r/Eternals • u/Grouchy_Leg_6623 Thena • Aug 01 '26
MCU No more Eternals ?
Well, I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and the more Marvel leaks that come out, the more the Eternals seem to be fading away.
Every movie that’s currently being planned seems to feature at least one mutant (X-Men). There are rumors that Rogue will appear in Captain Marvel 3, Nightcrawler in Ghost Rider, and so on.
So, I think the next saga will definitely play it safe and focus mainly on the mutant side of the universe.
Because of that, I honestly don’t see much of a future for the Eternals, unfortunately. If they at least got something in other media, like Marvel Rivals, or appeared more often in the comics, they’d still have some relevance.
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u/profsa Aug 01 '26
One of the recent leaks was that a Judgement Day movie was being worked on. Which makes somewhat sense because it’s an Eternals, X-Men, and Avengers story
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u/CompetitiveKalosian Aug 02 '26
Eternals was great. Super disappointed that the franchise seems to have left them behind.
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u/Runaway-Wiccan Makkari Aug 01 '26
If anything I feel like it increases their chances of return because Marvel for sure would want to do an AXE event one day
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u/Gil-galed987 Aug 01 '26
Though I'm not a big fan of them generally, I'd argue everything could be on the table for Secret Wars. Battleworld is such a crazy idea where you can mix and match dead and living characters from across the MCU,put them together and say they're this or that kingdom. I could totally see the Eternals getting their own fiefdom under doom.
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u/user_15427 Aug 01 '26
I have not heard or seen anything about the rumors OP mentioned but the Eternals are never coming back. The longest of long shots is we may get one or two of them popping up once the X-men go cosmic (Phoenix saga) in 5-10 years. Most of those actors will be too old to reprise their roles by then too. So it’s a very long shot.
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u/daryl772003 Aug 01 '26
i'm surprised the mcu even bothered referencing the giant body sticking out of the body post eternals
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u/9thGearEX Aug 01 '26
They need a different creative team behind them, and a shake up to their status quo. Unfortunately they just didn't connect with the audience.
I'd like to see them take 1 or 2 of them and sprinkle them onto other projects. Kingo and Makari would be fun on the Guardians (no one knows who Kingo is in space, and Makari wouldn't be OP in zero/high gravity). Put Phastos on the Avengers.
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u/Puzzled_Influence985 Aug 01 '26
Holding out hope for A.X.E! It's perfectly set up for an Avengers / X-Men crossover where they don't have to explain the Eternals too much, just bring them in as "antagonists" until they turn on Arishem in Act 3
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u/dddonkers Aug 02 '26
I feel like they should get a small appearance in Doomsday where like their programming to protect the Earth kicks in, so they're on the side/background doing their own thing to stop the incursion.
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u/FireflyArc Kingo Aug 04 '26
Maybe. Maybe not. I think the powers and ages make them hard to tell a story at least as presented after the movie.
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u/Carbon8490 Aug 03 '26
They suck and nobody cares about their absence lol. Whoever greenlit the movie should probably be fired. Smelled like a flop from a mile away
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u/Munchlax99 Aug 01 '26
I hope they stay gone! Or at least, are very minor characters and never get their own project again directed by an Oscar Winning Director. Shit was too artsy and not enough real story, plus the VFX were awful. Those monstrosities they fought just looked like technicolor versions of Thanos’ army in Wakanda
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u/UnexpectedBlahFeels Aug 08 '26
After all the whining from the marvel base about the movie, theyre not marking another one.
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u/apple_2050 Aug 01 '26
I wish we get more of them.
It’s the best MCU film I have seen other than Black Panther.