There’s a new, groundbreaking Marvel movie on the horizon and this one has a bit of Bay Area flair.
The first teaser trailer for the highly-anticipated "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" is out with a lot of trademark gritty Marvel-like action and omnipresent dramatic music.
It’s Marvel’s first true swing at a blockbuster Asian superhero franchise.
As written by The Hollywood Reporter, the film "is based on the Marvel Comics character Shang-Chi and stars Canadian actor Simu Liu as a martial artist who has been trained to be an assassin since childhood by the Ten Rings terror organization and then tries to escape to a normal life in San Francisco."
Awkwafina, who rose to fame through comedy, rap and a dramatic performance in 2019’s "The Farewell," stars alongside Liu and is stealing scenes, even in the movie's first trailer.
Production for "Shang-Chi" was halted due to the COVID-19 crisis, but resumed in October. Muni, which makes a grand entrance at the trailer's conclusion, poked fun at their "starring role in an action movie" on Twitter.
The film, which comes during an unprecedented surge of violence against Asian Americans both locally and nationwide, signifies "an opportunity to reintroduce ourselves to the world following years of stereotypes and caricatures and tired tropes," Liu told HuffPost.
"Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" is due out September 3.
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