Patton Oswalt Confirms Chloe Zhao Will Direct ETERNALS 2 and He and Harry Styles Will Return
At the end of Marvel’s Eternals, it ended with the caption that The Eternals would return. So, we all know an Eternals sequel is coming, we just don’t know when. Patton Oswalt, who appeared in the post-credits scene of the film as Pip, recently offered an update on the sequel while appearing on Today.
He shared that the director of the film, Chloe Zhao, will be back to direct, and that he and Harry Styles will return as Pip and Starfox. Here’s what he said:
"They have announced there is going to be an Eternals sequel and Chloe Zhao is going to direct it. So hopefully there will be more adventures of Starfox and Pip."
Eternals is one of my least favorite Marvel movies. There were just so many ridiculous things about it that bugged me. I’ve watched it one and half times, and I don’t think that I’ll ever watch it again. it was just a missed opportunity to do something incredibly epic. I can only hope that the sequel will tell a better, more interesting story.
It would be cool if the next film involved Galactus. Eternals screenwriters Ryan and Kaz Firpo were previously asked about some Marvel fan theories about how a sequel film could involve Galactus, and according to Kaz Firpo, the "door is very much open for world-eating villains. Galactus is an amazing, amazing character, and villain. We are, you know, obviously setting the stage for intergalactic, cosmic, megalith confrontations, especially when you kill a space god—and then the space god comes and kidnaps you and plans to judge Earth, I think the door is very much open for world-eating villains… Galactus is one of those iconic figures of the Marvel Universe that [they're] excited to see."
He went on to say, "Galactus is one of those iconic figures of the Marvel Universe that we're excited to see. But sometimes I think you leave yourself open, you leave these doors open, and who knows what's happening in number two. Maybe you're too busy saving a Celestial from Galactus that you end up incurring his [wrath]… anything's possible."
There are no details on what the sequel will entail, but I’m just interested in seeing the story arc for Pip and Starfox. What do you think?
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