Marvel Studios has finally released the first Eternals trailer from Best Director Oscar winner Chloé Zhao’s entry into the Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is set to release in cinemas November 5th after a series of delays.
In the 2-minute teaser, we learn that the ancient alien team of Celestials have long held back from interfering with human affairs – which explains why they were nowhere to be seen when the Avengers were struggling to put out fires left and right. However, something has happened to make these Eternals change their mind. The specifics of what that could be are still unknown, though it’s a safe bet it will have something to do with the Deviants, aka the Eternals’ evil counterparts.
Whatever the situation, one would assume the stakes are staggeringly high – more serious even than Thanos wiping out half the planet (himself an Eternal-Deviant hybrid) and leaving the Celestials’ host planet in chaos. Given that Zhao has herself said that she aimed for Eternals to go “further and bigger” than even Avengers: Endgame, it sounds like audiences are in for one hell of a ride.
This is the proper look fans have had at Eternals, after a couple of snapshots were revealed as part of Marvel’s ‘Return to Cinema’ featurette released earlier this month. The trailer gives little more away about the overarching plot, but it does showcase its star-studded ensemble cast to great effect, including a full look at their costumes, a glimpse at Kit Harington’s Black Knight, and even a reference to the current state of the Avengers post-Tony Stark and Steve Rogers’ deaths.
Eternals will star the likes of Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Ridloff, Brian Tyree Henry, Salma Hayek, Lia McHugh, Don Lee, and Gemma Chan, with Kevin Feige revealing that if he had to designate one of the characters as the film’s lead, it would be Chan’s Sersi.
Watch the first ETERNALS trailer below: