Eternals

Eternals
Details
Country	United States
Language	English
Channels	FX
Services	Disney+ Disney+ Hotstar YouTube Google Play Store Apple TV iTunes Amazon Prime Video Microsoft Store Fandango At Home
Release	November 5, 2021

Eternals is a 2021 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics race of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 26th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Chloé Zhao, who wrote the screenplay with Patrick Burleigh, Ryan Firpo, and Kaz Firpo. It stars an ensemble cast including Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek, and Angelina Jolie. In the film, the Eternals, immortal alien beings, emerge from hiding after thousands of years to protect Earth from their ancient counterparts, the Deviants.

Cast

Character		Actor
File:Sersi (Eternals).png	Sersi	Gemma Chan
File:Ikaris (Eternals).png	Ikaris	Richard Madden
File:Kingo (Eternals).png	Kingo	Kumail Nanjiani
File:Sprite (Eternals).png	Sprite	Lia McHugh
	Phastos	Brian Tyree Henry
File:Makkari (Eternals).png	Makkari	Lauren Ridloff
File:Druig (Eternals).png	Druig	Barry Keoghan
File:Gilgamesh (Eternals).png	Gilgamesh	Don Lee
File:Dane Whitman (Eternals).png	Dane Whitman	Kit Harington
File:Ajak (Eternals).png	Ajak	Salma Hayek
File:Thena (Eternals).png	Thena	Angelina Jolie
File:Kro (Eternals).png	Kro	Bill Skarsgård
File:Arishem (Eternals).png	Arishem	David Kaye
File:Karun Patel (Eternals).png	Karun Patel	Harish Patel
File:Ben (Eternals).png	Ben	Haaz Sleiman
File:Jack (Eternals).png	Jack	Esai Daniel Cross
File:Villager (Eternals).png	Villager	Zain Al Rafeea

International versions

• Dubs
• Subtitled versions/Title translations

	Language	Title
	Czech	Eternals
	French (Canada)	Éternels
	French (Europe)	Les Éternels
	German	Eternals
	Hungarian	Örökkévalók
	Italian	Eternals
	Japanese	エターナルズ
	Korean	이터널스
	Polish	Eternals
	Portuguese	Eternos
	Romanian	Eternii
	Russian	Вечные
	Slovak	Eternals
	Spanish (Latin America)	Eternals
	Spanish (Spain)	Eternals
	Turkish	Eternals
	Ukrainian	Вічні

	Language	Title
	Cantonese	永恆族
	Chinese (Simplified)	永恒族
	Chinese (Traditional)	永恆族
	Danish	Eternals
	Dutch	Eternals
	Finnish	Eternals
	Greek	Eternals
	Hebrew	נצחיים
	Norwegian	Eternals
	Portuguese (Portugal)	Eternos
	Swedish	Eternals

Censorship

In a first for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the film features an openly gay superhero, Phastos, who is shown raising a son and sharing a kiss with his husband Ben.

This caused Eternals to be banned from screening in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, where homosexuality is illegal (except in the former). In Kuwait and Qatar, it was also due to the film's depictions of gods and prophets, which these countries consider blasphemous. The film, however, did release in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates, albeit in a heavily censored format which cut all scenes of romance and intimacy, whether heterosexual or homosexual. The same-sex kiss was also cut by Marvel for the film's release in Indonesia. Eternals would end up being the last film The Walt Disney Company would agree to censor for foreign markets.

Eternals was also banned in China, but for a different reason: the film's director Chloé Zhao had made remarks critical of the country in an 2013 interview, calling it "a place where there are lies everywhere". Her comments resurfacing online in 2021 prior to the film's release resulted in the Chinese government blacklisting Zhao and banning her films, including Eternals and Nomadland.

Footnotes

v - e - d Phase One Iron Man (2008) • The Incredible Hulk (2008) • Iron Man 2 (2010) • Thor (2011) • Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) • The Avengers (2012) Phase Two Iron Man 3 (2013) • Thor: The Dark World (2013) • Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) • Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) • Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) • Ant-Man (2015) Phase Three Captain America: Civil War (2016) • Doctor Strange (2016) • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) • Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) • Thor: Ragnarok (2017) • Black Panther (2018) • Avengers: Infinity War (2018) • Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) • Captain Marvel (2019) • Avengers: Endgame (2019) • Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) Phase Four WandaVision (2021) • The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) • Loki (2021) • Black Widow (2021) • What If…? (2021) • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) • Eternals (2021) • Hawkeye (2021) • Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) • Moon Knight (2022) • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) • Ms. Marvel (2022) • Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) • She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022) • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) Phase Five Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) • Secret Invasion (2023) • The Marvels (2023) • Echo (2024) • Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) • Agatha All Along (2024) • Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2024) • Captain America: Brave New World (2025) • Daredevil: Born Again (2025) • Thunderbolts* (2025) • Ironheart (2025) Phase Six The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) • Eyes of Wakanda (2025) • Marvel Zombies (2025) • Wonder Man (2025) • Avengers: Doomsday (2026) • Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) • Avengers: Secret Wars (2027) • Blade (TBA)