5 Years Later, Simu Liu Is Still Celebrating Shang-Chi Despite No Sequel Plan

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5 Years Later, Simu Liu Is Still Celebrating Shang-Chi Despite No Sequel Plan

Five years ago, Simu Liu became the first Asian actor to lead a Marvel movie. On September 3, 2026, he marked the anniversary of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings in the quietest way possible, posting that he could not believe it had been five years. He wrote on X, “i can’t believe […] This post belongs to FandomWire and first appeared on FandomWire

Shang-Chi came out five years ago – so where the hell is his sequel?

Here’s proof that we’ve been living through our own ‘Blip’ recently: it is, somehow, five years since Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings hit cinemas. Destin Daniel Cretton’s MCU debut arrived not only among the first wave of Marvel movies released post-Avengers: Endgame, but came in the wake of the first rush of Covid too. Even amid those circumstances, it proved a blast, introducing Simu Liu’s martial artist Shang-Chi into our roster of …

Simu Liu Is Having a Hard Time Believing Shang-Chi Is Already Five Years Old

Simu Liu celebrates five years of Shang-Chi with memories, gratitude, and a little disbelief at how quickly time passed.