In 2021, Marvel Studios tried to develop the attain of the MCU with an adaptation of Eternals, a lesser-known group of immortal heroes. Kumail Nanjiani was forged as Kingo alongside Angelina Jolie, Gemma Chan, Salma Hayek, Barry Keoghan, and extra. Eternals did not earn sufficient to benefit a sequel, and Nanjiani has revealed that he had a deal for a online game and a theme park attraction that by no means got here to move.
“I signed on for six motion pictures, you realize,” mentioned Nanjiani throughout his look on Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out podcast. “I signed on for a online game. I signed on for a theme park experience. They make you join all these things … And so you are like, ‘Oh, that is the subsequent 10 years of my life, so I will be doing Marvel motion pictures yearly, after which in-between I am going to do like my very own little issues, no matter I need to do.’ After which none of that occurred.”
That deal seems to have been predicated on Eternals being a success like Guardians of the Galaxy earlier than it, which did get licensed out for video video games and theme park rides. Marvel hasn’t had a number of video video games based mostly immediately on the MCU motion pictures within the final 20 years, however the studio apparently stored the likelihood open for Eternals.
Nanjiani beforehand disclosed that he went to remedy after Eternals was greeted with unhealthy opinions, however he instructed Birbiglia that the expertise taught him that an excessive amount of of his self-worth was tied as much as different folks’s reactions to his work.
Eternals had $402.1 million worldwide, which is a threshold that Marvel Studios has had hassle reaching this 12 months. Regardless, the one Marvel film to select up on a few of the threads launched in Eternals was Captain America: Courageous New World.
Nanjiani additionally famous that he is pleased with Eternals, and his expertise with it has given him materials for his newest standup comedy set.