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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.

Tons of actors go through rigorous workout routines when they take on roles as superheroes, and Kumail Nanjiani is no exception! The 43-year-old Pakistani-American actor will make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut on November 5, when Eternals hits theaters nationwide, but the actor’s muscular gains have been in the making for a few years now! The actor has gone from lovable comedian to a total hunk in a matter of years!

Gemma Chan, who plays Sersi, in the clip. “Having 10 characters, we’re a big, slightly dysfunctional family.”Kumail Nanjiani, who plays Kingo, agrees.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorIn a challenging era for car sales, sometimes you need a team of superheroes to help get the metal off the lot.Lexus, the luxury-auto unit of Toyota, is joining with the Marvel band of altruistic aliens known as the Eternals, who are slated to be the focus of the next film from the popular Disney-backed entertainment unit.

Kumail Nanjiani couldn't have been more impressed with his s co-stars, especially Angelina Jolie.The actor, who takes on the role of Kingo in the upcoming Marvel movie, opened up to ET's Rachel Smith about how the movie star was behind the scenes. He also dished on what he learned from Jolie and Salma Hayek while on the set.«Angie, she would not go back to her trailer.

Kumail Nanjiani couldn't have been more impressed with his s co-stars, especially Angelina Jolie.The actor, who takes on the role of Kingo in the upcoming Marvel movie, opened up to ET's Rachel Smith about how the movie star was behind the scenes. He also dished on what he learned from Jolie and Salma Hayek while on the set.«Angie, she would not go back to her trailer.

Eternals gave him the chance to reject “brown dude” stereotypes usually perpetuated in Hollywood.The actor, who is playing superhero Kingo in Chloé Zhao’s forthcoming Marvel film, has said he welcomed the chance to portray a different kind of character to the roles he is usually offered in Hollywood.“I’ve been in this industry for about a decade and I looked at the usual opportunities that the brown dudes get,” Nanjiani told the Los Angeles Times.“We get to be nerdy.

Chloé Zhao‘s plan for “Eternals,” her first entry into the MCU and follow-up to last year’s Best Picture-winning “Nomadland?” Go big and go home. Using Jack Kirby‘s obscure mid-1970’s as her source material, Zhao aims for her Marvel film to capture both the cosmic scale of Kirby’s comics and the intimate, family-like bond between this new group of heroes.

Three weeks after giving fans a look forward to all the exciting titles coming up in Phase Four, Marvel released an official trailer for the highly-anticipated cosmic epic, .The upcoming film, directed by newly-minted Oscar winner Chloé Zhao, centers on a new group of Marvel heroes — an immortal alien race who secretly lives on Earth to keep it safe.

After “Nomadland” picked up Best Picture, Best Actress for Frances McDormand, and Best Director for Chloé Zhao at the Oscars last weekend, it’s safe to say that Zhao will be able to do whatever she wants as a director for quite a while.

Kumail Nanjiani is the discovery who more or less discovered himself by discovering that the story of his life could be made into a great film called ‘The Big Sick’. He had been through the tale personally, he wrote with his wife Emily Gordon and became a force to reckon with in Hollywood.

After a fairly long run on HBO’s “Silicon Valley,” it appeared like the future of Kumail Nanjiani’s acting career was going to be on the big screen. Well, while his theatrical career seems to be stronger than ever before with the Marvel Studios film, “Eternals,” on the horizon, Nanjiani is going back to the small screen for a new Hulu miniseries, “Immigrant.” READ MORE: Andy Muschietti To Team With Kumail Nanjiani & Emily V.

Marvel fans from India were ecstatic this week! After Marvel Studios released the teaser of Chloe Zhao's MCU directorial debut Eternals, there was a little something in store for Indian fans, which they found to be a shockingly pleasant surprise! In a still from the video, an Indian actor made his debut alongside Kumail Nanjiani.

sequel, the reveal of the sequel title,and a highly anticipated first look at the upcoming .The film, directed by newly-minted Oscar winner Chloe Zhao, centers on a new group of Marvel heroes — an immortal alien race who live secretly on Earth in order to keep it safe -- and features a star-studded cast including Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Kit Harington, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Lia McHugh, and Don Lee. While details of the

“The Big Sick” and “Little America” writers Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon are pairing again to write a feature adaptation of “The Doubtful Guest,” a 1957 illustrated short story by Edward Gorey.

Right now, Kumail Nanjiani and Andy Muschietti are knee-deep in the world of superheroes with “Eternals” and “The Flash,” respectively.

Andy and Barbara Muschietti’s (It: Chapter Two) newly-launched production company Double Dream has set up the feature pitch The Doubtful Guest with Amblin.

There were many highlights during the 2021 Independent Spirit Awards on Thursday, which celebrated the best in indie filmmaking from the past year and took place in a virtual format hosted by Saturday Night Live castmember MelissaVillaseñor.

Sorry fans, Kumail Nanjiani isn’t showing off his muscles this time!

