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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Goes Shirtless in New Trailer

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There isn’t much we haven’t seen from Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings thanks to trailers and other teases, but this newest trailer definitely lets us see a lot. A lot of shirtless lead actor Simu Liu, alongside Awkwafina wondering exactly why he is shirtless. The teaser also features a few new clips but doesn’t tell us much new in general about the film.

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This Shang Chi trailer, called “Need” (because trailers have names now), does focus a bit more on the family aspect of the film as Shang-Chi learns to face his past and his father, who isn’t such a good guy. In the movie, he will confront that past when he’s pulled back in by the Ten Rings organization and eventually, one assumes, become the next MCU superhero. There’s a bit more of what looks like a pretty awesome fight sequence on a trolly with a guy with a glowing blade for a hand, and then it’s a ton of clips we’ve already seen.

Unlike the slew of other Marvel films coming out, which seem to be criss-crossing with each other every which way, Shang-Chi appears to be standing on its own for now aside from what appears to be minor Wong and Abomination cameos. There’s no word of Dr. Strange popping up or a sudden Thor cameo out of the blue. That, of course, could change, especially given Marvel’s end-credits sequences, but for now, it’s kind of nice to not have to worry about more than a decade’s worth of continuity.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings will release on September 3, 2021.

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Matthew Razak
Matthew Razak is a News Writer and film aficionado at Escapist. He has been writing for Escapist for nearly five years and has nearly 20 years of experience reviewing and talking about movies, TV shows, and video games for both print and online outlets. He has a degree in Film from Vassar College and a degree in gaming from growing up in the '80s and '90s. He runs the website Flixist.com and has written for The Washington Post, Destructoid, MTV, and more. He will gladly talk your ear off about horror, Marvel, Stallone, James Bond movies, Doctor Who, Zelda, and Star Trek.
Matthew Razak
Matthew Razak is a News Writer and film aficionado at Escapist. He has been writing for Escapist for nearly five years and has nearly 20 years of experience reviewing and talking about movies, TV shows, and video games for both print and online outlets. He has a degree in Film from Vassar College and a degree in gaming from growing up in the '80s and '90s. He runs the website Flixist.com and has written for The Washington Post, Destructoid, MTV, and more. He will gladly talk your ear off about horror, Marvel, Stallone, James Bond movies, Doctor Who, Zelda, and Star Trek.

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