Marvel Studios' 'Eternals' Confirmed To Be The Second Longest MCU Film Ever

Mumbai, October 7 - Marvel Studios is gearing up for its next big-budget superhero film "Eternals". Scheduled to debut in theaters on November 5 worldwide, "Eternals" has a lot to offer to Marvel fans who have a lot of questions to get their answers. The movie was recently confirmed to be set in two timelines, one in past and the other in the present time.

Meanwhile, Marvel has also revealed the theatrical runtime of Eternals and it is one of the longest films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) to date. Directed by Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao, Eternals has been confirmed to be the second-longest MCU film with a runtime of 2 hours 37 minutes that is 7 minutes longer than Avengers: Infinity War. Avengers: Endgame still holds the title of longest MCU movie with a runtime of 3 hours and 1 minute.



The movie chronicles the Eternals, an immortal alien race, emerges from hiding after thousands of years to protect Earth from its evil counterparts, the Deviants. The fans, however, were left wondering why Eternals didn't come to support Avengers against Thanos during Infinity War and Endgame.

To which, director Zhao recently revealed that Eternals were instructed not to interfere until they are told to do so. In the film, we will get to see the origin of Eternals in MCU and about their relationship to the Celestials and why they were specifically instructed not to help the people of Earth, even in their most desperate moments.

Zhao's superhero movie features a star-studded ensemble that includes Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Harish Patel, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek, and Angelina Jolie. The first trailer of the movie was dropped in May and the final dropped in September this year. It is scheduled to release on November 5 in the USA and India.



Check out longest MCU runtimes:

- Avengers: Endgame - 181 minutes

- Eternals - 157 minutes



- Avengers: Infinity War - 149 minutes

- Captain America: Civil War - 147 minutes

- Avengers - 143 minutes

Stay tuned...