The Marvel Cinematic Universe is all the time increasing, releasing new content material in theaters and streaming with a Disney+ subscription. Followers who’ve spent years watching the Marvel films so as have seen how the share universe struggled a bit within the post-Endgame interval, though there have been exceptions like Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Questioning what is going on on with Shang-Chi 2? Appears like Simu Liu could also be, too.
What we find out about Shang-Chi 2 is tremendous restricted, as there’s been nearly no information in regards to the upcoming Marvel film because it was introduced. That is considerably shocking, particularly contemplating how well-received the primary film was. Liu is routinely requested in regards to the undertaking, and hasn’t been given solutions. And he turned heads when (through Twitter), he preferred a touch upon TikTok in regards to the sequel taking too lengthy. That remark learn:
He’s. Marvel did you soiled by not making a sequel 3 years in the past.
There you’ve got it. Appears like Liu is unquestionably able to return to the MCU, particularly in a sequel to Shang-Chi. However the improvement course of for that title has been tremendous lengthy, and there is not any concrete solutions as to when manufacturing on the sequel will lastly start. And Liu liking that remark appears to point that he is feeling antsy too.
In fact, simply because Shang-Chi 2 is taking a very long time doesn’t suggest that Simu Liu will not be again as his signature character. He acquired to voice Shang-Chi in just a few episodes of What If…?, though followers are most involved in seeing his return to live-action. That would presumably occur in The Russo Brothers’ upcoming Marvel films, which might be crossover-heavy occasions like Avengers: Doomsday.
Details about the subsequent two Avengers flicks are tremendous restricted proper now. A rumor claimed that Shang-Chi was going to be a really huge character in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, though that film was scrapped after Jonathan Majors was fired from his position. Whereas this opened the door for Robert Downey Jr. to return to the MCU as Physician Doom, I am hoping that Simu Liu’s character nonetheless will get to have an enormous position… particularly after how lengthy it is taking to get a correct sequel.
As beforehand talked about, there have been a lot of notable misses within the MCU after Avengers: Endgame. Audiences and critics failed to attach with Chloé Zhao’s Eternals, which is not getting a sequel anytime quickly. The Marvels‘ was a field workplace bomb, which was one other purple flag for the state of the shared universe. Fortunately the film that adopted it was Deadpool & Wolverine, which broke information. So there’s nonetheless hope for the MCU, though there appears to be extra danger concerned. Maybe that is why Shang-Chi 2 hasn’t moved ahead but.
The following Marvel film hitting theaters is Captain America: Courageous New World on February 14th. For now, verify the 2025 film launch dates.