Having found love, Wenwu abandons leadership of his organization and locks away the Ten Rings and the power and immortality it grants. The two fall in love, and when the Ta Lo villagers reject Wenwu, Li chooses to leave with him, and they marry and have two children, Shang-Chi and Xialing. He travels through a magical forest to the village entrance but is stopped by guardian Ying Li.

In 1996, Wenwu searches for Ta Lo, a village said to harbor mythical beasts. He establishes the Ten Rings organization, conquering kingdoms and toppling governments throughout history. It garnered positive reviews from critics, many of whom praised the choreography of the action sequences, exploration and representation of Asian culture, and the performances from the cast, particularly those of Liu and Leung.ДЄround a thousand years ago, Xu Wenwu discovers the mystical ten rings which grant immortality and godly powers. The film broke several box office records upon release, including records for a film released during the pandemic, and has grossed $431.7 million worldwide, making it the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2021. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings premiered in Los Angeles on August 16, 2021, and was released in the United States on September 3, as part of Phase Four of the MCU. Production resumed in August before completing in October, with additional shooting occurring in San Francisco. Filming began in Sydney in February 2020 but was put on hold in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is the first Marvel Studios film with an Asian director and a predominantly Asian cast. The film's title and primary cast were announced that July, revealing the film's connection to the Ten Rings organization, which previously appeared throughout the MCU, and its leader Wenwu. Cretton joined in March 2019, with the project fast-tracked as Marvel's first film with an Asian lead. In the film, Shang-Chi is forced to confront his past when his father Wenwu (Leung), the leader of the Ten Rings organization, draws Shang-Chi and his sister Xialing (Zhang) into a search for a mythical village.ДЄ film based on Shang-Chi entered development in 2001, but work did not begin in earnest until December 2018 when Callaham was hired. The film was directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, from a screenplay he wrote with Dave Callaham and Andrew Lanham, and stars Simu Liu as Shang-Chi alongside Awkwafina, Meng'er Zhang, Fala Chen, Florian Munteanu, Benedict Wong, Michelle Yeoh, Ben Kingsley, and Tony Leung. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 25th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is a 2021 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Shang-Chi.

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