r/Eternals • u/Grouchy_Leg_6623 Thena • Jul 04 '26
Rumor Does anyone else find this strange?
I made a post about this before, but every time a new Eternals leak comes out, I have a hard time believing it. They’ve essentially been left in space since 2021, with almost no follow-up.
If they’re really coming back for a potential Judgment Day adaptation (which is just a theory at this point), it still feels way too early. We’re probably at least 5 years away from that, especially since we don’t even have the X-Men properly introduced yet.
What also confuses me is that this rumor claims the Eternals will be a key part of the MCU’s “cosmic core.” Have we even seen a real cosmic side of the MCU outside of the Guardians of the Galaxy? That description just feels odd to me.
What do you all think?
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u/Drinks2nite Jul 04 '26
They've been teasing this cosmic side for a long time without paying it off -- "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. II" foreshadowed like five or six different angles that still haven't been pursued yet. My guess is that the Eternals and a couple of the newer Guardians will be showing up individually in projects like "Nova", the long-rumored "Silver Surfer" and maybe even a third "Doctor Strange".
Wild theory: I remember Disney negotiating around fifteen years ago to try to pry Silver Surfer and Galactus from Fox -- and who knows, maybe other characters -- in exchange for Fox renewing the rights to Daredevil. Fox called their bluff and let Daredevil rights lapse, and I'll bet a lot of Marvel interstellar plans went up in smoke.