A booming international movie market is transforming Hollywood

Success feeds on success as the pioneering inclusive stores in Hollywood add power and credibility to the movement all the way to the Chinese market.
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Marvel’s “Shang-Chi” – the studio’s first Asian superhero movie – is a sign of the times.

Destin Daniel Cretton, who is of Asian descent, will be directing the film, which will feature a Chinese superhero who originally appeared in one of Marvel’s 1973 comics.

As a bilingual screenwriter with projects in the U.S. and China, I see “Shang-Chi” as yet another example of an exciting trend in Hollywood.

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