‘Eternals’ Director Chloé Zhao Explains How She Got Superman in the MCU

You know the superhero-obsessed fandom loves when Zack Snyder starts trending again. And over the weekend, he began trending after an interview with “Eternals” filmmaker Chloe Zhao was released, where the filmmaker not only credits Snyder for influencing her film, but she also compares his “Man of Steel” to the work of legendary filmmaker, Terrence Malick.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticI disagree with other critics all the time, and don’t generally blink an eye about it, but as soon as the news dropped that “Eternals,” the Marvel epic directed by Chloé Zhao, had received the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score (48% fresh) of any film in the 13-year history of the MCU, making it the first official “Rotten” film in the series, my hidden-agenda detector went on high alert.

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!

He’s a superhero! Harry Styles‘ casting in Marvel Studio’s Eternals was spoiled weeks before the movie hit theaters on Friday, November 5, but director Chloé Zhao can finally talk about the casting decision. (Spoilers ahead!)

Eternals director Chloé Zhao has spoken about casting Harry Styles as Eros in the new Marvel movie.Styles’ performance as Eros, the brother of Thanos, marks his debut appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – although he only appears in the mid-credits scene.Speaking to Deadline, the Oscar-winning director said: “Harry as Eros was very much a package deal for me.

Chloe Zhao is getting candid about her decision to cast Harry Styles in Eternals!

The Marvel franchise is going in a new direction.

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details from Disney/Marvel’s Eternals.

A new Marvel movie is upon us – and the drama is high! “Eternals,” the third film in Marvel’s Phase Four and 26th (!!!) overall, releases today and it’s already causing a good amount of debate between critics and fans alike. Is this another Marvel hit? Is this Marvel’s first big miss? On this episode of The Playlist Podcast, host Mike DeAngelo is joined by Jeff Zhang of Strange Harbors to talk about those very questions and so much more.

Ok folks, a Marvel Studios film has been released. Yes, it’s only been a matter of hours since the first non-press audiences saw “Eternals” on opening night, but you know the deal—spoilers are out there and even director Chloe Zhao is talking about one of the biggest surprises in one of the post-credits scenes.

“It’s one of the great honors of our lives to tell a story like this, there is a lot of us in this movie,” exclaims Eternals co-screenwriter Kaz Firpo of the Chloé Zhao directed film set to open tomorrow.

Gallery: Another Australian Bond? Stars who missed out on the role of a lifetime (BANG Showbiz)The 43-year-old star said: "We did one shot that was a wedding and it was all ten of us and I remember looking at the monitor and going, 'Look at that – we look like the whole world!' It's awesome. '" Kumail also explained how Chloe wanted the film to be shot in real locations to get better performances from the cast.

Disney/Marvel’s Eternals which is set to keep the fall box office rally going is looking at a global opening of $150M, a number that’s poised to best the $128M WW start of Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings back in early September, and emulate the $150M filed by Black Widow which had a Disney+ Premiere day-and-date component in select markets, including U.S.

Marvel Studios films have never shied away from having large ensemble casts. However, what makes the cast of “Eternals” so interesting is that the 10 members of the superhero team are all new to the MCU.

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The season of somber action epics marches on, with Marvel’s Eternals (★★★☆☆) joining the ranks of recent brooding blockbusters like Black Widow and No Time to Die. Sagas of weary warriors reckoning with their losses would seem tailor-made to suit the zeitgeist of our weary world.

With “Eternals” mere days away from arriving in theaters around the world, a lot of talk has been about the fact that the film includes Marvel Studios’ first real inclusion of a major LGBTQ superhero. And though the character is a major part of the new “Eternals,” that doesn’t mean the film won’t face heavy censoring for approval in certain conservative international markets.

The broad and common critique of Marvel movies, generally, is that they are often anonymously made, cookie-cutter in shape, and—if created by an indie auteur—set up in a way that generally strips that filmmaker of their voice or any discerning identity. In some regards, Chloé Zhao’s “Eternals” seems engineered as an exact rejoinder to this criticism.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticThe superheroes in Chloé Zhao’s “Eternals” are bound to each other by many things, starting with the interlocking rings and shafts and bolts of golden light that emanate from their very being. The light — a cosmic energy they share — is the piping that lines their uniforms, and it’s the shape-shifting weaponry they conjure to battle the Deviants (gnashing, fast-break monsters that resemble dinosaurs with everything but their sinew and bone stripped away).