His post continued, “Please stay hopeful, please stay humble, please stay home. Social distancing is an act of love for yourself, your family, and for every person on this planet.”
First unit production halted on Shang-Chi on March 12 as Cretton awaited results, with Marvel saying in a statement that no final decision concerning the shoot would be made “until he gets the result this coming week,” although second unit and off production would continue. On March 13, Disney shut down its live-action productions entirely, including Shang-Chi. A number of productions at other studios have shut down in the face of COVID-19, including Avatar’s New Zealand shoot, The Matrix 4’s Berlin shoot and The Batman’s U.K. shoot.
