‘Shang-Chi’s Simu Liu to Star in Adventure Series ‘Seven Wonders’

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And he isn’t sitting idly by waiting for the call to go and work on another Marvel movie. He’s been landing roles left right and center and is now looking to get into producing with a new Prime Videoseries called ‘Seven Wonders’.

Ben Mezrich wrote the novel that the series will be based on, and ‘Seven Wonders’ follows Dr. Nate Grady (Liu), a brilliant botanist-adventurer who teams up with the slippery international fixer Sloane Seydoux on a breathless race to solve an ancient mystery tied to the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

It all sounds a little like ‘The Da Vinci Code’ to us, which could be a fun combination.

Producer Beau Flynn, who has worked on movies such as ‘Dwayne Johnson), helped develop the book into a series pitch that Amazon quickly snapped up for its Prime Video service. Flynn will produce the show through his Flynn Picture Company outfit.

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He also has extensive experience in TV, having helped guide the likes of ‘S.W.A.T.’ and ‘Magnum PI’ to small screens, directing both shows’ pilots.

Adam Cozad, the screenwriter behind ‘Jeff Bridges action drama show ‘The Old Man’.

As for Liu, he’ll be seen opposite One True Loves’.

In the higher profile category, he has an unknown role in the Barbie’ (potentially as one of the versions of Ken, as the film appears to have the concept of multiple Barbies and Kens).

And on the Marvel front, ‘Shang-Chi’ director Secret Wars’, which will follow it a year later.