Years After Shang-Chi, Marvel Star Simu Liu Still Insists a Sequel Will Happen — And Confirms His Post-Doomsday Return in Avengers: Secret Wars

Marvel and Barbie prima Simu Liu has insisted erstwhile again that a Shang-Chi sequel volition hap — and fixed a archetypal confirmation he'll instrumentality aft Avengers: Doomsday for its sequel, Secret Wars.

It's present been 5 years since Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings launched to a lukewarm reception backmost successful 2021, and near fans keen to spot much of the character. But contempt enthusiasm from fans and Liu alike, nary sequel has yet materialized, leaving the character's live-action instrumentality shelved until this December's Avengers: Doomsday.

Speaking to People, Liu has erstwhile again said that a Shang-Chi sequel volition hap — contempt nary connection from Marvel itself to marque this official. On the upside, however, Liu's confirmation he's backmost for Avengers: Secret Wars seems to suggest he'll beryllium 1 of the heroes to past Doomsday's events.

"There's not a full batch to tease close now, different than I think, I dependable similar a breached grounds astatine this point, but it is happening," Liu said of Shang-Chi 2. "But I deliberation the much contiguous tease is of course, is Doomsday... which I was fortunate capable to beryllium a portion of and volition beryllium fortunate capable to beryllium a portion of its successor successful Secret Wars."

While Liu has returned to dependable Shang-Chi successful the animated Marvel bid What If? and Marvel Zombies, fans person not adjacent seen a cameo quality of the quality successful live-action for astir fractional a decade, done a signifier of Marvel movies. It's thing that has disappointed galore pursuing the ending to Shang-Chi, which saw him fundamentally called up to articulation the Avengers pursuing a FaceTime telephone with Bruce Banner and Carol Danvers.

Back successful 2021, Shang-Chi writer and manager Destin Daniel Cretton told IGN helium had already begun enactment connected Shang-Chi 2, arsenic good arsenic a spin-off TV bid that could perchance research immoderate of the crippled threads near hanging by the archetypal film. "There are immoderate evident doors that were opened by the extremity of Shang-Chi that whitethorn let america to spell into those worlds and research them more," the manager said. "And that would beryllium a truly chill 1 to research due to the fact that Ta Lo is mode much immense than what we saw successful Shang-Chi. So that's perchance 1 country that we whitethorn go, but I'm not sure."

But successful 2023, Liu admitted the task had been delayed — with Marvel's precedence present getting its caller Avengers movies retired the doorway first. After truthful agelong off-screen, Shang-Chi's quality successful Avengers whitethorn boost the occurrence of his eventual sequel. But it's hard to shingle the feeling that Shang-Chi 2 is inactive a agelong mode away, if it ever happens.

Marvel is engaged close present with Avengers: Doomsday, owed this December, and past Avengers: Secret Wars, owed December 2027. After that, the institution has already confirmed it's moving connected an X-Men reboot and Black Panther 3, which are expected to motorboat successful 2028 astatine the earliest.

Complicating matters further is the information that Cretton was chosen to nonstop Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Principal filming connected that task has present been completed, but immoderate fans judge Marvel and Sony whitethorn beryllium keen to support the filmaker moving connected further Spider-Man sequels, aft Tom Holland's archetypal trilogy was helmed from commencement to decorativeness by Jon Watts. When could we spot Shang-Chi 2? It seems improbable earlier the extremity of this decade, astatine the earliest.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social