Marvel’s Kevin Feige Teases Epic, Jack Kirby-Inspired ‘Eternals’ Story

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige is keeping his post-Avengers: Endgame plans under wraps, but he has confirmed that a project revolving around the Eternals is in development. Now, Feige has opened up about the studio’s epic plans for it.

The Rider helmer Chloe Zhao is set to direct The Eternals from a script by Matthew and Ryan Firpo, the writers behind Ruin, which topped the 2017 Black List. Speaking with Collider at the press day for Captain Marvel, Kevin Feige discussed the epic story Jack Kirby created with the Eternals, teasing that the film’s take on it could span “tens of thousands of years” like in the comics.

“Everything after Endgame, and after Spider-Man: Far From Home, will be different and be unique, as we try to make every film. But seeing returning characters is certainly something we’re gonna do and want to do. But also introducing characters that the majority of the world has never heard of, much like Guardians, much like Avengers before we made Avengers. And there are lots of them. Eternals are one group, but 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. You were asking about ’60s, and ’70s before. Jack Kirby did an immense, amazing epic with Eternals that spans tens of thousands of years, and that’s also something we haven’t really done, which is why that among many other things post-Endgame, we find appealing.”

Jack Kirby created the title in 1976. In the comics, the Eternals are a fictional evolutionary offshoot of humanity who possess superpowers and longer lifespans than normal humans. Created by the Celestials over a million years ago, the superpowered beings were the result of genetic experiments that led to the creation of two divergent races: The Eternals and The Deviants.

Often defending Earth from their monstrous counterparts, the Eternals became embroiled in a civil war amongst themselves over whether or not they should conquer the other races. One faction was led by Kronos and the other by his warlike brother named Uranos, with Kronos’ side ultimately winning the conflict while Uranos and his followers were exiled.

Keep an eye on Heroic Hollywood as more details on this project come out.

Source: Collider