The Eternals Director Chloe Zhao Addresses The Possibility Of Her Return For Directing Eternals Sequel
by Meenakshi | Fri, 05 Nov 2021 12:40:08 GMT
A Poster depicting the star cast of Marvel Studios latest superhero epic The Eternals. Source: The Direct

While Chloe Zhao’s directed The Eternals has made its debut in theatres on 5th November 2021, filmmaker Zhao addresses the possibility of her return to direct the sequel of the blockbuster in the future.

"I was encouraged to make a good standalone film, very encouraged to do that. I think now the film belongs to you, not me, and we want to see how this child grows in this scary, wild, and beautiful world," Zhao recently told JoBlo while appearing at an interview when asked about her return in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. "And then we need to watch and listen and learn and then see where we go from there. But I think, maybe I'm wrong about this, but I feel like filmmakers, it doesn't matter what genre, they tend to make the same movie over and over and over (laughs)."

Zhao added, "There are certain themes, there are certain things that I would keep pushing, I'm very happy to go back to make films with five people again."

Although Zhao did not really give a clear message to the fans and followers if she would return for the follow-up to the movie, The Eternals producer Nate Moore previously shared his views on the matter. "It's not something that is a must-have, we have ideas of where we could go, but there isn't a hard and fast rule where we have to have three of these things and this is the first,” Moore told The Toronto Sun while speaking in a separate interview.

He added, explaining how the Infinity Stones played an important and major role in interconnecting the film in the superhero-based franchise Marvel Cinematic Universe. "I think the Infinity Stones fell into our lap and really helped connect things in ways that felt unexpected and earned," Moore explained. "If you just watch Eternals, you can enjoy Eternals, you can understand Eternals and you're good to go."

"We felt like there was enough story that it could be a contained universe," Moore added. "We definitely have ideas of how things can cross over later. But this movie, with 10 characters and Dane Whitman and the Celestials and the Deviants, there was enough for us to play with."

A Poster starring all the superstars from The Eternals. Source: The Direct

In addition to Chloe Zhao leading the newly released superhero epic The Eternals, it features Gemma Chan in the role of Sersi, Salma Hayek in the role of Ajak, Angelina Jolie in the role of Thena, Kumail Nanjiani in the role of Kingo, Brian Tyree Henry in the role of Phatos, Richard Madden in the role of Ikaris, Lauren Ridloff in the role of Makkari, Lia McHugh in the role of Sprite, Kumail Nanjiani in the role of Kingo, Barry Keoghan in the role of Druig, Don Lee in the role of Gilgamesh, Kit Harington in the role of Dane Whitman with additional actors such as Harish Patel, Haaz Steiman in the role of Phastos' husband, Ozer Ercan in the role of a smuggler and Zain Al Rafeea in an unknown role.

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