Eternals (film)

Eternals is an upcoming American

superhero film based on the Marvel
Comics race of the same name. Produced
by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt
Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is
intended to be the 26th film in the Marvel
Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is
directed by Chloé Zhao and written by Kaz
and Ryan Firpo. It stars an ensemble cast
including Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden,
Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Ridloff, Brian
Tyree Henry, Salma Hayek, Lia McHugh,
Don Lee, Kit Harington, Gemma Chan, and
Barry Keoghan. In the film, the Eternals,
who have hidden themselves for
thousands of years, must re-unite to
protect Earth from their enemies, the
Deviants.
 Eternals

Official logo

Directed by Chloé Zhao

Produced by Kevin Feige

Screenplay by Kaz Firpo

Ryan Firpo

Based on Eternals
by Jack Kirby

Starring Angelina Jolie

Richard Madden
Kumail Nanjiani
Lauren Ridloff
 Brian Tyree Henry
Salma Hayek
Lia McHugh
Don Lee
Kit Harington
Gemma Chan
Barry Keoghan
Music by Ramin Djawadi

Cinematography Ben Davis

Edited by Dylan Tichenor[1]

Production Marvel Studios

company

Distributed by Walt Disney Studios

Motion Pictures

Release date November 5, 2021

(United States)
Country United States

Language English

Budget $200 million[2]

In April 2018, Marvel Studios president

Kevin Feige announced that a film based
on the Eternals had begun development,
with Kaz and Ryan Firpo hired to write the
script for the project in May. By late-
September, Marvel had hired Zhao to
direct the film. A diverse cast was hired to
portray the Eternals, which include Marvel
Studios' first depiction of an LGBTQ
superhero. Principal photography began in
July 2019, with Zhao able to use her own
style and film more on location than
previous Marvel Studios films. Filming
continued until February 2020, with
locations including Pinewood Studios,
London, and Oxford in England, as well as
the Canary Islands.

Eternals is scheduled to be released in the

United States on November 5, 2021, as
part of Phase Four of the MCU.

Premise
After an unexpected tragedy following the
events of Avengers: Endgame (2019),[3] the
Eternals—an immortal alien race created
by the Celestials who have secretly lived
on Earth for over 7,000 years[4][5]—reunite
to protect humanity from their evil
counterparts, the Deviants.[3][6]

Cast

The cast of Eternals at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con

Angelina Jolie as Thena: A fierce warrior

Eternal who can form any weapon out of
cosmic energy, and develops a close
bond with Gilgamesh over the
centuries.[7][8]
Richard Madden as Ikaris: The tactical
leader of the Eternals who can fly,
project cosmic energy beams from his
eyes, and has superhuman strength.[7][8]
Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo:
An Eternal who can project cosmic
energy projectiles from his hands.[7][8]
Enamored with fame, Kingo becomes a
popular Bollywood film star to blend in
on Earth.[9][8] Nanjiani wanted his
performance to combine the
wisecracking attitude of John McClane
from the Die Hard film series with the
look of Bollywood actor Hrithik
Roshan.[10]
Lauren Ridloff as Makkari:
An Eternal who uses her cosmically
powered super-speed to scout
planets.[7][8] She is the first deaf
superhero in the MCU and as such, she
is not affected by the sonic booms she
creates.[11][8]
Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos:
An Eternal and an intelligent cosmic-
powered inventor who helps humanity
progress technologically behind the
scenes.[7][8] He is the first superhero to
be depicted as gay in an MCU film.[12]
Salma Hayek as Ajak:
The wise and spiritual leader of the
Eternals, who has aided the
advancement of human civilization and
is able to use her abilities to heal both
humans and Eternals, and can
communicate with Celestials.[7][8]
Lia McHugh as Sprite: An Eternal who
has the appearance of a 12-year-old
child and can project lifelike illusions,
and is stronger and cleverer than she
appears.[7][8]
Don Lee as Gilgamesh: The strongest
Eternal who can project an exoskeleton
of cosmic energy and becomes Thena's
partner in their exile from the other
Eternals.[7][8]
Kit Harington as Dane Whitman: A
human warrior who wields a mystical
sword.[13][14]
Gemma Chan as Sersi:
An Eternal with an affinity for humankind
who is "very empathetic" and has the
ability to manipulate matter.[13][15][8] She
has been in love with Ikaris for centuries,
and poses as a museum curator on
Earth.[8] Chan previously portrayed Minn-
Erva in the MCU film Captain Marvel
(2019).[16]
 Barry Keoghan as Druig: An aloof Eternal
who can use cosmic energy to control
the minds of others. He becomes
withdrawn from the other Eternals
because he disagrees with their
interactions with humankind.[13][8]

