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Marvel Drops ‘Shang Chi’s ‘Next Level Action’ Featurette

Catch a behind-the-scenes look at the martial arts action in ‘Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings,’ Marvel Studios’ highly anticipated new MCU outing heading to theaters September 3.

Marvel Studios has just dropped the action-packed, Next Level Action featurette for their upcoming MCU adventure, Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings, coming to theaters September 3. The film stars Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, a young Super Hero whose journey of self-discovery unfolds as he confronts the past he thought he left behind, drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization in this new origin story from Marvel.

The film also stars Awkwafina as Shang-Chi’s friend Katy, with Michelle Yeoh as Ying Nan, and Tony Leung as Xu Wenwu, Shang-Chi’s father; as well as Meng’er Zhang, Fala Chen, Florian Munteanu, Benedict Wong, Yuen Wah, Ronny Chieng, Zach Cherry, and Dallas Liu. 

The movie showcases a combination of Marvel Studios’ signature action style and the mastery of martial artists from around the world. In the featurette, cast members join producer Kevin Feige, director Destin Daniel Cretton and fight coordinator Andy Cheng for an upfront look at the jaw-dropping action in the highly anticipated film.

Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings is directed by Cretton and produced by Feige and Jonathan Schwartz, with Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso and Charles Newirth serving as executive producers. Dave Callaham & Cretton & Andrew Lanham wrote the screenplay, and the screen story is by Dave Callaham & Cretton.

Christopher Townsend serves as the production VFX supervisor, with visual effects being handled by a slew of well-known studios: Digital Domain, Fin Design + Effects, Luma Pictures, Method Studios, Rising Sun Pictures, Rodeo FX, Scanline VFX, Trixter, and Weta Digital.