Eternals: Fans Are Furious After Post-Credits Scene Was Leaked Online
On Monday, Oct. 19, the world premiere of Marvel Studios’ Eternals went place, and it didn’t take long for a major, major spoiler to surface.
A Tweet That Spoiled It All
Following the red carpet premiere, at least one credible writer from a major entertainment site brazenly tweeted a major spoiler from one of Eternals’ two post-credits scenes. Since then, the material has been picked up by a variety of publications, some of which aren’t bashful about keeping the delicate details hidden from people who don’t want to be spoiled. It’s also worth noting that the post-credits scenes were left out of non-red carpet press screenings to avoid web spoilers.
The eponymous team of superheroes was created by Jack Kirby. The Eternals are brought out of hiding after the events of Avengers: Endgame, thanks to the reemergence of their long-time foes, the Deviants.
“In the past, we see the Eternals, who, in our version of the mythology, are immortal aliens from a planet called Olympia,” producer Nate Moore said. “[They’ve] been asked by the Celestials to come to Earth to rid the Earth of creatures called the Deviants. The Deviants are these parasitic aliens who go from planet to planet, and as they kill the apex predators on a given planet, they sort of take the characteristics of those predators and wipe out intelligent life. Well, the Eternals are heroes, so they’ve come to earth to eradicate the Deviants and allow humanity to thrive. So, in the past, we see the Eternals as they come earth as they begin their mission.”
Beyond the Eternals and the Deviants, as Moore hinted in his remarks, the future film will finally introduce actual Celestials to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after being teased in Guardians of the Galaxy.
“In the Collector’s lab, they’re frankly not as big as they would be in our mind, and obviously Ego was a much different version,” he said. “So this gets to be the giant monolithic space gods and you get to see them, which is exciting.”
