Marvel Studios Shang Chi and the Legend of the 10 rings announced. Mandarin!!!

[HowitzerJoe]

MY BODY IS READY!!!!

[HowitzerJoe]

Simu Liu will play Shang Chi!!!

[Kusanagi]

It's funny that I never even considered the Mandarin for this movie, but it could actually really work.

[HowitzerJoe]

It's funny than I never even considered the Mandarin for this movie, but it could actually really work.

Yeah, I had an "Oh duh" moment.

[Bruce Wayne]

The comics definitely should follow the MCU's lead. This solves their whole Fu Manchu problem.

[Punisher007]

Holy crap, I didn't expect the Mandarin. Wow. Also is Awkwafina playing Leiko Wu I wonder?

[Colossus1980]

I really hope this does well. Part of me thinks the general audience will not care about the new future movies from the MCU. I can't see Eternals, Shang Chi, or even Black Widow making the box office waves the last recent MCU movies has. Hope I'm wrong.

[DrNewGod]

The comics definitely should follow the MCU's lead. This solves their whole Fu Manchu problem.

This does make sense. It still makes my teeth grind a bit that they're repurposing Iron Man's archfoe for somebody else.

[Frontier]

It's funny than I never even considered the Mandarin for this movie, but it could actually really work.

I was actually theorizing they might combine him with Shang's dad.

Makes me wonder if they'll give his ten rings more of a martial arts bent.

I hope they reference Iron Man though.

[Immortal Weapon]

I was actually theorizing they might combine him with Shang's dad.

Makes me wonder if they'll give his ten rings more of a martial arts bent.

I hope they reference Iron Man though.

I wonder if this movie will address the fake Mandarin from Iron Man 3. In any case, the character is an ingenious replacement for Fun Manchu

[Arsenal]

I wonder if this movie will address the fake Mandarin from Iron Man 3. In any case, the character is an ingenious replacement for Fun Manchu

I can definitely see a line or 2 referencing the imposter. Doubt it would be more than that though.

[Sandy Hausler]

I was actually theorizing they might combine him with Shang's dad.

Isn't that the point? Mandarin is Shang Chi's father. I'm speculating, but Shang Chi's father is his greatest enemy. If you're bringing in the Mandarin, how could he NOT be his father?

[G. Boney]

Since there will be no Fu Manchu, I can't see how there could be a Fah Lo Suee.

Kind of strange that you post this after the Jackie Chan news has been reported in the post above yours. Jackie Chan is reportedly being considered for the role of Zheng Zu, which is the new name given to Shang Chi's father in marvel comics. So the Fah Lo Suee replacement character (whose name I can't remember) is also a possibility.

Isn't that the point? Mandarin is Shang Chi's father. I'm speculating, but Shang Chi's father is his greatest enemy. If you're bringing in the Mandarin, how could he NOT be his father?

See my response above.