes that have not make their comeback in the MCU since his introduction back in 2021 for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. While the reviews were excellent for the film, the COVID release date really didn't allow the movie to pull off much more at the box office. Since then, fans assumed Shang-Chi's time in the spotlight had gone back to perpetual darkness, but Simu Liu has something good to say. While the first part did well, yet fans were getting concerned about the future of the sequel since Marvel did not say anything about the timeline of the follow-up movie.
In an interview with The Times of India, while speaking about his new movie, Jackpot, Simu Liu confirmed Shang-Chi 2 is in the works at Marvel Studios, with himself and his Shang-Chi co-star Awkafina. He did not reveal any details about the release date, production timeline, or plot, but this is the first positive news the fans have gotten since the movie's release.
A lot of it is above my pay grade, but it's definitely happening. So just very excited to, like, work on it, and it's gonna be amazing. I really can't say anything beyond that." Liu said.
The Ten Rings organization was first mentioned in Iron Man 3, then properly introduced into the MCU with the introduction of Shang-Chi in the film. The one shown in Iron Man 3 was intentionally a sort of sham, part of which involved hiring a washed-up actor by the name of Trevor Slattery, played by Ben Kingsley, to play the role of the Mandarin-a big subversion. They were later exposed in a Marvel One-shot titled All Hail the King. The Ten Rings also got promised the return of their eponymous hero and the end of Shang-Chi teased a return to the organization. The iconic Marvel villains were first teased in Iron Man 3, but that original version proved to be fake.
During the same interview, he was asked when the jackpot moment in his life was, and he had said it had to be when he was offered the chance to play Shang Chi. "Probably the main one that I could think of is getting the call from Kevin Feige God, it was like five years ago now that I was going to play Shang Chi. If you talk about one moment and one decision made in one's life that changes the entire trajectory of a whole career, an entire life — well, not only my life but the life of my friends and family — I think that call is, like, winning the lottery 10 times over," Liu said.
One just cannot talk about forgotten Marvel heroes and not bring up the topic of Eternals. The movie Eternals by Chloé Zhao followed the immortal race of protectors hailing from Earth-on its release, it was panned with a star-studded cast. However, opinions do change now and then. But it really seems like the MCU did try to forget Eternals existed, there was literally a gigantic dead celestial lying in the ocean. If anything, the release of this movie has made fans go on to question the memory of the MCU regarding Eternals.
Meanwhile, while Shang-Chi is getting his long-overdue vindication, the Eternals are finding themselves on the receiving end of the proverbial short straw. Just last month, Kevin Feige was proving the name of this team very much metaphorical as the Eternals will not be returning to the MCU anytime soon.
Feige said, "There are no immediate plans for Eternals 2. There are, and I think you've seen maybe in a trailer we've released recently, an acknowledgement of some of those events. Certain giant things came out of the ocean."
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