Disney+ announced that Marvel Studios’ Eternals, one of the biggest movies of the year, will start streaming exclusively on Disney+ on January 12, 2022. The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s newest team of Super Heroes has led theater audiences on an exciting journey spanning thousands of years, and now the Eternals are bringing all of that signature Marvel Studios’ action, spectacle and thrill to Disney+.
The plot follows a group of immortal beings as they fight to save humanity all while uncovering the truth about their true existence. The cast features some big names including Angelina Jolie as Thena and Salma Hayek as Ajak, Don Lee as Gilgamesh amongst others.
Eternal marks a new mythology in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the introduction of a groundbreaking group of superheroes. We meet the first openly gay superhero in a major Hollywood franchise, Phastos, played by Brian Tyree Henry, and the first Deaf superhero in Lauren Ridloff’s Makkari.
Chloé Zhao directs the film, and Kevin Feige and Nate Moore are the producers, with Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso and Kevin de la Noy serving as executive producers. The screen story is by Ryan Firpo & Kaz Firpo, and the screenplay is by Chloé Zhao and Chloé Zhao & Patrick Burleigh and Ryan Firpo & Kaz Firpo.
Eternals is currently streaming to all Disney+ subscribers. You can watch the movie or sign up at DisneyPlus.com.