

He establishes the Ten Rings organization, conquering kingdoms and toppling governments throughout history. A sequel is in development, with Cretton set to return as writer and director.Īround a thousand years ago, Xu Wenwu discovers the mystical ten rings which grant godly powers including immortality. The film received numerous awards and nominations, including a nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 94th Academy Awards. It set several box office records and received positive reviews from critics, many of whom praised the choreography of the action sequences, exploration and representation of Asian culture, Cretton's direction, and the performances from the cast, particularly those of Liu and Leung. It grossed over $432 million worldwide, making it the ninth-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.Ī 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, Yuen Wah, 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). Since the man is Danny Kaye, one of him is enough.Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is a 2021 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Shang-Chi. The cameras linger on the wenches, and good clean medieval escapades soon outdo their parody after this, The Court Jester becomes a one-man show. In an amusing take-off on Western posse scenes the King's men roll about the land picking up cart-loads of wenches. The turning point seems to come after Roderick, gurgling, "Wenches, laughter, song! That's what we need around this old castle," sends his men out to scour the countryside.
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It would not be entirely right to say the movie is built around Danny Kaye because it tries, at first, to be a parody, and a rather subtle one, of Hollywood's own breed of medieval extravaganza.

He is good at doing things because he is bewitched most of the time, therefore bold, daring, and resourceful. The rest of the people mostly stand around while Danny Kaye does things. The most slippery of the courtiers, Ravenhurst, is played by Basil Rathbone who duels once and sneers and stands around.
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Glynis Johns, is also a veteran of the Walt Disney-type saga of the Middle Ages, has by now learned how to be a comely wench in the best neo-medieval style. Dressed up in Giacomo the Jester's outfit, Danny Kaye goes to the castle to get the key to the secret passageway "for the cause." Here the plot wanders into a labyrinth of evil subjects.ĭespite the tale's complexities, the characters are simple, except for Danny Kaye. By a stroke of good luck the demure Miss Johns knocks out a passer-by named Giacomo the Jester, who is in reality a secret agent. The Prince deserves the throne because he, and not Roderick, has on his bottom the royal birthmark-the Purple Pimpernel. The Prince, who is eight months old, has been brought to the forest after Roderick, the film's usurping tyrant, has massacred the rest of the royal family. Miss Johns is a Captain and Danny Kaye is the Prince's nurse. Danny Kaye and Glynis Johns are trusty-men. It starts in a forest-not unlike Sherwood Forest-where the Black Fox-not unlike Robin Hood-is hiding out with his gang of trusty-men. Also, he has little men who do his bidding. He dances, duels, jousts against "the grim and grisly gruesome Griswold," unwittingly outwits the evil courtiers and tells funny stories. In The Court Jester Danny Kaye is the court jester, and he is a funny man.
