Here's everything you ever need to know about Marvel's upcoming blockbuster, ETERNALS.
"When you love something, you fight for it," - Ajak
Yesterday, a teaser trailer for Eternals was released by Marvel showing a glimpse of the cast and characters; the teaser encapsulates the term "tease" in its entirety and for someone who has no prior idea about The Eternals comics by Neil Gaiman. It might seem like a long shot but I'll try to cover all I can here so sit back and relax.
Have you seen the footage? If 'no', see it here... Marvel's Eternals Teaser Trailer . Over the span of a truly jam-packed eight seconds, the footage finally presents audiences’ first glimpses of Gemma Chan as Sersi, Richard Madden as Ikaris, Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo, Angelina Jolie as Thena, Don Lee (Ma Dong-seok) as Gilgamesh, and Salma Hayek as Ajak.
WHAT OR WHO ARE THE ETERNALS?
The Eternals are a race of god-like beings locked in a millennium-old conflict with the less evolved Deviants and their originators, the Celestials. Each Eternal has watched civilizations burgeon and die from their domain of Olympia - they are immortals blessed with strange, sometimes monstrous powers. As the upcoming film premise reads, "The Eternals are an immortal alien race who have secretly lived on earth for thousands of years, but the events of Avengers: Endgame brings them back together". If there's one thing to understand here, it's going to be the fact that it is connected to the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe). It may come as a surprise but Thanos, the MCU's big-bad himself is Part-Eternal as well as his father, A'lars. Thanos is a mutant member of the race of superhumans known as the Titanian Eternals as he was born on the Titan, a colony ruled by The Eternals. The character possesses abilities common to the Eternals, but amplified to a higher degree through a combination of his mutant Eternal heritage, bionic amplification, mysticism, and power bestowed by the abstract entity, Death, which means we could see him again in future installments (somehow... don't underrate Kevin Feige).
CAST/CHARACTERS
The upcoming Marvel Superhero movie already boasts of a stellar cast and if this doesn't intrigue you, then you probably don't understand the concept of an A-list cast and what they bring to the table.
Thena (Angelina Jolie): A fierce warrior Eternal who can form any weapon out of cosmic energy, and develops a close bond with Gilgamesh over the centuries. We saw a glimpse of her weilding her infamous sword in the teaser trailer.
Ikaris (Richard Madden): The tactical leader of the Eternals who can fly, project cosmic energy beams from his eyes, and has superhuman strength. Madden played Robb Stark in HBO's hit, Game of Thrones.
Kingo (Kumail Nanjiani): An Eternal who can project cosmic energy projectiles from his hands. Enamored with fame, Kingo becomes a popular Bollywood film star to blend in on Earth.
Makkari (Lauren Ridloff): An Eternal who uses her cosmically powered super-speed to scout planets. She is the first deaf superhero in an MCU film and, as such, she is not affected by the sonic booms she creates (lucky you!).
Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry): An Eternal and an intelligent cosmic-powered inventor who secretly helps humanity progress technologically. It's been some good years to B.T Henry as he went from being a regular in ATLANTA to star in blockbusters like Kong vs Godzilla, Joker, amongst others, what a career he's having. He is the first superhero to be depicted as gay in an MCU film.
Ajak (Salma Hayek): 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. Ajak can communicate with Celestials.
Sprite (Lia McHugh): An Eternal who can project life-like illusions. Sprite appears to be a 12-year-old child, but she is stronger and more clever than she looks.
Gilgamesh(Don Lee): The strongest Eternal who can project an exoskeleton of cosmic energy. Gilgamesh is physically the strongest of the Eternals and. has the strength easily to lift over 100 tons. He is considered the most powerful of Earth's Eternals, is immortal, does not age, and is immune to most of Earth's diseases. He becomes Thena's partner in their exile from the other Eternals.
Dane Whitman (Kit Harington): A human warrior who wields a mystical sword. Yes, that's our beloved 'Jon Snow' and we hope that his character 'knows something' this time around. His character also goes by the alias, Black Knight.
Sersi (Gemma Chan): An empathetic Eternal with an affinity for humankind who can manipulate matter. She has been in love with Ikaris for centuries, and poses as a museum curator on Earth. Kevin Feige described Sersi as the lead of the film.
Druig (Barry Keoghan): A reserved 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.
Regarding music, Ramin Djawadi is set to compose the score for the film, after previously doing so for Marvel's Iron Man (2008) and his touch on HBO's Game of Thrones was legendary.
The upcoming film is directed by Chloe Zhao (Oscar winning director) who broke records this year for Nomadland.
Eternals is scheduled to be released in the United States on November 5, 2021. It was previously set for release on November 6, 2020, before it was shifted to February 12, 2021, and then to the November 2021 date, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