Additionally, Haaz Sleiman portrays

Phastos' husband, an architect.[17]

Production

Development
 

Director Chloé Zhao promoting Eternals at the 2019

San Diego Comic-Con

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said

in April 2018 that the studio was actively
developing a film based on the Marvel
comic book series Eternals, created by
Jack Kirby, to release in their Phase Four
slate of films. Marvel had met with
multiple screenwriters, and was believed
to be focusing on the character Sersi.[18]
Marvel set Kaz and Ryan Firpo to write the
script a month later,[19] with their outline
including a love story between the
characters Sersi and Ikaris.[20] In June,
Feige said Marvel was interested in
exploring the "ancient aliens kind of sci-fi
trope" of the Eternals being the inspiration
for myths and legends throughout the
history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
(MCU).[21]

During late August, Marvel's director

search for Eternals narrowed to a shortlist
that included Chloé Zhao—who had also
been in the running to direct Marvel's Black
Widow (2021)—Nicole Kassell, Travis
Knight, and the pair of Cristina Gallego and
Ciro Guerra.[20] Zhao approached Marvel
Studios about making the film as she had
been a fan of the MCU and wanted to work
with them to bring her own take to the
franchise with world-building,[22] and was
chosen to direct the film a month
later,[20][23] after impressing Marvel with a
presentation that included "reams of
visuals" to convey her pitch for the film.
Feige called her pitch "fascinating", and
said the vision she brought to the film was
one of the reasons Zhao was hired.[24] The
presentation left Marvel concerned she
might take on a different big-studio project
instead, forcing them to move quickly to
secure her.[20][23] Zhao hoped to push the
film "further and bigger" after Avengers:
Endgame (2019), and wanted to bring her
love of manga to the project to make it
"more of that marriage of East and
West".[24] As well, she wanted both "scope
and scale" and "intimacy" with the film.[25]

Marvel considered Eternals to be a "perfect

transition" into its next phase of films
along with projects such as Captain Marvel
(2019),[23] allowing the studio to cast a
diverse group of actors to portray the
various Eternals.[20] In February 2019,
Feige reiterated that Marvel was interested
in the characters due to Kirby's "immense,
amazing epic with Eternals that spans tens
of thousands of years" in the comics;
because they wanted to create more
ensemble films "from the start" like
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), rather than
building to an ensemble crossover like The
Avengers (2012); and to introduce widely
unknown characters to audiences as they
did with the Avengers and Guardians of
the Galaxy.[26]

Pre-production

Angelina Jolie joined the I wanted it to

cast in March 2019, reflect the
reportedly as Sersi,[27][28] world we live
with Kumail Nanjiani and in. But also I
Don Lee cast in wanted to put

undisclosed roles the a cast

together that
next month.[28][29] At that
feels like a
time, the film was
group of
expected to feature
misfits. I
Marvel Studios' first gay didn't want
superhero.[30] In May, the jocks. I
Richard Madden entered want you to
negotiations for the role walk away at
the end of the
of Ikaris,[31] and by the
movie not
following month, Salma
thinking, 'This
Hayek had entered early
person is this
negotiations for an ethnicity, that
undisclosed role.[32] In person is that
July, Variety reported that nationality.'
the cast included Jolie, No. I want you
Madden, and Millie Bobby to walk away

