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SHANG-CHI Adds ‘Just Mercy’ Director To Helm The Marvel Adaptation

Following Deadline’s news in December, the latest update for Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi brings word that Daniel Deston Cretton (The Glass Castle) will take the helm for a modernized adaptation of the Marvel property. Currently shepherding upcoming Michael B. Jordan’s Just Mercy, Cretton will be joined by Expendables franchise creator Dave Callaham (The Expendables franchise, upcoming Wonder Woman 1984 and Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse 2).

Marvel’s Latest Milestone Arrives With SHANG-CHI Feature Film Back In Development

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It’s taken twelve years to get off the ground but the word now is that Marvel IP, Shang-Chi is finally poised for a feature film debut. Dave Callaham (The Expendables franchise, upcoming Wonder Woman 1984 and Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse 2) is penning the script with a search reportedly underway for a director of Asian descent.

Jean-Claude Van Damme Is Back In Business As JEAN-CLAUDE VAN JOHNSON In The Official Trailer

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Kat Foster (Your Family or Mine), Moises Arias (The Middle), and Phylicia Rashad (Creed) also star. At the helm is Peter Atencio (Key & Peele) who serves as executive producer with Van Damme as well as screenwriter and series creator Dave Callaham (The Expendables), Ridley Scott (The Good Wife) and David W. Zucker (The Man in the High Castle).

JEAN-CLAUDE VAN JOHNSON Filming In May For Amazon

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