Richard Madden in Talks to Star in Marvel’s Eternals
Game of Thrones and Bodyguard star Richard Madden is in talks to join Marvel’s The Eternals.
Angelina Jolie and Kumail Nanjiani are also on board. Marvel declined to comment on the casting.
Madden will be playing Ikaris, a member of The Eternals.
The Eternals are a fictional species of humanity appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are described as an offshoot of the evolutionary process that created sentient life on Earth. The original instigators of this process, the alien Celestials, intended the Eternals to be the defenders of Earth, which leads to the inevitability of war against their destructive counterparts, the Deviants. The Eternals were created by Jack Kirby and made their first appearance in The Eternals #1 (July 1976).
The Eternals are represented in the Marvel Cinematic Universe through the presence of Thanos, who first appeared in the mid-credits scene of The Avengers (2012), played by Damion Poitier. Josh Brolin was later cast in the role, portraying Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). In April 2018, Kevin Feige announced that a film based on the Eternals had begun development, with a focus on Ikaris & Sersi as its central characters. In May 2018, Matthew and Ryan Firpo were hired to write the script for the project. By late-September, Marvel hired Chloé Zhao to direct the film. On April 6th, 2019, Angelina Jolie was confirmed to play Sersi and as of April 8th, 2019, Kumail Nanjiani was in talks to join the cast. On April 17, it was also reported that Korean actor Ma Dong-seok is also set to join the cast. Filming will begin in August 2019 in Atlanta.
As we hear of any more news on this casting, we will let you know.