Brown,[33] but Brown thinking,

'That's a
quickly denied that she
family.' You
had been cast.[34]
don't think
about what
At the 2019 San Diego
they
Comic-Con, Feige
represent.
officially announced the
—Zhao on the
film with a release date of
diverse cast
November 6, 2020. He
of the film[24]
confirmed the casting of
Jolie as Thena, Nanjiani
as Kingo, Lee as Gilgamesh, Madden as
Ikaris, and Hayek as Ajak, and also
announced the casting of Lauren Ridloff
as Makkari, Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos,
and Lia McHugh as Sprite.[35] Feige added
that one of these actors was portraying an
LGBTQ character,[36] with actor Haaz
Sleiman later revealing that Phastos is
depicted as gay, with Sleiman portraying
the character's husband. The pair have a
child in the film. Sleiman felt it was
important to depict "how loving and
beautiful a queer family can be" rather
than the "sexual or rebellious" depiction in
some previous media.[12] Feige said the
relationship was "always sort of inherent in
the story" and he felt it was "extremely well
done" in the film,[24] while Sleiman called it
"thoughtful".[17]
Filming

By the film's official announcement in July

2019, principal photography had begun at
Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire,
England.[6][37] Ben Davis served as director
of photography, after doing so on several
previous MCU films.[38] The following
month, Gemma Chan and Barry Keoghan
were in talks to join the cast.[16][39] Chan
previously portrayed Minn-Erva in Captain
Marvel, but reports noted that she was
potentially being looked at by Marvel to
play a separate character in this film.[16]
Since Minn-Erva dies in that film, Chan had
felt that it was unlikely she would return to
the MCU, but after working on the film she
was told by Feige that the studio wanted
"to make better use of" her in a future
project. This led to Chan auditioning for
Sersi, one of the last actresses to be
considered for the role. Chan later
described Sersi as the most difficult role
for the film to cast.[15]

Chan and Keoghan were confirmed to be

cast in the film at the D23 Expo in August,
in the roles of Sersi and Druig, respectively,
along with Kit Harington as Dane
Whitman.[13] Chan said that she and
Marvel Studios were surprised by how
soon after Captain Marvel her new MCU
role came about, with both assuming that
it would have been a project further in the
future.[15] By early November, filming took
place in the Canary Islands. The filming
crew, including Jolie and Madden, had to
be evacuated from a shooting location on
the island of Fuerteventura due to an
explosive device found there, thought to be
a remnant armament from a Nazi base.[40]
In early January 2020, filming took place
outside the Oxford University Museum of
Natural History in Oxford, England,[41] as
well as Hampstead Heath in London.[42]
Filming wrapped on February 4, 2020.[43]
Zhao stated that Marvel Studios allowed
her creative freedom to shoot the film on
location, which is "exactly the way [she]
wanted to shoot" it. She was able to use a
similar style to her previous films,
including 360° shots and working with the
same camera and rigs as was used for her
film Nomadland (2020). Zhao felt that she
"got lucky in that Marvel wants to take
risks and do something different."[24] Zhao
cited The Revenant (2015) as a primary
influence when composing the film's
action sequences.[44] Chan said the filming
process felt very different to what she
experienced on Captain Marvel, explaining
that Eternals shot more on location and
utilized natural light while Captain Marvel
had more studio work and bluescreen.[15]

Post-production

In March 2020, Scanline VFX, one of the

companies working on the film's visual
effects, confirmed that they would be
working remotely due to the COVID-19
pandemic.[45] In early April, Disney shifted
much of their Phase Four slate of films
due to the pandemic, moving Eternals'
release date to February 12, 2021.[46] In
August, the film's title was shortened from
The Eternals to Eternals,[47] and the next
month, the release date was pushed back
to November 5, 2021.[48] Reshoots had
taken place by mid-November 2020.[49]

In January 2021, Zhao revealed she was

also a writer on the film, stating the official
credits had yet to be updated.[25]

Music
Ramin Djawadi is set to compose the
score for the film, after previously doing so
for Marvel's Iron Man (2008).[50]

Release
Eternals is scheduled to be released in the
United States on November 5, 2021.[48] It
was previously set for release on
November 6, 2020,[7] before it was shifted
to February 12, 2021,[46] and then to the
November 2021 date, due to the COVID-19
pandemic.[48] It will be part of Phase Four
of the MCU.[51]

See also
List of films featuring the deaf and hard
of hearing

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