Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Title

Aliases

Shang-Chi
Steamboat (working title)

Release Date(s)

September 1, 2021
September 3, 2021 (USA)

Film Details

Musicians

Joel P. West

Cinematographers

Bill Pope

Editors

Nat Sanders; Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir; Harry Yoon

Distributors

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Production Companies

Marvel Studios

Running Time

132 minutes

Rating

MPAA: Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and action, and language

Budget

$150 million

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Appearances

Featured Characters:

Xu Shang-Chi / "Shaun" (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

Katy Chen (First appearance)
Xu Xialing (First appearance) (Joins Ten Rings)
Ying Li (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
Ying Nan (First appearance)
⏴ Trevor Slattery
- Morris (First appearance)
Guang Bo (First appearance; dies)
Great Protector (First appearance)

Antagonists:

Ten Rings
- ⏴ Xu Wenwu / "The Mandarin" (First full appearance) (Name revealed) (Death)
- Razor Fist (First appearance)
- Death-Dealer (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
Dweller-in-Darkness (First appearance; dies) (Impersonates Ying Li)
Iron Gang (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

Soo (First appearance)
John (First appearance)
Mrs. Chen (First appearance)
Ruihua Chen (First appearance)
Waipo Chen (First appearance)
⏴ Klev ⏵
Jon Jon (First appearance) (Joins Ten Rings)
Tak (First appearance) (Cameo)
⏴ Black Widow (Helen) (Cameo) (Name revealed)
⏴ Wong ⏵
⏴ Abomination (Emil Blonsky) ⏵
Aldrich Killian (Mentioned)
Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Mentioned)
⏴ Bruce Banner ⏵ (Cameo) (Appears on screen)
⏴ Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) ⏵ (Cameo) (Appears on screen)

Races and Species:

Humans
Dijiang (First appearance)
Shishi (First appearance)
Jiuweihu (First appearance)
Fenghuang (First appearance)
Qilin (First appearance)
Huli Jing (First appearance)
Soul-Eaters (First appearance)
Lung Dragons (First appearance)
Chitauri (Mentioned)

Locations:

Earth-199999
- Earth
  - United States of America
    - California
      - San Francisco
        Golden Gate Bridge (Cameo)
        
        Alcatraz Island (Cameo)
        
        Transamerica Pyramid (Cameo)
      - Seagate Prison (Mentioned)
    - DODC Maximum Security Prison (First appearance) (Cameo)
  - China
    - Macau
      - Golden Dagger Club (First appearance)
  - Ten Rings Base (First appearance)
  - Nepal
    - Kathmandu
      - Kamar-Taj
- Ta-Lo (First appearance)
- Hell (Invoked)

Items:

Ten Rings (First appearance)
Sling Ring
Dragon Scales (First appearance)
Eyes of the Dragon (First appearance)
Captain Marvel's Suit
Gamma Inhibitor (First appearance) (Unnamed)
Vibranium (Mentioned)

Vehicles:

Razor Fist's Car

Events:

The Blip (Mentioned)

Plot

Plot not yet listed

Cast

Simu Liu as Shang-Chi^[1]
Tony Leung as The Mandarin / Wenwu^[1]^[2]
Awkwafina as Katy Chen^[2]^[3]^[4]
Meng'er Zhang as Xialing^[2]
Michelle Yeoh as Ying Nan^[5]^[2]
Ronny Chieng as Jon Jon^[6]^[2]
Dallas Liu as Ruihua^[7]
Fala Chen as Ying Li^[2]
Andy Le as Death Dealer^[8]
Florian Munteanu as Razor Fist^[2]
Jodi Long as Mrs. Chen
Zach Cherry as Klev
Rosalind Chao as Soo

Additionally, Tim Roth, Ben Kingsley, and Benedict Wong reprise their roles as Abomination / Emil Blonsky,^[9] Trevor Slattery,^[10]^[11] and Wong.^[12]

Mark Ruffalo and Brie Larson made uncredited mid-credits appearances as Bruce Banner and Captain Marvel, respectively.

Notes

The Mandarin's existence in the MCU was first referenced in the Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King, following the appearance of a fabricated version in the film Iron Man 3.
- There is a little discrepancy upon the Name "The Mandarin" During the One-shot the Interviewer tells Trevor that the 10 rings organization has a story very tight to the man known as The Mandarin, character which he (Trevor) appropriated. However during this film, even though Xu Wenwu does states that he has been known through the years by many names, he also says that "The Mandarin" is a funny name the Americans created to put a face to the 10 rings organization, so it is unclear if he truly had been known as The Mandarin in the past.
- The name Wenwu comes from a concept of Chinese administration and philosophy, wen means civilian and wu means military or martial, Mandarin, is a term created by the Portuguese to describe a bureaucratic position in China, Korea and Vietnam.
The film has had multiple release date changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic:
- Originally announced to release on February 12, 2021, the film was pushed back on April 3, 2020, along with Marvel's entire Phase Four line-up, to the new release date of May 7, 2021.^[13]
- In September 2020, the film was pushed back again to July 9, 2021.^[14]
- In March 2021, the film was pushed back a final time to September 3, 2021.^[15]
Filming for this film started in February 2020,^[16] and wrapped on October 24, 2020.^[17]

Trivia

Jiang Nan actress Michelle Yeoh had previously portrayed the MCU character Aleta Ogord in the film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
- Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige asked Guardians of the Galaxy writer and director James Gunn beforehand if he would care about Yeoh's recast, to which Gunn stated he wouldn't.^[18]