36th Film Independent Spirit Awards may be breaking from tradition this year — with the ceremony taking place on the Thursday before the Oscars instead of that Saturday — but one thing remains the same: The Spirit Awards is still tapping Hollywood's biggest stars to hand out awards for indie filmmaking.Cate Blanchett, Maria Bakalova, Kumail Nanjiani, Laura Dern, Leslie Odom Jr., Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Dominique Fishback and Don Cheadle will serve as presenters at this year's Spirit Awards, ET can

Star Wars fans have been awaiting the release of the Disney+ limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi. The star-studded special event will include a variety of actors.

Star Wars‘ upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series has confirmed its full cast list, as well as a production start date.The Disney+ show has already confirmed that Ewan McGregor will return as the Jedi master alongside Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader, both from the prequels.Disney has now confirmed a host of cast additions, including the previously-announced Indira Varma alongside Moses Ingram (The Queen’s Gambit), Kumail Nanjiani (Eternals), Rupert Friend (Homeland), O’Shea Jackson Jr.

After numerous delays and tons of fan speculation, it appears that Lucasfilm is ready to begin production on the long-awaited “Star Wars” live-action series, “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” And with production scheduled to begin in April, the studio is ready to pull back the curtain and unveil the ensemble cast that will help bring the prequel series to life.

 Revenge of the Sith” where Jedi master Kenobi (McGregor) faced his greatest defeat, the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker turned evil Sith Lord Darth Vader (Christensen).“Obi-Wan Kenobi,” which will begin production in April, marks the returns of McGregor and Christensen to their respective iconic “Star Wars” roles.Also Read: Could the Infamous 'Star Wars Holiday Special' End Up on Disney+?“Obi-Wan Kenobi” is directed by Deborah Chow, director of

By all accounts that we’ve heard so far, it would appear that Marvel Studios basically gave Chloe Zhao a ton of creative independence in developing her upcoming superhero blockbuster, “Eternals.” She’s already talked about how she is a writer on the script (a fairly rare feat in terms of Marvel films) and how she’s still using a lot of the same filming techniques (natural lighting, small camera rigs, etc…) that she has mastered with her previous indie features such as “The Rider” and the recent

Valentine’s Day have you in the mood for love? Streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, HBO Max and Disney+ have hundreds of romantic movies available to watch. For this romantic movie list, we’ve curated the hottest new releases and unforgettable classics for your viewing pleasure.These films will make you laugh, cry, tingle, sweat and fall in love all over again.

Justin Bieber's  docuseries, echoes that statement, explaining, “I’m very proud of our team at OBB Sound as TLDW has incredible guests going deep on the classics in a truly hilarious way, and we’re excited to be working with Google Assistant to share it with podcast enthusiasts and TV lovers alike.”‘Too Long; Didn’t Watch' will be released Jan. 12.

Dr. Dre has reportedly been admitted to Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering from a brain aneurysm. According to sources, the 55-year-old experienced the internal bleeding Monday night before being rushed to the emergency room.

Over a year after first unveiling his newly buff superhero body, Kumail Nanjiani is suddenly at the chest of a new controversy. Sorry, the heart! The heart of a new controversy. Not sure where our minds went just then…

the Instagram picture he posted over the weekend modestly displaying his long sleeve shirt-covered biceps.

In his latest Netflix special, “Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker and his collaborator Annabel Jones gather an ensemble of talented actors to comedically dissect the year that was 2020, a 12-month period often accused of being so ridiculous that no one would believe its plot twists if were they presented in an actual episode of Brooker’s award-winning show.

Wasn’t it cute in March and April, when people were sharing those memes about how awful 2020 was already? There were jokes about how aliens would probably land and the apocalypse would begin by the end of the year. Those were, of course, jokes, but unfortunately, the terribleness of 2020 has continued to a depressing point, where most of us are just counting down the days when this might all end.

If 2020 hadn't been riddled with COVID-19, we'd be inching closer to the release of The Eternals, which would mark the entry of Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek and many more into MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe). However, such is not the case! For the unversed, the Chloé Zhao directorial centers on a group of immortals called Eternals who reunite to save earth against the Deviants.

If you have Apple TV+ and haven’t watched the critically acclaimed anthology series “Little America,” make it a priority in your binge list. Based on a collection of real-life stories published in Epic Magazine, the eight-part program chronicles unexpected stories of first-generation immigrants in the United States.

J. Kim Murphy editorWhen it premiered on Apple TV Plus in January, “Little America” brought a variety of stories to the streamer, with each episode dramatizing a different experience of immigrants in the United States.In a conversation moderated by Variety senior TV reporter Elaine Low at Variety’s virtual TV summit, executive producers Kumail Nanjiani, Alan Yang, Lee Eisenberg, Emily V.

“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” — also joined the laid-back Zoom call, along with Gad’s fellow super-fan Kumail Nanjiani, theme song writer-performer Ray Parker Jr. and several actors who contributed smaller roles in the blockbuster supernatural comedy.The crew recalled some of their favorite moments from the shoot.