THE ETERNALS Cast Comes Together In First Official Portrait From EW

THE ETERNALS Cast Comes Together In First Official Portrait From EW

Following Marvel's official announcement of The Eternals, the cast — including Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Brian Tyree Henry, Lia McHugh, and Don Lee - have taken an official portrait.

By MattIsForReal - Jul 21, 2019 08:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Eternals
Source: EW
Marvel's Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con officially introduced the cast of The Eternals, and exciting new team of super heroes who will join the Marvel Cinematic Universe next year.

The upcoming film will be directed by Chloé Zhao and will star Angelina Jolie (Thena), Richard Madden (Icarus), Kumail Nanjiani (Kingo), Lauren Ridloff (Makkari), Brian Tyree Henry (Phastos), Salma Hayek (Ajak), Lia McHugh (Sprite), and Don Lee (Gilgamesh).

Following the panel, the star-studded cast gathered one more time at EW's Comic-Con 2019 portrait studio to take an official photo together. Unfortunately, they aren't in costume, but it's our best look yet at what director Chloé Zhao referred to as "this group of incredible immortals."

Each of the stars had a chance to say something during the Hall H presentation, with Jolie — who is easily one of the biggest names attached to the project — promising to work "10 times harder because I think what it means to be a part of the MCU, what it means to be an Eternal, to be a part of this family, I know what we all need to do."

"We have all read the script. We have all know what the task ahead is and we are all going to be working very very hard. I’m training. I am thrilled. Thank you so much," she added.




“It’s about this group of incredible immortals, but through their journey, we really get to explore what it means to be human and humanity on our time on this planet,” Zhao teased of the film.

“The Eternals are a race of immortal aliens sent to Earth by the Celestials to protect humankind from the Deviants,” offered Madden. 

Filming on The Eternals is already underway in London, with the film set to hit theaters on November 6, 2020.
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Jeight8
Jeight8 - 7/21/2019, 8:24 AM
Jolie is known in hollywood for doing many of her own stunts like Cruise.

Thena is a very warrior-like eternal much like Athena who inspired her. Im curious to see how much physical stuff will Jolie do now that she is a bit older.
CapnMurphy2021
CapnMurphy2021 - 7/21/2019, 8:36 AM
@Jeight8 - she’s only a couple years older than Chadwick Boseman... and she’s younger than Jeremy Renner and paul Rudd...
Jeight8
Jeight8 - 7/21/2019, 8:50 AM
@CapnMurphy2021 - and those actors dont do anywhere near the amount of stunts jolie does. She was literally suspended from wires and was doing aerial ballet for tomb raider which needs months to get a grasp on. She did close to 80% of her stunts in Salt, an insane amount for an A-lister.
Talontd
Talontd - 7/21/2019, 9:57 AM
@Jeight8 - Yup, an appropriate comparison is Tom Cruise...though he gets MUCH more publicity for it..

Equivocal
Equivocal - 7/21/2019, 10:55 AM
@Jeight8 -

tmp3
tmp3 - 7/21/2019, 8:28 AM
Don't know shit about The Eternals, but Chloe Zhao's a really promising film-maker and this cast is great. Seeing buff Kumail is so weird, haha.
tmp3
tmp3 - 7/21/2019, 8:29 AM
Also, Brian Tyree Henry's gonna do superhero films from DC, Sony & Marvel in in just under 2 years.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 7/21/2019, 8:32 AM
@tmp3 - Him, Zendaya and Donald Glover have some of the best agents in Hollywood
tmp3
tmp3 - 7/21/2019, 8:36 AM
@DnA - idk about Glover considering Solo was an atomic bomb and Lion King got bad reviews. I'd probably swap him for Zazie Beetz, since she's been doing a lot of high profile projects since Atlanta. Zendaya for sure; getting Dune was a pretty big get considering the kind of talent Denis goes for (big get for Momoa in that regard too), and that's before her HBO show.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 7/21/2019, 8:47 AM
@tmp3 - he's still getting those big time films as well as having unparalleled control over Atlanta, for a black man at least
PantherKing
PantherKing - 7/21/2019, 8:32 AM
Seems like the trades got the Sersi casting wrong. Surprised Jolie is playing Thena and never in a million years did I think I’d see her in the MCU.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 7/21/2019, 8:38 AM
Marvel's most intriguing project yet. Not something generating massive amounts of hype like Blade, Thor 4 and Shang-Chi announced yesterday, but something to really keep an eye on. I'm hoping this one in particular isn't your typical superhero action blockbuster but something a bit more old school historical epic meets sci-fi fantasy and family drama. They've got some really great actors on this and I'm really excited about Salma Hayek as the lead and Richard Madden as Ikaris.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 7/21/2019, 8:44 AM
Also Richard Madden hugging and picking up Chloe Zhou was adorable. Seems like they all have a good relationship with one another already.
JamesPunn
JamesPunn - 7/21/2019, 5:57 PM
@DnA - Chloe seemed so excited to be a part of it. I'm really glad she's not just an indie director going for a paycheck.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 7/21/2019, 8:45 AM
Richard Madden should've played another cbm character...Marvel or DC, someone "bigger".
We'll see tho.
Jeight8
Jeight8 - 7/21/2019, 8:53 AM
@Doomsday8888 - and hemsworth should have played someone bigger than thor. I mean who cares about Thor, right?- a dude probably in 2011...

Its rich to assumer character recognition matters in terms of the mcu. Groot is more popular than 80% of the Justice League...
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