How do the Eternals fit in the Marvel Universe?

As the trailers and the very proper noun-heavy opening text for the film reveal, the Eternals have roughly the same origin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as they do in the comics. They were created by Celestials to defend humanity from the Deviants and help the species grow and develop.

Does Eternals take place after endgame?

Due to the five-year time jump between Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, all of the Disney+ shows released so far actually take place in 2023, but the return of the Deviants in Eternals will actually happen in the summer of 2024 as it’s been confirmed to be set around the same time as Spider-Man: Far From Home, eight …

Does Eternals have anything to do with Avengers?

The scope of Eternals expands beyond even the most ambitious Avengers crossovers: It spans thousands of years and tells the origin story of the entire MCU. “Eternals explores the very creation of the Marvel universe itself,” Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige says in a featurette for the film.

Was Thanos an eternal?

In the comics, Thanos is an Eternal, and one from a very important bloodline: His father, Al’ars, was the son of Kronos, who ruled the Eternals of Earth following a civil war that divided the original colony. This took him to Titan, the moon of Saturn, and its own group of Eternals.

Is Marvel Eternals part of the MCU?

Who exactly are Marvel’s Eternals? They’re the next superpowered group to join the MCU. Marvel Studios has assembled an incredible cast — including Angelina Jolie, Kit Harington and super-buff Wolverine cosplayer Kumail Nanjiani — to fill out the team.

Is Eternals connected to Shang-Chi?

Eternals gave no hints that the Emergence, or anything else in the film, was linked to the beacon in Shang-Chi. Just because Eternals did not reference Shang-Chi’s ten rings does not necessarily mean its beacon wasn’t connected to the movie in some way.

Do the 10 rings belong to the Eternals?

Ten Eternals equals Ten Rings. So it makes sense that Wenwu might have come across Phastos or the rings 1000 years ago during their early stages. There it would have been easy for him to hand them to Wenwu.

Is Starlord a Celestial?

The new blockbuster told a cosmic story, with the team of heroes originally doing the bidding of the massively powerful Celestials. And now Guardians of the Galaxy’s James Gunn has clarified Star-Lord’s Celestial status after Eternals.