Dave Callaham worked as a screenwriter on Marvel Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and the DCs Wonder Woman 1984 and recently told the difference between the two projects.
Shang Chi and wonder woman were received very differently by the public. Whereas Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings generally impressed and left fans excited to see more of Simu Liu’s MCU hero, Wonder Woman 1984 did not live up to the reputation of its predecessor.
Dave Callaham recently reflected on his experience of the two movies, revealing he felt a more personal connection with Shang Chiwhile his involvement with Wonder Woman 1984 was relatively minimal.
During a recent interview with the Austin Film Festival, Dave Callaham reflected on his experience working on Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringscomparing it to his more limited involvement in Wonder Woman 1984.
The writer revealed his role in DC’s wonder woman The sequel was limited to helping director Patty Jenkins, who was a friend and collaborator of Callaham’s and had already figured out most of the story. Conversely, he felt a much more personal connection with Shang Chi in his examination of Asian American culture.
Dave Callaham said of the Marvel and DC projects:
“Wonder Woman [1984] was never mine and never will be mine… And none of those things are mine. But that was never my story to tell. I was just helping Patty. Shang-Chi… it’s not mine, but I feel like a sense of belonging isn’t the right word, but I’m very connected to this movie because of what it is, and what what it represents for me, and what it represents for the members of my family, and what it represents for the culture. And so when Black Widow hit the day and date in theaters and on Disney+, I got really nervous and we had shifted the release dates a few times already.
Callaham’s involvement in superhero projects doesn’t end with these Marvel Studios and DC Films projects either. He is currently working as a writer on the upcoming Spider-Man: Through the Spider-Verse and its sequel Beyond the Spider-Verse.
Here is the synopsis of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings:
“Simu Liu stars as Shang-Chi in Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious organization of the Ten Rings.
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton from a script written by David Callaham, the MCU film stars Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Meng’er Zhang, Fala Chen, Florian Munteanu, Benedict Wong, Michelle Yeoh, Ben Kingsley, and Tony Leung.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is available to own on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray DVD, Digital HD and to stream on Disney Plus. Stay tuned for all the latest news on the future of the MCU and be sure to subscribe to the Heroic Hollywood YouTube channel for more original video content.
Source: Austin Film Festival
