Eternals teaser trailer shares look at Chloe Zhao’s Marvel epic

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

It looks like Marvel’s decided to blow up the internet this morning, with them finally releasing the first trailer for Chloe Zhao’s Eternals! Overall, it’s a pretty intriguing look, with the film having a distinct visual palate courtesy of Zhao (and Marvel house DP Ben Davis) that eschews the usual orange and teal look for something more naturalistic. I dug the way the trailer started, with Skeeter Davis’s “The End of the World”, segueing to quick glimpses of Angelina Jolie in action as Thena, a ripped Kumail Nanjiani in Bollywood mode as Kingo, while Gemma Chan’s Sersi does indeed seem to be the lead as previously teased. Notably, her and Richard Madden have top billing on the new poster, with Jolie getting and "and" credit, making me wonder if her role is relatively small? It also reveals Sersi's romance with Madden’s Ikaris, with them even seemingly shown to be married at some point. Overall, it looks pretty emotional for a Marvel pic and I’m intrigued.

As per the official synopsis, “Marvel Studios’ “Eternals” welcomes an exciting new team of Super Heroes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The epic story, spanning thousands of years, features a group of immortal heroes forced out of the shadows to reunite against mankind’s oldest enemy, The Deviants. The outstanding ensemble cast includes Richard Madden as the all-powerful Ikaris, Gemma Chan as humankind-loving Sersi, Kumail Nanjiani as cosmic-powered Kingo, Lauren Ridloff as the super-fast Makkari, Brian Tyree Henry as the intelligent inventor Phastos, Salma Hayek as the wise and spiritual leader Ajak, Lia McHugh as the eternally young, old-soul Sprite, Don Lee as the powerful Gilgamesh, Barry Keoghan as aloof loner Druig, and Angelina Jolie as the fierce warrior Thena. Kit Harington plays Dane Whitman.”

What did you all think? Will Marvel’s Eternals kick off a new big franchise for the studio? Or, does it just look like more of the same, and if so, is that even a bad thing? Let us know!

Marvel’s Eternals hits theatres November 5th, 2021.