Marvel boss Kevin Feige has said that next year's fantasy blockbuster The Eternals is a "risk" for the studio.

Starring big names such as Angelina Jolie, Bodyguard's Richard Madden, Salma Hayek and Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington, The Eternals will help kick off the MCU's Phase 4. But could the superhero team's lack of widespread popularity affect the box office numbers?

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Chatting to The Hollywood Reporter, Feige reflected: "It is a very big movie. It is a very expensive movie. And we are making it because we believe in [Chloé Zhao's] vision and we believe in what those characters can do and we believe we need to continue to grow and evolve and change and push our genre forward.

"That's a risk if I've ever heard one," he added.



Meanwhile, Hayek, who's playing Ajak, previously waxed lyrical about her first Marvel project, and how the director is approaching the characters.

"Chloé, the director, has approached the leadership a little bit more [with a] deeper connection," she said. "So it's like a family and I'm like their mother, and they're all beautiful in different ways."

The Eternals will be released on November 6, 2020.

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