Nat Sanders and Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir are set to edit Marvel Studios’ upcoming film, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Nat Sanders will reunite with director Destin Daniel Cretton, having previously edited his films Short Term 12, The Glass Castle and the upcoming Just Mercy. He also worked with Joi McMillon on the editing for Moonlight, the 2017 Academy Award-winner for Best Picture for which he was also nominated for Best Film Editing.
Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir’s credits include Contraband, John Wick, Atomic Blonde and Deadpool 2.
Blackfilm.com also reports that production on Shang-Chi is set to begin during the first half of 2020 in Sydney, Australia. It was previously expected that Shang-Chi would begin production next month, but that seems unlikely considering casting news has been quiet since Comic-Con. Beyond that, there certainly would have been more leaks and/or reports regarding casting and production choices. It is certainly promising that the film has already begun prep in Australia, but it’s safe to say that Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi won’t be rolling cameras immediately.
Shang-Chi is one of Marvel’s numerous new films/TV series confirmed for the Phase 4 slate. Kevin Feige brought out director Destin Daniel Cretton and the film’s star Simu Liu onstage at Hall H in San Diego Comic-Con back in July to confirm the news.
Introduced in Special Marvel Edition #15 in December 1973, Shang-Chi is a skilled martial artist who was raised in an isolated compound located in China and trained by his father Fu Manchu, a Chinese crimelord and immortal sorcerer who repeatedly attempted to conquer the world. When Shang-Chi was finally allowed to venture into the outside world to do his father’s bidding, he learned about his father’s evil ways and faked his own death before embarking on a mission to take down Fu Manchu’s criminal empire.
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton from a script written by David Callaham, Shang-Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings stars Simu Liu, Awkwafina and Tony Leung.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings will be released in theaters on February 12, 2021.
Source: Blackfilm.com
