The first Eternals movie trailer reveals a new look at this upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. Based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same name, this Chloé Zhao-directed film follows a team of ancient Celestial aliens who have lived quietly on Earth for 7,000 years but must reunite to protect the world from the evil Deviants.
Since Eternals is about a team of warriors, Marvel movies feature a variety of the best actors. Announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Eternals stars Angelina Jolie as Thena, Salma Hayek as Ajak, Richard Madden as Ikaris, Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo, Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos, Lauren Ridloff as Makkari, Lia McHugh as Sprite, and Don Lee as Gilgamesh. Additional stars were announced later, including Kit Harington as Dane Whitman, Gemma Chan as Sersi, and Barry Keoghan as Druig.
The new trailer also features all-new footage, including first looks at all the characters matching their superhero costumes. This also teases the story for the film, though it doesn’t go into specifics.
The trailer also teases events that require the Eternal people to be involved in the conflict, even if they are just guiding humans from behind the scenes. The trailer also refers to the Avengers, with Sprite asking who they think will lead the superhero team in the absence of Captain Rogers and Iron Man. His use of Steve Rogers’s real name instead of calling him Captain America seems to indicate that the scene was made after the events of The Falcon and Winter Soldier, in which Sam Wilson took on the mantle of Captain America.
For now, the Eternals movie trailer gives a good first look at the upcoming Marvel Studios movie, though more are sure to be revealed in the next trailer.
Source: ScreenRant, Marvel Entertainment