The ‘Shang-Chi’ Movie Will Be Resuming Production Soon
By George Robbins
As many of us all know by now the nation is still suffering in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic which is responsible for changing the daily lives of everyday people. Not only is it responsible for the changing of people’s daily lives, but also many different forms of industry. One of the industries to have some of the biggest issues at the moment is the entertainment industry and more specifically, the movie industry. There have been a good number of times that we have already spoken about the numerous issues being faced by the movie industry. Things such as the massive delays for films and the reaction that movie theaters are having to the increasing delay time are all tenuous at the moment. Studios are having pretty much daily discussions at this point about what they should do about their movies’ theatrical releases.
With the newest surge in Covid cases as of late, most studios at this point have moved their film releases into late August, September, or even some time later this year/early next year. At this point, the decisions that studios are having to make must be done on a regular basis because things just keep seeming to get worse recently. Many companies are taking hits in constantly moving around dates like this, but if they release at the wrong time, they stand to lose a good portion of the value the movie would be worth otherwise. Among the companies that have had to move things around to accommodate for the current climate is Disney. Disney now owns so many properties that they almost constantly have movies coming out throughout the year. This has become an issue as of late since they have had to delay their films.
Disney was getting ready to release their live-action version of ‘Mulan‘ when the pandemic hit with another movie, ‘Black Widow,’ meant to be releasing in late April. Instead, ‘Mulan’ was pushed back to late July and now it has been pushed back to late August with a good chance that it could be pushed yet again to September. ‘Black Widow,’ on the other hand, had a significant delay that set the theatrical release date back to November of this year. The actual presentation of movies has been a topic of discussion that has stayed in the air for months now. On the other hand, movie productions have been in talks to resume for many different movies so long as they are following the new filming guidelines put in place. One of those movies is Marvel’s upcoming ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings‘ which will be resuming production at the end of July.
The upcoming film is another introduction to a brand new character that will appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the Phase 4 movies they have lined up. This is a character that hasn’t really existed outside of the comic book medium and it gives a chance to put another character in the spotlight. Disney’s Marvel Studios being able to resume production will mean that they might not have to really delay as much as they anticipated or even have to delay it at all. Thus, there is at least a little bit of good news going the way of the studio and hopefully in the not too distant future we will get to see a film that shows us what the character will truly be capable of in the MCU.