'Master Of None' Co-Creator Alan Yang Talks About Meeting With Marvel (About 'Shang-Chi')

With the upcoming Netflix film, “Tigertail,” filmmaker Alan Yang finally makes the leap from TV comedies to feature films. And it appears that the director isn’t ready to stop that climb up the ranks of feature filmmaking just yet, with his eyes set on a possible Marvel Studios blockbuster in the future.

Speaking to CineXpress, Yang was asked what the future might look like, and if he has any projects on his slate. And as a way of showing that he’s not just limited to comedies or dramas, the filmmaker teased a superhero film meeting that he recently had with one of the biggest studios on the planet.

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“Absolutely, I’m really omnivorous, so you’ll see,” said Yang. “I’ve done comedy, I’ve done drama. This sounds funny, but I was meeting with Marvel about directing a movie for them, so maybe we’ll do that down the road.”

Before “Tigertail,” which is a drama about Asian-American immigration in the US, Yang was probably best known for writing and directing episodes of comedy series such as “Parks & Rec,” “The Good Place,” “Master of None,” and the recent series “Forever.” Jumping to a Marvel Studios film, while pretty surprising for people just looking at his career on paper, isn’t all that shocking given how the studio operates.

Marvel Studios has made a name for itself by hiring unique directors from indie projects and TV series (the Russo Brothers famously came from “Community” to direct their four-film run with “Captain America” and “Avengers” films) to helm billion-dollar grossing blockbusters. However, if Yang is meeting with Marvel now, it’s hard to pin down exactly what the project might be.

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Though Yang doesn’t mention it by name, judging by previous reports and speculation, it appears that the project that Yang was discussing with Marvel was likely “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” which eventually went to filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton. We have no idea why Yang was passed up for the film. Maybe we’ll see him and the studio team up in the future? “Captain Marvel 2” might be looking for a director right now.

But, given his success with comedy and the upcoming “Tigertail,” Yang would make a fine addition to the Marvel Studios stable of filmmakers.