Editing Shang-Chi (section)

===Film===
According to [[Margaret Loesch]], former president and CEO of [[Marvel Productions]], in the 1980s [[Stan Lee]] considered [[Brandon Lee]] for the role of Shang-Chi and met with the actor and his mother [[Linda Lee Cadwell|Linda Lee]] to discuss a potential movie or television series starring the character.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/51139-stan-lee-shang-chi-movie-or-tv-show-bruce-lee-son|title=Stan Lee Tried to Make a Shang-Chi Movie Starring Bruce Lee's Son|last=Francisco|first=Eric|date=November 23, 2018|website=[[Inverse (website)|Inverse]]|language=en|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726150054/https://www.inverse.com/article/51139-stan-lee-shang-chi-movie-or-tv-show-bruce-lee-son |archive-date=July 26, 2019 |access-date=April 23, 2019}}</ref> In 2001, [[Stephen Norrington]] announced his intentions to direct a Shang-Chi film entitled ''The Hands of Shang-Chi''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3601107/breaking-deleted-blade-ending-featuring-morbius-never-saw/|title=Breaking Down the Deleted 'Blade' Ending Featuring Morbius and Why We Never Got That Sequel|first=Nat|last=Brehmer|date=January 16, 2020}}</ref> By 2003, the film was in development at [[DreamWorks Pictures]] with [[Yuen Woo-Ping]] replacing Norrington as director and [[Bruce C. McKenna]] hired to write the screenplay.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.awn.com/news/marvel-puts-shang-chi-dreamworks-hands|title=Marvel Puts Shang Chi In DreamWorks' Hands|website=Animation World Network}}</ref> [[Ang Lee]] joined the project as a producer in 2004, but the film did not materialize after that point and the rights to the character reverted to Marvel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/marvel-movie-tv-projects-abandoned/|title=15 Abandoned Marvel Movie/TV Projects That We Never Got To See|date=March 30, 2018|website=ScreenRant}}</ref> In 2006, Shang-Chi was chosen as one of the many properties in [[Marvel Studios]]' new film deal with [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://marvel.com/news/movies/158/marvel_launches_independently_financed_film_slate_with_closing_of_525_million_non-recourse_credit_facility|title= Marvel Launches Independently Financed Film Slate With Closing of $525 Million Non-Recourse Credit Facility|publisher= Marvel Comics|date= September 6, 2005|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151206101436/http://marvel.com/news/movies/158/marvel_launches_independently_financed_film_slate_with_closing_of_525_million_non-recourse_credit_facility|archive-date= December 6, 2015|url-status= live|access-date= June 23, 2016}}</ref>