Marvel fans call lack of ‘Shang-Chi’ promotion ‘racially motivated’

Director Destin Daniel Cretton isn’t necessarily the first name you’d think about when imagining filmmakers who would make the big leap from indies to superhero features. However, with “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” Cretton is the latest young filmmaker snatched up by Marvel Studios to helm a $200 million blockbuster.

Destin Daniel Cretton isn’t the first name you’d think about when imagining filmmakers that would make the leap to superhero features. However, with “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” Cretton is the latest young indie filmmaker that has been snatched up by Marvel Studios to helm a $200 million blockbuster.

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After all the hype from the Marvel Studios marketing machine, it’s finally time for the world to be introduced to “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.” It’s been a little while since Marvel introduced a new character in a feature film (“Captain Marvel” back in 2019), and the studio is hoping people fall in love with Simu Liu and the Master of Kung-fu.

, Marvel's new joint ushering the Master of Kung Fu from the comics into the MCU: Of the months of training star Simu Liu took on to master those martial arts and look the part of a Marvel superhero. Of the long weeks spent shooting even one of the set pieces, with much of the stunt work done by the cast themselves.

Black Panther,” is based on a comic book most moviegoers barely knew anything about when they first walked into the theater. Didn’t matter.

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Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe Avengers are hoping their superpowers will encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19Marvel Entertainment and New York City’s SOMOS Community Care have teamed up for a new PSA campaign to promote vaccinations in Black, Latino and Asian communities.The campaign, created by Funny or Die studio head and SOMOS co-founder Henry R.

the “Spider-Man: No Way Home” trailer, but there’s one other aspect of the series that fans are latching onto again: Mephisto.For months, people speculated that the iconic Marvel villain Mephisto was actually the secret figure pulling the strings in Westview. But by the end of “WandaVision,” he never actually showed up.

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While it’s not a scientific fact, if you’re a fan of box office statistics, you can often see a direct correlation between a studio’s confidence in a film’s financial future and the number of trailers that are released to promote it. If a studio thinks it has a homerun on its hands, maybe you don’t need to release a ton of trailers and clips.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings premiered in Los Angeles, California. The stars of the show attended the red carpet event, including Shang-Chi star Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung and Michelle Yeoh.