Disney announced a slew of new release dates today, including yet another push back for Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Disney revealed today that Shang-Chi will now arrive in theaters on Sept. 3. The move follows the announcement that Black Widow will now debut July 9 in theaters and on Disney+'s Premier Access. For now, Shang-Chi will still be an exclusive theatrical release. The move won't affect the Nov. 5 release date of Eternals, meaning Marvel Studios will still release four films this year for the first time with Sony's Spider-Man: No Way Home arriving in December.
Along with the MCU film, Ryan Reynolds' video game comedy Free Guy will now arrive in theaters on Aug. 13, while The King's Man prequel movie will debut Dec. 22. Disney also pushed Deep Water to Jan. 14, 2022, and Murder on the Orient Express sequel Death on the Nile to Feb. 11, 2022.
Disney also announced that Cruella will arrive on Disney+ Premier Access the same day as its theatrical release, May 28, and the Pixar film Luca will now exclusively release on Disney+ as a regular "free" title for subscribers on June 18.
As is typically the case with a Marvel release, not much is known about Shang-Chi besides its cast and creative team. The movie will provide Marvel with its first Asian-American lead and put the focus on the Ten Rings organization first teased in 2008's Iron Man. It will also reveal the real Mandarin, as opposed to the character Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley) played in Iron Man 3. Though no official look at the movie has been released, a LEGO leak offered the first look at Shang-Chi's MCU costume.
Directed by Shawn Levy and written by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn, Free Guy stars Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Taika Waititi. The film arrives in theaters Aug. 13.
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and written by Daniel Callaham, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings stars Simu Liu, Tony Leung, Awkwafina, Michelle Yeoh, Jiang Nan, Meng'er Zhang. Ronny Cheng, Fala Chen and Jiang Len. The film arrives in theaters Sept. 3.
Directed by Matthew Vaughn, The King's Man stars Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Harris Dickinson, Daniel Brühl, Djimon Hounsou and Charles Dance. The film arrives in theaters Dec. 22.
Source: Disney