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]]>The shot in question, which was given out in poster form to a select few during the Marvel San Diego Comic-Con panel announcement (opens in new tab), has now been given a fuller reveal. That’s all thanks to the extremely talented Rodney Fuentebella, senior visual development concept artist at Marvel Studios. Take a look below.
A photo posted by @rodneyimages on Aug 14, 2019 at 9:41am PDT
While The Eternals themselves are missing in action, it’s the Celestials – the canonical creators of both the Eternals and their nemesis, the Deviants – that take centre stage. We’ve encountered them previously in the MCU: the Collector’s retelling in Guardians of the Galaxy of the Power Stone saga provides a tease of one helmeted Celestial, and Kurt Russell’s Ego is also one, but these new designs are unlike anything seen before.
Each Celestial towers above the clouds and mountain ranges, and all four look to be just as imposing as both Guardians movies would lead us to believe. The Celestial in the foreground even looks to be powered by a mini-sun and could easily pass as something from The Day The Earth Stood Still.
Of course, The Eternals concept art could change from the final product, but this is a window into the sort of design process Marvel is aiming for with the movie. The sleek, steely designs, the stars twinkling in the background, and beings stronger than anything ever seen in the MCU – all in one image. This is sci-fi, Marvel style. Yeah, we’re excited.
The Eternals, starring the likes of Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, and Kumail Nanjiani (opens in new tab), will be released in cinemas on November 6, 2020.
With The Eternals, we could be going right back to the MCU’s origins. There’s never been a better time to brush up on the complete Marvel timeline (opens in new tab).
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]]>Speaking to Collider (opens in new tab), Feige reveals the thought process behind bringing the Eternals into the MCU now: “Everything after [Avengers] Endgame, and after Spider-Man: Far From Home, will be different and be unique, as we try to make every film.”
Just how different and unique will it be? Try having a movie set across thousands of years, and you’re probably in the right ballpark. Feige doesn’t outright say it, but hints heavily that Jack Kirby’s 1976-1978 comic run on The Eternals that “spans tens of thousands of years” is something that something that “we find appealing.”
As you can probably tell by the name, it’s not too much of a stretch to see the group show their face everywhere from Ancient Greece to Avengers Tower. As Kirby himself explains in the comic, “The Eternals bred few in number and were immune from time and death. Like the gods, they lived apart from all other living beings.”
So, that’s that cleared up then. But one thing that might be on the mind of many Marvel fans, as it always in when a new hero or group arrives on the scene, is how will they be introduced? Feige is leaning more towards a Guardians-style entrance, with the team already formed, rather than a piece-by-piece build-up in the style of the Avengers, saying: “We like the idea of introducing an ensemble, doing an ensemble movie from the start, as opposed to building up as we did with the first Avengers. More like Guardians, not tonally, but in terms of introducing a new group of people.”
An invincible set of beings who will show up out of nowhere fully-formed, having been around for all of human history? It’s a tough sell. But then again, so was a talking raccoon and a tree dancing to Michael Jackson. I think Marvel can stick the landing – and then some, even if the Eternals release date is still just out-of-reach for the time being.
Image credit: Marvel/Jack Kirby & Frank Giacoia and John Verpoorten
Whisper it, but this might be potentially be the most exciting of the new Marvel movies (opens in new tab) coming our way…
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