Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringsofficially hit cinemas in September 2021, but since then, we’ve basically not seen or heard any mention of the character within the MCU.
Technically, a picture of Shang-Chi popped up in the MCUDisney+showShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law, but c’mon, that doesn’t count.
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The character’s absence is pretty weird, considering that the after credits scene inShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringsimplied that we’d be seeing Shang-Chi’s return sometime in the near future, but it has been confirmed that Simu Liu will be returning to the role eventually.
Take a look at the trailer for the upcoming third season ofWhat If…?below.
A few months ago, Simu Liu stated inan interview with Times of IndiathatShang-Chi 2is “definitely happening” but that he wasn’t at liberty to “say anything beyond that”.
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Thankfully, we won’t have to wait for the sequel to come out, however, as we’ll be seeing Shang-Chi pop up in a different MCU project well before then.
Shang-Chi appears several times ina recent trailerfor Marvel Animation’sWhat If…?and it seems that at least two of these appearances are from separate storylines.
The first of these shows a powerless Shang-Chi battling gunslingers in a Western saloon, and his second inclusion shows him combining his mech with a bunch of other Avengers’ mechs in aPower Rangers-style team-up (complete with the Ten Rings forming one of the Avenger Mech’s arms).
It’s sort of an educated guess that these are two separate episodes, as going from a gunslinging brawl to aSuper Sentai Gundambrawl seems pretty unconnected to me but… hey, this is the MCU we’re talking about. Stranger things have definitely happened.
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