A new leak offers the best look yet at how Richard Madden and Kumail Nanjiani will appear in Marvel's Eternals.
A set of French promotional materials for the upcoming MCU epic made their way to Twitter via a leak. The first provides a fairly solid look at Madden's Ikaris, who will serve as one of the film's leads. The second has an obscured group shot but does provide an illustration of Nanjiani's Kingo, showing the similar elements that will likely appear across all of the Eternals' suits.
The final image gives us a group shot of the main characters, those the illustration doesn't provide a ton of detail. It's clear, however, that the celestial symbols seen in Kingo's and Ikaris' costumes will be used as graphic motifs for the film.
Despite the fact that Eternals was once set to release this coming weekend, next to nothing is known about the film. The only official look at the movie besides its logo was concept art of the cast revealed last year. No teaser or any official cast photos have been released, meaning these leaked illustrations are the closest look yet fans have had of the movie. Luckily, the image of Ikaris is quite detailed. It's also possible that this leak means official promotional materials will soon arrive for the movie.
Originally scheduled to release on Nov. 6 of this year, the COVID-19 pandemic caused Marvel Studios to push back all of their films. Now, the movie will arrive next November, following the release of Black Widow and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Shortly before the concept art of the main characters was revealed last year, one key piece of the Eternals' mythology was all but confirmed for the movie. Concept art of Celestials was revealed, teasing that the colossal beings who created the Eternals will be involved in the movie. Fans have seen hints of the beings thanks to Guardians of the Galaxy, and the second film even retconned Ego into a very different take on a Celestial. Their involvement in Eternals, however, will likely help open up the deep past of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Directed by Chloé Zhao with a screenplay by Matthew and Ryan Firpo, Eternals stars Richard Madden as Ikaris, Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo, Lauren Ridloff as Makkari, Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos, Salma Hayek as Ajak, Lia McHugh as Sprite, Don Lee as Gilgamesh, Angelina Jolie as Thena, Barry Keoghan as Druig, Gemma Chan as Sersi and Kit Harington as Dane Whitman, aka the Black Knight. The film will premiere in theaters on Feb. 12, 2021.
Source: Twitter