Ever for the reason that epic Avengers: Doomsday forged was introduced again in March 2025, it grew to become clear that Marvel Studios had little interest in following up with Eternals anytime quickly. Nonetheless, as Captain America: Courageous New World introduced again plot developments from The Unimaginable Hulk after seventeen years together with a number of factors from Eternals, it’s clear that no character or idea is fully off the desk for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Whereas the Eternals may not have a task within the conclusion of the Multiverse Saga, Marvel may need plans for the crew in what comes after Avengers: Secret Wars.
Throughout a Q&A with The Cosmic Circus’ Alex Perez, the scooper hinted that he had heard rumors that Marvel Studios would revisit the Eternals following Avengers: Secret Wars. When requested if the Eternals had been finished within the MCU, Perez mentioned, “The Eternals are usually not finished for. There’ll be extra about it within the subsequent saga.” Perez has no affiliation with Marvel Studios, so this must be handled as a rumor with an enormous grain of salt for now.
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The Eternals’ Future within the MCU Would possibly Tie into Plans for The X-Males
Eternals, together with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, was one of many first main MCU tasks of Part 4 and the Multiverse Saga to introduce new characters and ideas to the broader franchise. Whereas Shang-Chi‘s response was constructive, Eternals was extra blended to damaging, because it earned a fame for being the primary MCU movie to get a rotten ranking on Rotten Tomatoes. As a result of director Chloé Zhao having received the Greatest Director Oscar for Nomadland, Eternals had nice expectations put upon it, with some inside Disney hoping it might safe the MCU its second Greatest Image Oscar nomination after Black Panther. Although it managed to gross $402.1 million worldwide through the early days of moviegoers returning to theaters following the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s typically labeled a flop.
Eternals ended on a number of cliffhanger endings, with the Celestial Arishem spiriting away a part of the crew and post-credits scenes introducing Harry Types as Thanos’ brother Eros, and teasing each Black Knight and Blade. Though the film takes place after Avengers: Endgame, the movie’s lack of connection to different MCU tasks implies that its precise place within the timeline may very well be simply shifted if wanted. Rumors closely level to Part 7 of the MCU kicking off The Mutant Saga, one targeted on the X-Males, and that might doubtlessly lead into an adaptation of a current crossover comedian ebook occasion.
From July to November 2022, Marvel Comics printed A.X.E.: Judgement Day, an enormous crossover occasion that pitted the Avengers, the X-Males, and the Eternals towards a Celestial known as The Progenitor, who seemed to destroy the Earth, deeming the planet unworthy. The MCU now has two Avengers factions, Sam Wilson’s crew and The New Avengers shaped in Thunderbolts*, and with the franchise set to reboot the X-Males, an adaptation of A.X.E. is smart for the MCU’s future. It offers an Avengers-level risk that might unite varied Marvel characters in a crossover movie and redeem the Eternals as supporting gamers in future MCU tasks. This is able to be just like The Hulk, who, regardless of his solo movie being a field workplace disappointment, grew to become a central recurring character within the franchise by showing in different films and Disney+ sequence.
Supply: The Cosmic Circus
Eternals
- Launch Date
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November 5, 2021
- Runtime
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156 minutes
