The Master of Kung Fu is finally coming to the MCU in 2021. The Phase 4 announcements out of Comic-Con this year were a non-stop barrage of info about countless upcoming MCU projects--some focusing on familiar faces, others like The Eternals and Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings, not so much.Though Shang-Chi may be a completely new addition to the MCU, it doesn`t mean he`s coming totally out of left field as Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige revealed at the panel. The seeds have been sown for Shang`s arrival from the very, very beginning. Of course, we still don`t know exactly what that may mean, or how that will play out in the movie itself--we`re still over a year away from this one, so don`t expect too many nitty-gritty details just yet.Still, we`ve compiled what little info we do have into one place, and we`ll keep it updated as we learn more. The cast is brand new There is no shortage of returning cast members for other MCU projects in Phase 4, but Shang-Chi is full of fresh faces. So far, the confirmed cast is:Simu Liu as Shang-ChiTony Leung as The MandarinAwkwafina as an unannounced character The release date is fast approaching Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings will hit theaters on February 12, 2021. The Mandarin is real, and he`s pissed You read that cast list right--the Mandarin, the villain we thought we`d already dealt with back in Iron Man 3--actually does exist in the MCU, and he`s not a fraud played by a schlubby actor being paid off by AIM.According to Kevin Feige, who announced the casting at a panel during San Diego Comic-Con this year, the real Mandarin has been lurking in the background of the MCU from the very start, and he is less than thrilled about the imposter. However, we still don`t know what that will bring about for Phase 4, or what that will have to do with Shang-Chi himself. Our guess is a whole lot of trouble. The Ten Rings is an MCU conspiracy that`s been around from the beginning Over in Marvel Com ...
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