It has been four years since Marvel Studios released Eternals. While there were some viewers who appreciated this story, there seemed to be even more who were not into this film. Unfortunately, it did not land well with critics nor did it do numbers at the box office. It’s sad because there are some cool characters who would be awesome to see in Phase 6 in other projects. An MCU future is certainly what Kumail Nanjiani thought he would get after playing Kingo in Eternals because he signed up to be in six movies over ten more years, apparently.
He dropped this rather surprising information during an interview on the Working It Out podcast. “[Eternals] came out, it got really bad reviews, and it didn’t do that well. It shattered me too much,” he said. “That’s when I was like, ‘Oh, I need to go to therapy to figure this out.’”
Nanjiani continued, “I was like, ‘This is going to be my job for the next ten years.’ I signed on for six movies. I signed on for a video game. I signed on for a theme park ride. They make you sign on for all this stuff. You’re like, ‘This is the next ten years of my life. Okay, so I’ll be doing Marvel movies every year, and in between, I’ll do my own little things. Whatever I want to do.’”
Welp. At this point, it seems very unlikely that a sequel will happen. And there doesn’t seem to be plans to bring back any of the characters from that film. It almost feels as though it happened outside of the MCU canon at this point. Nanjiani previously said that he’s still open to portraying Kingo and maybe he will get that chance, even if it’s just a wild post-credits cameo.
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