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Marvel Developing Shang Chi as Its First Asian Superhero Movie, Dave Callaham Set as Writer: Reports

Marvel Developing Shang-Chi as Its First Asian Superhero Movie, Dave Callaham Set as Writer: Reports 5c2s4l

By Akhil Arora | Updated: 4 December 2018 11:07 IST

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Shang-Chi film in the early stages at Marvel
Dave Callaham is Chinese-American
Has experience with superhero stories

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Following the success of its first African-American superhero lead in Black Panther, Marvel Studios has reportedly put Shang-Chi in development, which would be its first Asian protagonist on screen. Dave Callaham (Wonder Woman 1984), an American writer of Chinese descent, has been picked to script the Shang-Chi movie for Marvel. No actor or director is currently attached to the project, though reports say that Marvel is looking at Asians and Asian-Americans.

Marvel Comics was in December 1973, around the time martial arts films became popular in the West.

In addition to co-writing the screenplay for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2, whose first chapter is out next Friday, December 14.

If it goes through, Shang-Chi will be part of the post-Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which has reportedly been delayed to 2021.

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