New "Visionary" Featurette For Marvel's ETERNALS Highlights Chloé Zhao’s Epic Vision
Another featurette has dropped for Marvel’s Eternals. It’s titled “Visionary” and it highlights director Chloé Zhao’s epic vision for the film. The video offers a behind-the-scenes look at the film’s production along with some new footage.
The featurette also includes commentary and insight from Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, Zhao, and members of the cast. They discuss Zhao’s vision for the film and Zhao herself shares that she was looking to capture the epicness of the story and the intimacy of it at the same time.
It looks like the filmmaker has managed to capture exactly what she wants, and it looks like it’s going to be an amazing Marvel film, unlike any Marvel film that we’ve seen before.
The Eternals are “a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations. After an unexpected tragedy following the events of Avengers: Endgame, the Eternals—an immortal alien race created by the Celestials who have secretly lived on Earth for over 7,000 years—reunite to protect humanity from their evil counterparts, the Deviants.”
It’s also explained that the story takes place across two time periods. “One storyline is set in the past when they operated as a formidable team and a close family unit. The second storyline is in the present, when the group has fractured and split apart, content to live among humans, hiding in plain sight. The prevailing threat of the Deviants, which once again threatens the existence of mankind, means the Eternals need to put their differences aside and regroup."
The cast for the film also includes Angelina Jolie as Thena, Gemma Chan as humankind-loving Sersi, Richard Madden as the all-powerful Ikaris, Kumail Nanjiani as cosmic-powered Kingo, Lia McHugh as the eternally young, old-soul Sprite, Brian Tyree Henry as the intelligent inventor Phastos, Lauren Ridloff as the super-fast Makkari, Barry Keoghan as aloof loner Druig, Don Lee and Gilgamesh, with Kit Harington as Dane Whitman, and Salma Hayek as the wise and spiritual leader Ajak.
Eternals will be released in theaters on November 5th, 2021.