[Update 5/17] Eternals [MCU]

Hello!

There’s been some fresh movement in the MCU, so here’s a post about it!

The film is out now! Latest post here!

This post draws on the article below

https://theriver.jp/eternals-writer/

MCU Phase 4

Big news! Looks like the Eternals are getting their own film!!!

Yesss!

What the Eternals actually are comes later in this post.

And the title of the third Guardians of the Galaxy film has been settled as well!

https://theriver.jp/gotg3-title-confirmed/

So it’s Vol. 3 — and as the article above says, what on earth will the Japanese title be…

Celestials, maybe? lol

What are the Eternals?

A race created a million years ago by the Celestials, who came to Earth and ran genetic experiments on early hominids. The Deviants and humanity were created at the same time.
Their scientific name is “Homo immortalis”.
They have immortal bodies and can manipulate cosmic power.

Many of them carry names and natures close to the gods of mythology, and humans have often mistaken them for exactly that.

Eternals — American Comics @ wiki

In the comics Thanos is a descendant of theirs too, apparently.

Sounds like a seriously powerful group of super-beings, in the mould of the X-Men or the Inhumans.

Teams like that have come along plenty of times already, so how Marvel sets these ones apart is the interesting question.

What are the Celestials?

The MCU calls them Celestials.

They rank above the Cosmic Beings — the Grandmaster, Odin, the Collector, Thanos and the rest.

https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/8/85558/1676220-659716_alone_against_the_celestials.jpg

That’s the comics version of a Celestial.

On film they showed up in the first Guardians of the Galaxy too.

The Celestial in that image is presumably Knowhere, the place that appears in the first Guardians of the Galaxy.

In the MCU one turned up in the second Guardians of the Galaxy film.

This guy.

Who is Ikaris?

Overview

A warrior of the immortal race known as the Eternals.
Born more than twenty thousand years ago.
He lived inside human society under the name Ike Harris, working as a guide for explorers while searching out the ruins left by the Celestials.
He fought to protect humanity from the invasion of the Deviants. The “bird” that guided the ark to dry land during the Great Flood is said to have been him.

Powers

He has the superhuman strength and physical ability of an Eternal, and ranks among the strongest of them at that.
Immortality
Healing
Flight
Telepathy
Cosmic energy manipulation: firing beams from his eyes, raising barriers and so on
Teleportation
Enhanced senses
and more

Ikaris — American Comics @ wiki

Bit of a Captain Marvel, isn’t he lol

If it really is being filmed, a proper explanation for why he wasn’t around during Infinity War would be very welcome!

What are the Deviants?

http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Deviants_(Homo_descendus)?file=Deviants_%28Encyclopedia_Mythologica%29.jpg

A race created a million years ago when the Celestials manipulated the genes of early hominids.
Their scientific name is “Homo descendus”.
Their genes are unstable and their forms mutate over and over, which leaves them looking monstrous.
That is why they are held to be the origin of the legends of demons.

They once enslaved humanity, based themselves on the continent of Lemuria and ruled almost the whole of the Earth apart from Atlantis.
They lost the war against the Celestials, though, and Lemuria fell. Since then they have been hiding deep underground.

Deviants — American Comics @ wiki

Ahh, that explains it

Making them the origin of the demon legends is a lovely touch.

Monsters like demons, werewolves and mummies joining the MCU would be brilliant fun!

Short one, but that’s where this stops.

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