Kevin Feige Confirms That ‘Eternals 2’ Is Not Happening
While 2023 was undeniably a challenging year for Marvel Studios, the chink in the MCU’s armor began to show as early as 2021.
As the Marvel timeline continued into the post-Endgame world, the studio released four new films — Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Eternals, and Spider-Man: No Way Home.
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Although Shang-Chi and Spider-Man were well received by critics and fans alike, Black Widow and Eternals received more mixed reactions.
‘Eternals’ Was a Rare MCU Misstep
The latter film, directed by Academy Award winner Chloe Zhao, introduced a team of super-powered beings known as the Eternals.
Released during the COVID-19 pandemic, Eternals grossed $402.1 million at the worldwide box office.
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While the cinematography of Eternals was almost universally lauded, the film would prove to be divisive among fans and critics.
Eternals eventually had an approval rating of 47% on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metacritic score of 52 out of 100, making it the lowest-rated MCU film on both websites.
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(L-R): Ikaris (Richard Madden) and Sersi (Gemma Chan) in Marvel Studios’ ETERNALS. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved.
Audiences, meanwhile, gave the film a CinemaScore of “B,” which was also the lowest for a Marvel film at the time.
Kevin Feige Gives an ‘Eternals 2’ Update
Although Eternals failed to live up to the heights of previous Marvel films, the movie did have its fair share of fans. In fact, many have held out hope that Marvel would continue the franchise with Eternals 2 or even a Disney+ series featuring the characters.
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In a recent interview with Inverse, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige was asked about the future of the Eternals.
“There are no immediate plans for Eternals 2,” Kevin Feige tells Inverse. “There are, and I think you’ve seen maybe in a trailer we’ve released recently, an acknowledgment of some of those events. Certain giant things came out of the ocean.”
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Source: Marvel Studios’ ETERNALS. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved.
The Events of Eternals Will Affect Other Films
While Feige made it clear that the second Eternals movie is not happening, he did hint that the events of the first movie will continue to impact the MCU. In his comments, he referred to the recent appearance of the frozen Celestial Tiamut in the first Captain America: Brave New World.
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The emergence of the giant Celestial in the middle of the ocean will seemingly have ramifications for Sam Wilson as he assumes the mantle of Captain America. So, while Eternals 2 may not be happening, Marvel plans to acknowledge the monumental events of the first film.
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