The Eternals: Everything You Need To Know

Having trouble wrapping your head around the MCU's latest additions? We're here to help!

by Ewan Paterson
Marvel

Avengers: Endgame has come and gone, and Phase Four will soon be upon us. The long awaited solo Black Widow film is set to release in 2020, directed by Cate Shortland, David Callaham's Shang-Chi is set to follow, and every other week it feels as though we hear of a new TV spin-off headed to Disney+.

However, one of the most exciting projects on Marvel's slate currently has to be The Eternals, a comic book movie based on one of Jack Kirby's lesser known creations. It's certainly moving along at a steady pace, with a script being written by Matthew and Ryan Firpo, and Chloé Zhao set to direct, and given the potential the potential behind the project, it's easy to see why Marvel fans are getting excited.

But who exactly are the Eternals? What will the new film be about and, most important of all, why is it so integral to the MCU?

With romance, action, and Kirby's signature visuals waiting to be capitalised on in a big way, there's plenty of reason to sit up and pay attention to Marvel's most surprising Phase Four feature, but with it being a relatively obscure property, here's everything you need to know about the series.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and the Golden Age of Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled.