Next year , Marvel Studios will be bringing us a standalone movie about one of its most obscure property : the Eternals . The pic is definitely a peril , butaccording to Kevin Feige , it ’s a risk worth consider . And to be fair , every time Marvel has take aim a endangerment in the yesteryear   — making aGuardians of the Galaxymovie , bust the Avengers aside inCivil War , givingInfinity Wara really downer terminate etc .   — it ’s go out spectacularly . We should have faith in Feige at this point , because he clear know what he ’s doing . Here   is Marvel’sEternals : 5 Things That Have Been sustain ( & 5 Fan Theories ) .

Confirmed: Angelina Jolie and Richard Madden are leading a star-studded cast

The upcomingEternalsmovie has recruited a heck of a cast . Alongside relative entrant , such as Lauren Ridloff and Lia McHugh , are Angelina Jolie , one of the biggest sensation on the planet , andRichard Madden , who made his name as Robb Stark inGame of Thronesand has since gone from strength to strength . Salma Hayek ,   Brian Tyree Henry , andThe Big Sick ’s Kumail Nanjiani have also joined the plaster cast . Gemma Chan , who antecedently limn Minn - Erva in this year’sCaptain Marvel , will be taking on a second MCU role as Sersi in theEternalsmovie . Madden’sGoTco - whiz Kit Harington is appearing , too .

Fan theory: Ego will be making an appearance

In the comics , the Eternals were make by the Celestials to be a delectable snack . The fact that they became the precursors for sentient life on Earth was , shall we say , a happy accident . The Celestials have been have prominently in the MCU before   — Knowhere is turn up inside a Celestial ’s sever forefront   — but there is only one major Celestial character in the dealership : Ego the Living Planet .

InGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2 , Ego was toy by Kurt Russell . He was portrayed as Peter Quill ’s father , and at the terminal of the movie , Quill kill him to save the universe from his severe haughtiness . TheEternalsmovie will take place across thousands of years , soa jr. Ego could well make an appearance .

Confirmed: Chloé Zhao is directing

Marvel has hired Chloé Zhao to steer its forthcomingEternalsmovie . So far , Zhao has direct two feature motion picture   — an independent drama entitledSongs My Brothers Taught Meand a contemporaneous westerly calledThe Rider . Both have been wide praised by critic and showered with awards and further nominations on the festival circuit , which is belike how Zhao terminate up on Marvel ’s radar .

On the sensible horizon , Zhao is helmingNomadland , a on-key - to - life fib about older American workers who moved into van after losing everything in the neat ceding back , and a westerly biopic of Bass Reeves , the first grim U.S. Deputy Marshal .

Fan theory: The movie will depict the creation of mutants

Marvel has just reacquired the rights to the ten - Men characters , and Kevin Feige has beencuriously using the terminal figure “ variation ” in topographic point of “ X - Men”when discussing the studio apartment ’s design for them . This has lead many fans to formulate possibility abouthow theEternalsmovie will show the creation of the ecstasy - gene . In addition to create the Eternals , the Celestials did a lot of experimentation with human DNA , so there ’s a probability that this will contribute to the parentage of mutants , or perhaps just a subdivision of the mutant community . Whatever it is , hopefully it wo n’t necessitate the Infinity Stones , becausethe MCU has done them to end .

Confirmed: It’ll be released on November 6, 2020

The Eternalsis set to be released on November 6 , 2020 , which will make it the second entry in the MCU ’s coming Phase 4 slate after May 1 ’s farsighted - overdueBlack Widowsolo movie . From previous weeks , TheEternalswill face contention fromTom Hardy’sVenomsequel ; Kenneth Branagh ’s in style mavin - stud Agatha Christie adaptation , expiry on the Nile ; Robert Zemeckis ’ re - adjustment of Roald Dahl ’s terrific kid ’s classicThe Witches ; the sequel to last year’sHalloweenreboot , Halloween Kills ; and theG.I. Joespin - offSnake heart .   After that , its biggest competitor is a live - actionClifford the Big Red Dogmovie . As a Marvel button , it ’s believably safe .

Fan theory: We’ll see the creation of Knowhere

Knowhere has been a substantial location in the MCU   — at least on the cosmic side of things   — since its first appearance in 2014’sGuardians of the Galaxy . As a civilization located inside the severed head of a Celestial , it ’s pretty fascinating . We ’ve never catch any details on its backstory , so some devotee are figuring that as long as theEternalsmovie will feature the ethereal airstream prominently , we might see how Knowhere come to be . A Celestial ’s head word getting hack off and reverse into a sort - of planet would definitely make for a cinematic set bit , and fill in a gap in the MCU ’s timeline .

Confirmed: Eternals features the MCU’s first deaf superhero

AfterBlack Panthergave us the MCU ’s first non - white lead andCaptain Marvelgave us the MCU ’s first female atomic number 82 , TheEternalswill give us the MCU ’s first deaf superhero . Makkari is an capable - incarnate male person in the comics , butthe movie will depict the case as a deaf woman , played by Lauren Ridloff . Ridloff has act Connie onThe Walking Deadsince Season 9 and recently wow critics with her Broadway introduction inChildren of a Lesser God . The worker was born deaf and is even a former Miss Deaf America . She ’s been an important figure in bring bona fide deaf representation to the medium .

Fan theory: The Asgardians are a “tribe” of Eternals

This theory wasfirst bewilder on Reddit by u / CyberpunkV2077 . It essentially theorize that the Asgardian wash is an offshoot of the Eternals . So far , the MCU has gone off the premise that deity and myths and legend stem from aliens and superhumans , andTheEternalslooks like it ’ll keep on that drift . If true , this hypothesis would give Thor a post - Endgamearc , because as far as he ’s touch on , most of his people are dead . However , if he let on that the Asgardians are just one “ kin ” of many , coming from an entire subspecies call the Eternals , it ’ll give him a newfound purpose . It would also explicate   why some Asgardians are much more cosmically powerful than others .

Confirmed: The Black Knight will appear

Perhaps the most important Avenger who has n’t yet seem in the MCU , Dane Whitman ( a.k.a . the Black Knight ) will be making his big - screen debut inTheEternals . Kit Harington , well known as fellow horse Jon Snow from HBO’sGame of Thrones , has been mold to play the role . Whitman is a medieval - theme superhero who sham the powers of “ the Black Knight , ” a mantelpiece that has been go along down from generation to multiplication throughout his bloodline .

incisively how the Black Knight will fit intoTheEternals — or if he ’ll just make a post - credits cameo appearance   — remains to be seen , but if you ’re a Marvel buff , it ’s sure exciting .

Fan theory: The Eternals will create the Black Knight’s Ebony Blade

The Ebony Blade isthe ancient enchanted sword that gives the Black Knight his powers . The MCU has been know to pull off little detail from the cartoon strip here or there to make its characters finger more coordinated , like having Howard Stark be the scientist who designed Captain America ’s cuticle or reverse Hawkeye into an factor of S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel ’s first Black Knight was Sir Percy of Scandia , but the one come along in the newEternalsmovie will be the third Black Knight , Dane Whitman . What he ’s doing in anEternalsmovie could be explained bythe Eternals create the Ebony Blade .

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