Marvel's 'Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings' has the chance to become the next 'Black Panther' at the box office.
In the last few years, Hollywood has learned that movies with diverse casts and creators can be see big box office returns.
It was a wake-up call to an industry that had largely been reluctant to stray from tried-and-true Hollywood formulas. Studios quickly discovered that more diversity means more money.is introducing its first Asian superhero, the legendary Shang-Chi, and the film has the chance to become the next "Black Panther" at the box office.
And films like "Black Panther," which features a predominately Black cast, don't just resonate with Black audiences. Other minorities turned out in droves to see the film, Rodriguez said. The same is expected to happen with "Shang-Chi" in September, as well as other films like "In the Heights" and "Eternals," which feature diverse casts.
Rodriguez noted that "Shang-Chi" will do for the Asian community what "Black Panther" did for the Black community.Due out on Sept. 3, "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" follows the titular Shang-Chi, a skilled martial artist who was trained at a young age to be an assassin by his father, but walked away to live a normal life. However, Shang-Chi can only run from his past for so long.
President of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige, Director Destin Daniel Cretton and Simu Liu of Marvel Studios' 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' at the San Diego Comic-Con International 2019 Marvel Studios Panel in Hall H on July 20, 2019 in San Diego, California.The character of Shang-Chi was conceived in 1972 after Marvel failed to acquire the rights to adapt the "Kung Fu" television program. So, the company created its own.
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