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The artwork ebook for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has revealed that the unique movie virtually had a really totally different search for its post-credits scene.
Should you solid your thoughts again to 2021, a complete six MCU movies in the past, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings contained a post-credits scene the place Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) and Katy (Awkwafina) had been taken to Kamar-Taj. Wong (Benedict Wong) introduces the pair to Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) and Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) to analyze the origin of Shang-Chi’s ten rings.
Whereas the unique scene occurred in a examine or library, with the 2 Avengers showing as holographic projections, the artwork ebook for the movie reveals that the scene had just a few alternate seems. You’ll be able to check out the alternate variations of the placement above. As you’ll be able to see two of the areas look extra mystical than the atmosphere within the movie, whereas one seems prefer it’s in an Egyptian wing of a museum, maybe as a tie-in to Moon Knight.
As of writing, we have no idea the importance of the post-credits scene, and which different MCU initiatives it is perhaps tied to. If we have a look at the alternate futuristic-looking idea artwork, it virtually seems like Kang’s atmosphere within the Quantum Realm from Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, maybe pointing within the route of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. Nonetheless, there may be additionally the possibility that we may very well be unsuitable utterly, and they’re within the Mirror Dimension.
The darkish void look does look much like the place the Historical One took Physician Unusual when the pair first met in Physician Unusual. However, that also doesn’t clarify the futuristic or cosmic platforms which can be within the background. As a result of they do appear like the identical ones from Quantumania. It will make sense in the event that they did initially imply to supply connections between Shang-Chi and these different MCU characters as a result of the post-credits scene did apparently undergo many levels of growth.
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After the movie was launched, director Destin Daniel Cretton acknowledged that the scene went “by so many tweaks and updates.” On the time this was Marvel in a Covid-19 world, as their slate was shifting to accommodate the pandemic. Subsequently, it might have been more durable to nail down which of Part 4’s titles to reference or hyperlink to. The inclusion of Captain Marvel may hyperlink the scene to The Marvels as properly, however we will ensure that it wasn’t related to every other Part 4 mission.
With a Shang Chi sequel, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, and Blade all in growth, it may very well be related to a couple totally different properties. So, if the cosmic idea artwork is a reference to Kang, we most probably received’t discover out till at the very least 2025.