Eternals (film)

Eternals

Title

Eternals

Aliases

The Eternals, Sack Lunch (working title)

Release Date(s)

November 3, 2021
November 5, 2021 (USA)

Film Details

Directors

Chloé Zhao

Producers

Kevin Feige, Nate Moore

Musicians

Ramin Djawadi

Cinematographers

Ben Davis

Editors

Craig Wood, Dylan Tichenor

Distributors

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Production Companies

Marvel Studios

Running Time

156 minutes

Rating

MPAA: Rated PG-13 for fantasy violence and action, some language and brief sexuality

Budget

$200 million

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Appearances

Featured Characters:

Eternals (First appearance)
- Ikaris (First appearance) (Main story and flashback) (Apparent death)
- Sersi (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Kingo (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Sprite (First appearance) (Main story and flashback) (Leaves group)
- Phastos / "Phil Stoss" (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Makkari (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Druig (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Gilgamesh (First appearance) (Main story and flashback) (Death)
- Ajak (First appearance) (Only in flashback) (Death)
- Thena (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

Dane Whitman (First appearance)
Karun (First appearance)
Ben Stoss (First appearance)
Jack Stoss (First appearance)
Uni-Mind (First appearance)

Antagonists:

Deviants (First appearance)
- Kro (First appearance) (Death)
- Enkidu (First appearance) (Only in flashback) (Death)
Arishem the Judge (First appearance)
Tiamut (First appearance) (Death)

Other Characters:

Global Repatriation Council (Name only)
Charles Darwin (Statue)
Jemiah the Analyzer (First appearance)
Hargen the Measurer (First appearance)
Nezarr the Calculator (First appearance)
Tiamut (Vision)
Avengers (Mentioned)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Mentioned)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Mentioned)
- Thor (Mentioned)
Thanos (Mentioned)
Doctor Strange (Mentioned)
Nathan Garrett (Mentioned)
Odin (Mentioned)
Laufey (Mentioned)
King Arthur (Mentioned)
Batman (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Alfred Pennyworth (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Superman (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Jesus Christ (Statue)
Pip the Troll (First appearance)
Starfox (Eros) (First appearance)
Black Roger (Mentioned)
Blade (Eric Brooks) (Voice) (First appearance) (Off-screen)

Races and Species:

Locations:

Earth-199999
- Earth
  - United Kingdom
    - England
      - London
        Piccadilly Circus
        
        Natural History Museum
        
        Camden Town
        Camden Lock
    - Scotland
  - United States of America
    - South Dakota
    - Illinois
      - Chicago
        Phastos' Residence
    - Alaska
  - Iraq/Mesopotamia
    - Babylon
      - Ishtar Gate
      - Hanging Gardens of Babylon
  - Japan
    - Hiroshima
  - Spain
    - Canary Islands
  - India
    - Mumbai
  - Indian Ocean
  - Mexico
    - Tenochtitlan
  - Australia
    - Ayers Rock/Uluru
  - Peru
    - Amazon
      - Druig's Compound
  - Brazil
    - Rio de Janerio
- World Forge
Centuri-Six (Mentioned) (Destroyed)
Mystery Planet (Mentioned)
Earth Destroyed by Tiamut (Vision)
- Earth (Vision) (Destroyed)
Habitable Saturn (Vision)
- Saturn (Vision) (Becomes uninhabitable)

Items:

Celestial Astrolabe
Celestial Sextant
Mahd Wy’ry
Vibranium (Mentioned)
Captain America's Shield (Replica)
Excalibur
Ebony Blade
Emerald Tablet

Vehicles:

Domo
Kingo's Jet

Plot

Plot not yet listed

Cast

Gemma Chan as Sersi^[1]

Richard Madden as Ikaris^[2]

Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo^[2]

Lia McHugh as Sprite^[2]

Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos^[2]

Lauren Ridloff as Makkari^[2]

Barry Keoghan as Druig^[1]

Don Lee as Gilgamesh^[2]

Kit Harington as Dane Whitman^[1]

Salma Hayek as Ajak^[2]

Angelina Jolie as Thena^[2]

David Kaye as Arishem (voice)

Bill Skarsgard as Kro (voice)

Harry Styles as Eros

Patton Oswalt as Pip

Haaz Sleiman as Phastos' husband Ben.^[3]

Harish Patel as Kingo's manager Karun.^[4]

Additionally, Mahershala Ali made an uncredited voice-appearance as Blade in the post-credits.^[5]

Notes

Filming for this film started in late July, 2019,^[6] and wrapped on February 4, 2020.^[7]
The film was originally scheduled to release on November 6, 2020.^[1] However, on April 3, 2020, Marvel announced its Phase Four film line-up had been pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Eternals taking the new release date of February 12, 2021.^[8] In September 2020, the film was pushed back again to November 5, 2021.^[9]

Trivia

Gemma Chan had previously portrayed the Marvel Cinematic Universe-character Minn-Erva in the film Captain Marvel.
- On being recast from her role in Captain Marvel, Chan stated that Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige told her that they'd love to work with her again and that they "wanted to make better use" of her acting talents.^[10]