Shang Chi production, casting and VFX

Production

  1. Better technology 
  2. more money - they can survive a failure unlike in 1937
  3. Better reputation 
  4. Guaranteed audience - globally
  5. Worldwide connections with cinemas, filming locations, marketing companies, merchandise production
  6. it already has the distribution company within the company, and the exhibitor too with Dinsey +
  7. It has all the expertise from the early days of Marvel, Pixar, Lucasfilm to call on
Destin Daniel Cretton
  • Directed Shang Chi
  • Mission - to make films for those characters who haven't had a spotlight on them before. Second Asian - American director to make a marvel film

  • As the child of a Japanese - American mother and a white father, his mission was to tell stories that allowed for people who hadnt had much time in the spotlight
  • He discussed how Marvel was planning to address the problematic comic book origins of the Shang Chi character that glorified Asian martial arts without bothering to center the Asian people beyond the ability to kick and punch.
  • “I think it’s hard to imagine who the Mandarin is — this mysterious, really evil Asian dude somewhere out there — and not have some type of stereotype in your brain,” Cretton says.
Awkwafina 
  • Her real name is Nora Lum
  • An american actress and rapper 
  • Born in 1988, she is 37, Born in NY
  • She has starred in Crazy rich Asians, Oceans 8, Kung Fu panda 4, Jumanji the next level
  • She won a golden globe for best actress in 2020
  • Her father is a Chinese-American immigrant and her mother is a Korean - american immigrant
  • Awkwafina immediately came to mind when casting 
  • She is set to be in Avengers Doomsday
Simu Liu
  • Born in 1989, 36 years old
  • born in china, raised in Canada
  • in Kims convenience 
  • A ken in Barbie 
  • First picture film
Tony Leung
  • He is 63
  • Actor and singer
  • Born in Hong Kong
  • Won an award for best actor at Cannes film festival
Michelle Yeoh
  • Started her career in the 80s as a master stunt woman
  • Born in 1962 (63 years old)
  • Starred in Crazy rich Asians, Wicked, Wicked:For Good and Everything everywhere all at once
  • She is a Malaysian actress
  • One an Oscar for best actress for Everything everywhere all at once
  • Wire Fu (blends traditional Kung Fu with special effects)
Shang Chi production
  • Set in San Francisco but filmed in Australia
  • Disney's power, money and contacts as a huge global conglomerate allows them to film in different areas
  • Started filming principal photography in February 2020
  • The release pattern of the film had to be delayed 
  • Huge amounts of Computer Generated imagery (CGI) was used, similar to Snow White pushing the boundaries of technology in 1937
  • Volume was not used in Shang Chi
  • Disney employed WETA digital to work on Shang chi
  • Filmed in IMAX, this was an expensive production 
  • The budget for Shang Chi was not as large as similar films

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