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Disney Spotlights Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek & More Actors for Eternals Oscars Campaign

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As Marvel Studios moves into 2022, the team behind the MCU is heavily promoting the return of its 26th movie  Eternals  which will begin streaming on Disney+ on January 12. Featuring one of the MCU's most high-profile casts in history with names like Salma Hayek and Angelina Jolie, Phase 4's third movie made quite the impact on the superhero movie genre upon its November debut - so much so that Disney is launching an Oscars campaign to further promote the flick. As was the case with all of Marvel Studios' 2021 movies, Eternals found a place at the top of the box office charts with the fifth-highest domestic opening weekend of the year, fighting off widely mixed reviews the entire way through. Director Chloé Zhao and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige have urged fans to see for themselves how good the film is, and they should see plenty of airtime once it begins streaming. ADVERTISEMENT Part of Eternals ' theatrical run that hasn't ...

How Angelina Jolie's Personal Struggles Shaped Her Marvel Hero

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Eternals was just one of Marvel's many Phase 4 projects this year, although it faced one of the toughest tasks of any new release. Introducing an entirely new ensemble cast of characters that exist across multiple time periods and locations is no small feat, but that was the challenge that Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao took up with her first Marvel film. While many weren't satisfied with how Eternals pulled it all together, it's hard to deny the film has a lot going for it, starting with its all-star cast. Richard Madden, Gemma Chan, Kit Harington, and Kumail Nanjiani are just some of the names that make up Eternals ' ensemble of immortal god-like beings. Add to that the star power of Angelina Jolie and you have a cast that rivals that of even the Avengers. ADVERTISEMENT One of the main challenges with such a large cast is making each and every character unique and memorable in a time frame of only two and a half hours. To do this, Zh...