SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS Pop! Figures Tease Character Designs and a Dragon
A recent leak of Funko Pop! figures for Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings teases the character designs for the film along with a dragon.
The photos below feature figures fpr Simu Liu's Shang-Chi, Awkwafina's Katy, Fala Chen's Jiang Li, Meng'er Zhang’s Xialing, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung's Wenwu, Florian Munteanu's Razor Fist, and Death Dealer, who is played by an unknown actor.
They also seem to confirm that a dragon named The Great Protector will appear in the film. I’ve never heard of a dragon named The Great Protector in Marvel Comics, but I wonder if this dragon will actually end up being Fin Fang Foom.
Shang-Chi is the son of China-based globalist who raised and educated his progeny in his reclusive China compound, closed off to the outside world. The son trained in the martial arts and developed unsurpassed skills. The main villain of the story will be The Mandarin.
Destin Daniel Cretton (Short Term 12, The Glass Castle) is directing the film from a script written by Dave Callaham (Wonder Woman 1984, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2).
Shang-Chi first appeared in Special Marvel Edition #15 in December 1973 and was created by Steve Englehart and Jim Starlin. The character is described as a spy, a romantic, a philosopher, and an Avenger, and is one of the best martial artists in the Marvel universe.
The film is also said to “modernize the hero to avoid stereotypes that many comic characters of that era were saddled with. The comic launched around the time that Enter the Dragon became a global sensation and martial arts films raged.”
Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings will be released on September 3rd, 2021.