MCU Phase 5: Predicting The NEW Avengers Lineup

6. Shang-Chi

Phase 4 is going to introduce a LOT of new characters, from Ms. Marvel, to Kate Bishop, to some we'll get into later. It's only natural that the New Avengers should have at least a few of these new faces taking up the roster.

And there's no better place to start with that than Shang-Chi, who will be played by Simu Liu in the upcoming film.

Shang-Chi is the most powerful fighter in the Marvel universe, a master of martial arts that can go through entire buildings of bad guys the way a four-year-old goes through a plate of spaghetti without breaking a sweat. The son of the criminal mastermind Zheng Zu, a long standing Marvel villain, Shang-Chi has stuck around for decades despite not being all that popular. Fortunately, that looks to change with the release of his film whenever the world stops being on fire for five damn minutes.

A lot of the new MCU characters like Kamala Khan and Kate Bishop are a bit too young to join the Avengers quite yet, but Shang-Chi is a perfect fit. As is the next entry...