A new photo from the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe film “The Eternals” offers a first glimpse at an important character in Marvel history.
The setup: “The Eternals” is an upcoming MCU film that will focus on a group of newly evolved humans called the Eternals, which are created by the Celestials, a powerful race that exist in the cosmos.
What happened: Marvel Entertainment released a new concept art photo during a recent episode of “Earth’s Mightiest Show,” a brand-produced rundown of all Marvel news.
- In the video, the hosts shared a screenshot from the upcoming “The Eternals” film. The photo shows a Celestial character.
- See a screenshot of the photo below.
Flashback: One Celestial character previously appeared in “Guardians of the Galaxy,” according to ComicBookMovie.com. The character was destroyed and later became known as Knowhere, which made an appearance in “Avengers: Infinity War.”
In the comics: Celestials are a race of characters in the Marvel comics. They are cosmic beings that influence human history. They’re apparently responsible for human evolution events.
- Per the Marvel Database, the Celestials are directly responsible for “the genetic-offshoot races the Eternals and the Deviants as well as the emergence of super-humans both through the inclusion of the X-Gene and through beneficial mutation (e.g. Bruce Banner becoming the Hulk when exposed to gamma rays instead of dying).”
- Eternals have more superpowers and longer lives than most humans.
- A separate race called the Deviants are monster-like humans trying to take down the Eternals.
- The Latents are a similar mutant race.
Release: The film arrives Nov. 6.
Cast: The film stars:
- Gemma Chan as Sersi
- Kit Harington as the Black Knight
- 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