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Schwartz said much of Shang-Chi's arc within Marvel Comics is a family drama, and Cretton wanted to focus on that element for the film, exploring Shang-Chi's broken and abusive family background. In September 2021, Deadline Hollywood reported that a theatrical release in China was unlikely due to comments Liu made in an interview with the CBC in 2017 which referenced his parents' negative experiences living in China. Cretton wanted to use a range of different fighting styles in the film due to Shang-Chi being trained in different types of martial arts. Not to mention the fact that she had little to no self respect which I can kind of overlook as just a character trait but be warned.The film's main-on-end title sequence, designed by Perception, also focuses on the movement of water. The Great Protector's scales were initially based on quartz, porcelain, and shells before the team found images of albino lizards, alligators, and snakes that they thought were the perfect reference for the creature. The inside of the band is engraved with each stone's corresponding power: space, reality, power, soul, mind and time. Ta Lo's universe is inhabited by various Chinese mythological creatures, including dragons, fenghuang, shishi, hundun, jiuwei hu, and qilin. The Ten Rings compound goes through four stages in the film that reflect Wenwu's character: it begins as a "cold" fortress that prominently features the Ten Rings logo; the compound then becomes a family home with bright colors, gardens, design elements from the Ta Lo village, and a mosaic of a phoenix replacing the Ten Rings logo; the color was then stripped from the sets to make it a "desolate shell" as Wenwu mourns the death of his wife; and finally elements of Xialing's fight club are introduced in the post-credits scene as she takes over the compound and makes it her own.

An episode of the series Marvel Studios: Legends was released on September 1, exploring the Ten Rings organization using footage from its previous MCU appearances. Shang-Chi Director Destin Daniel Cretton Tests Negative For Coronavirus, Says 'Social Distancing Is An Act Of Love. He said the group's leader, the Mandarin, would be introduced in this film and Tony Leung had been cast in the role. Farrell said the motion of the sequence made editing difficult, especially in regards to the nine passengers. In the film, Wenwu has taken on many different names, including " The Mandarin", which is a name that producer Jonathan Schwartz noted comes with audience expectations due to its comic book history.They also announced the casting of Zhang as Xialing, Fala Chen as Jiang Li, and Florian Munteanu as Razor Fist; [109] Munteanu was cast after Marvel Studios was impressed with his role in Creed II (2018). Recording took place with a 70-piece London orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London by June 2021, [127] [128] with the UK Chinese Ensemble also providing traditional Chinese instruments and performances for the score. It set several box office records and received positive reviews from critics, many of whom praised the exploration and representation of Asian culture which differentiated the film from the rest of the MCU, as well as the action sequences, Cretton's direction, and the performances of Liu and Leung. Sure the ending was cute as hell and I'm very into this "inner beauty matters the most" moral that I could almost overlook everything that's bad about this drama but I just can't, I won't even let myself! Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported 91% of audience members gave it a positive score and 78% said they would definitely recommend it.