Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
sometime - shoal martial arts sports fan and lovers of cultural identity parables alike rejoice : Eisner Award - win generator andMacArthur “ wizardry grant ” recipientGene Luen Yang has been foretell as the writer for a new miniseries center on Asiatic - American superheroShang - Chi . The series , which will follow the family moral force of the Master of Kung Fu is pose to hit put up this June .
Yang is best love for his 2006 graphical novel “ American Born Chinese ” which won several remarkable honour and was a finalist for National Book Award , the first graphic novel to reach such an honor . In his follow - up to 2018’sNew Super - Man , whichfeatured the adventures of Kong Kenan , a Chinese National given the powers ofSuperman , this newfangled series , just titledShang - Chi , will be draw by Dike Ruan and Phillip Tan and expect to be a more grounded and gritty version of the character . The miniseries will come in the star - up to the 2021 release ofShang - Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ring , starring Simu Liuand Tony Leung .
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In an consultation withThe New York Times , Yang give tongue to his ebullience for taking on the character , who has often languish as a side - graphic symbol in otherMarveltitles . “ I imply , it ’s Shang - Chi . He ’s probably the most big Asiatic — I guess he ’s Asiatic - American now since he ’s moved over here — Asiatic - American superhero . ” Later the same day , he tweeted“For so long , I ’ve dreamed of @simuliu play a character from a comic I wrote . Kenan Kong has n’t worked out ( yet ) so I had no choice but to sign up to pen the fresh Shang - Chi mini - series from @Marvel ! ”
“ The basic idea that his Father of the Church is a supervillain is still there , ” Yang told NYT in a abbreviated abstract of the story for the five - part miniseries . He continued that the story would rotate around Shang - Chi ’s battle with his Padre , Zheng Zhu and the other members of his family united against him . accord to a statement byMarvel : “ In this young serial publication , Shang - Chi ’s fight for justice will clash with his past … With a object on his back after the revitalization of his sire ’s mystical high society , the balance of baron will shift in an epic narrative of succession , family , and betrayal . ”
The announcement brings with it a sensethat Marvel is takingthe marketing for the next phaseseriously overallby enlisting such major natural endowment in the run - up to the release of the novel Shang - Chi photographic film . Yang ’s experience in developing emotionally intemperately - hitting , yet unceasingly relatable narrative that revolve around his own Chinese inheritance make him an obvious choice when deciding who should go along the news report of a grapheme that may soon see the limelight . give Yang ’s fervour for the job , is it possible sequel might be on the horizon should the book bring home the bacon ?
Only time will tell . Shang - Chi # 1goes on sale June 2020 .
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Source : The New York Times , Gene Luen Yang / Twitter
