Marvel released a new trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings on Thursday, which included a surprise appearance by The Abomination.
The character had debuted in the second ever Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, 2008’s The Incredible Hulk, played by Tim Roth.
While Roth had not previously been confirmed for Shang-Chi, it’s possible this movie could lead into his confirmed role in the upcoming She-Hulk TV series.
Surprise: Marvel released a new trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings on Thursday, which included a surprise appearance by The Abomination
Not confirmed: While Roth had not previously been confirmed for Shang-Chi, it’s possible this movie could lead into his confirmed role in the upcoming She-Hulk TV series
The brief appearance of The Abomination comes at the very end of the trailer, where Katy (Awkwafina) and Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) are seen watching a cage fight between The Abomination and another fighter.
‘You got this!’ Katy says confidently, though they turn to the action, where the fighter tries to use the Ten Rings to his advantage.
Unfortunately for him, The Abomination uses his sheer size and strength to his advantage, knocking the fighter into the cage.
Got this: The brief appearance of The Abomination comes at the very end of the trailer, where Katy (Awkwafina) and Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) are seen watching a cage fight between The Abomination and another fighter
Strength: Unfortunately for him, The Abomination uses his sheer size and strength to his advantage, knocking the fighter into the cage
Thanks: ‘Thank you,’ Shang-Chi says sarcastically while turning back to the fight
‘Thank you,’ Shang-Chi says sarcastically while turning back to the fight.
The Abomination is clearly secured behind this cage, though it’s unclear how he got there, or what he’s been doing in the 13 years since The Incredible Hulk.
Tim Roth played Emil Blonsky in 2008’s The Incredible Hulk, who was a Russian-born British Royal Marine who volunteered to inject himself with a sample of a super soldier serum to try and counter the Hulk.
Cage fight: The Abomination is clearly secured behind this cage, though it’s unclear how he got there, or what he’s been doing in the 13 years since The Incredible Hulk
Early Abomination: Tim Roth played Emil Blonsky in 2008’s The Incredible Hulk, who was a Russian-born British Royal Marine who volunteered to inject himself with a sample of a super soldier serum to try and counter the Hulk
He then found a doctor to inject him with Bruce Banner’s blood, turning him into The Abomination.
The Incredible Hulk ultimately defeated The Abomination and turned him over to Thaddeus Ross (William Hurt).
The Abomination also appeared in the Marvel One-Shot short film The Consultant, where Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) and Jasper Sitwell (Maximiliano Hernández) argue against the World Security Council’s attempts to exonerate Blonsky and make The Abomination part of The Avengers.
Father: The trailer also showcases the tumultuous nature between Shang-Chi and his criminal father Wenwu (Tony Chiu-Wai Leung), along with numerous demonstrations on how powerful the Ten Rings are
The trailer also showcases the tumultuous nature between Shang-Chi and his criminal father Wenwu (Tony Chiu-Wai Leung), along with numerous demonstrations on how powerful the Ten Rings are.
‘Throughout my life, the Ten Rings gave our family power. If you wanted them to be yours one day, you have to show me you are strong enough to carry them,’ Wenwu says.
The trailer also shows Shang-Chi growing throughout the years, along with his training, with his mother Jiang Nan telling Shang-Chi, ‘You are a product of all who came before you. The legacy of your family. You are your mother, and whether you like it or not, you are also your father.’
Power: ‘Throughout my life, the Ten Rings gave our family power. If you wanted them to be yours one day, you have to show me you are strong enough to carry them,’ Wenwu says
Mother: The trailer also shows Shang-Chi growing throughout the years, along with his training, with his mother Jiang Nan telling Shang-Chi, ‘You are a product of all who came before you. The legacy of your family. You are your mother, and whether you like it or not, you are also your father’
Another scene shows Shang-Chi fighting off his father’s henchmen, as Wenwu says, ‘I told my men they wouldn’t be able to kill you if they tried. Glad I was right.’
Shang-Chi tells his father he’s just, ‘a criminal who murders people,’ though Wenwu responds, ‘Be careful how you speak to me, boy.’
The trailer winds down with a number of dramatic shots as Shang-Chi says he thought he could change his name and start a new life, ‘but I could never escape his shadow.’
The trailer also features a particularly ominous shot of what appears to be a large dragon underwater before father and son clash in a battle for the ages as the trailer comes to a close.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is slated to hit theaters nationwide on September 3.
Henchmen: Another scene shows Shang-Chi fighting off his father’s henchmen, as Wenwu says, ‘I told my men they wouldn’t be able to kill you if they tried. Glad I was right’
New life: The trailer winds down with a number of dramatic shots as Shang-Chi says he thought he could change his name and start a new life, ‘but I could never escape his shadow’
Battle: Clash: The trailer also features a particularly ominous shot of what appears to be a large dragon underwater before father and son clash in a battle for the ages as the trailer comes to a close
Coming soon: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is slated to hit theaters nationwide on September 3