Eternals may still succeed on the merits of its star-studded cast and its visionary director, as well as its role as a cog in Hollywood’s most lucrative blockbuster machine.Īfter the MCU introduced talking trees and rock people and steeped itself deeper into a multiverse of parallel worlds and timelines in Phase 4, Eternals reaches even stranger new heights in the realm of science fiction. With all of that said, an unknown title character didn’t stop Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings from shattering the all-time Labor Day weekend box office record earlier this year, nor did it stop audiences from falling in love with Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014. “ Eternals explores the very creation of the Marvel universe itself,” Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige says in a featurette for the film.Įternals is due in theaters Friday and already faces an uphill battle at the box office-at least, as much as any Marvel blockbuster can-due to the ongoing pandemic and mixed reviews from critics, many of whom have praised the movie for its diverse cast, but found issues with the lesser-known slate of characters and the plot’s massive scale.
The scope of Eternals expands beyond even the most ambitious Avengers crossovers: It spans thousands of years and tells the origin story of the entire MCU. It’s also helmed by the MCU’s first Oscar-winning director in Chloé Zhao ( Nomadland), who has been tasked with telling a story that stars a host of extremely famous actors, introduces an ancient race of superheroes and predatory shape-shifting aliens known as Deviants, and provides a greater explanation of the godlike beings called the Celestials that first appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy.
The upcoming film features the largest ensemble of new heroes of any MCU film to date: The world’s original superheroes-a group of 7,000-year-old aliens who look exactly like beautiful humans-reunite in the face of yet another doomsday scenario for the poor earthlings who can’t seem to catch a break.Įternals is the third film in the MCU’s Phase 4, following the conclusion of the Infinity Saga, and clocking in at two hours and 40 minutes, it is the second-longest MCU movie behind only Avengers: Endgame. The word “ ambitious” is often thrown around when discussing any impending Marvel Studios project, but there is perhaps no better time to use it than when talking about Eternals.
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