“Eternals” is an ensemble-driven comic book movie starring the likes of Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Ridloff, Brian Tyree Henry, Salma Hayek, Lia McHugh, Don Lee, and Kit Harington. The story takes place after the events of “Avengers: Endgame” and centers on an alien race living on Earth for over 7,000 years who team up to protect humanity from their evil counterparts, the Deviants.
While many cinephiles have wondered how Zhao will approach a big-budget blockbuster, the filmmaker stressed last year she did not approach “Eternals” any differently than “The Rider” or “Nomadland.” As the director told The Hollywood Reporter, “I shot exactly the way I wanted to shoot. On location. A lot of magic hour. Three-hundred-sixty degrees on the same camera as I did on ‘Nomadland.’ Same rigs. It’s a bit surreal. I’m still waiting for the shoe to drop. It hasn’t. I think I got lucky in that Marvel wants to take risks and do something different.” Joining Zhao for “Eternals” is composer Ramin Djawadi, best known for his work on HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” and cinematographer Ben Davis, who has helped shape the look of the MCU for years now as the DP on “Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014), “Avengers: Age of Ultron” (2015), “Doctor Strange” (2016), and “Captain Marvel” (2019). In an exciting bit of news, Paul Thomas Anderson’s longtime editor Dylan Tichenor is also working on “Eternals.” Disney is scheduled to release “Eternals” in theaters November 5, 2021. The MCU Phase Four teaser below also confirms new titles for “Captain Marvel 2” (now “The Marvels”) and “Black Panther 2” (now “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”). Watch more teases from the upcoming Marvel films in the video below.
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