Eternals
During their instrument panel at CCXP , Marvel Studios shared the first footage fromEternals , introducing the MCU ’s team of near - immortal , mythological zep . Eternalsis one of the forthcoming cinema in their cinematic universe ’s Phase 4 , and judge by the reactions the raw footage has receive , it will be a movie unlike any in the MCU .
Eternalsis one of Marvel Comics ' more offbeat properties , following a group of tops - powered beings create by even more powerful cosmic beings , the Celestials . But Marvel Studios has found success in adapting its weirder concepts before , just attend at theGuardians of the Galaxyfilms . They ’ve also assemble a top notchcast forEternalsthat include Angelina Jolie , Salma Hayek , Kit Harrington , Richard Madden , Kumail Nanjiani , and more . The film is beingdirected by Chloe Zhao , an indie director who earned great acclaim with her recent feature , The Rider . Again , Marvel Studios has a proficient cartroad record with tapping indie directors to helm their big spectacles , as Taika Waititi ’s caper directingThor : Ragnarokattests . And now that the first footage fromEternalshas been screened for the public , the reaction are suggesting Marvel ’s bold choices will go to yet another success .
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The footage was deal exclusively with audiences at CCXP in Brazil and is describe by Marvel Studios ' question , Kevin Feige as " raw footage pulled out of television camera , " mean it belike has n’t have its full regimen of post - production work . Still , the responses to the footage that have appear on societal medium are very positive , with many applauding how visually excise it is and call it unlike any other movie in the MCU .
The footage begins with a shot ofMadden ’s Ikarisbefore cutting to the whole team . They ’re dress in whatColliderdescribes as " mythological - looking armour . " The footage next shows a end - up of Gemma Chan ’s Sersi , before launching into a quick succession of shots that , harmonise toThe Wrap , include a looking atJolie ’s Thena with her blonde hair and white costume , followed by Hayek ’s Ajax horseback riding on horseback across the countryside . There ’s also a pellet of Nanjiani ’s Kingo that is described byCollideras being Bollywood inspired , involve colorful costumes , physical composition , and an ensemble of dancer . Throughout the footage , there are several shots of a temple , keeping withEternal ’s mythological feel . There ’s even some proffer of a romance between Madden ’s Ikaris andChan ’s Sersi . The footage ends with a line from Hayek ’s Ajax , " These people have changed all of us . We must protect them , " before reason out with a setting of the gather Eternals taking flight .
The descriptions of the Eternal ’s costume furrow up with theconcept artseen in the first place this year at D23 , though there are likely to be some notable difference between what was designed at the concept stage and the final mathematical product . The mention of an ancient looking tabernacle may also back up rumor thatEternalsis at least partially set in Ancient Babylon . This footage does n’t provide much more in the way of plot detail , but it has at least visually ingrain those golden enough to have insure it . Fiege has previously calledEternalsarisk for Marvel , but surely , given their track book , it will roll up being a risk they ’ll be glad they took .
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reference : Collider , The Wrap