The film The Eternals by Marvel finds his director

Chloé Zhao joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe to lead The eternals. Marvel Studios is putting Phase 4 in order by aligning several new projects. All this will come after Avengers 4 concludes a ten-year story, while it will be Spider-Man: far from home who picks up the pieces. From there, they progressed Black Widow hiring Cate Shortland as the first female solo MCU. There were also discussions of Dr. Strange 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 to come, with The eternals positioned as a new franchise.

Rumor had it that the film was in development early in the year, but took a big step forward by hiring two writers. Since then, any update on The eternals was difficult to find, some began to wonder when this project could be seen.

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THR reports that Marvel is moving quickly on the project as they named Chloé Zhao as director of The eternals. She is the last director to join Marvel Studios. His most recent credit is a favorite of the industry, The Cavalier, which received excellent reviews earlier this year. Marvel has not only hired the Chinese director, but is also recruiting incredibly diverse players to lead the franchise.

Although many may not have seen The Cavalier however, Zhao's name may sound like the one that followed the research of other Marvel Studios directors. They met with over 60 directors for Black Widow, many of whom were women, and Zhao was one of the names in consideration. She may not have received this work, but she clearly made an impression on Marvel, so much so that she brought him back to discuss correspondence with her. The eternals. And it seems that these meetings went very well. THR reports that Zhao was the choice among a final shortlist that included bumblebeeTravis Knight, Watchers Pilot Manager Nicole Kassell, and Birds of Passage the directors Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra.

Now that Zhao is attached to the project (unofficially, as Marvel did not "officially" confirm the news), The eternals seems to be in an excellent position among the contenders in phase 4. Zhao is both writer and director. One of her tasks as a director may be to spend a stint at Matthew and Ryan Firpo to make the necessary changes. Other than Black Widow, The eternals is now the only Marvel film currently under development to which a director is attached. It should be able to go into production next year, making it a promising contender for one of Marvel's three 2020 release dates. And, as long as everything goes well from there, we can start getting casting news for The eternals from here the end of this year or early next.

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Source: THR

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