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Eternals, has dropped. Zhao, who thus far has made character-driven indies (with a particular affinity for blending documentary aspects into fictionalized narratives), may seem at first blush an unconventional choice to helm a potential blockbuster. Even stranger: Eternals before Nomadland resonated with audiences and won Academy Awards (including Best Director), so this Oscars-to-Marvel pipeline is one of happenstance. Varietyreports that Zhao reached out to Marvel herself and crafted a pitch for Eternals that Marvel head Kevin Feige called “spectacular.” Feige described the film as “a very bold and very ambitious, sprawling 7,000-year story of humanity and our place in the cosmos.” ....