A Black Knight sequence may very well be an acceptable alternative for an Eternals 2.
At this present time limit, Marvel Studios is not actively growing a sequel to Eternals. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige confirmed as a lot, saying there will not be an Eternals 2 within the foreseeable future. That is completely alright, nevertheless, because the manufacturing home can now pursue tales involving a criminally underused character within the first Eternals: Package Harington‘s Dane Whitman.
You have to bear in mind one factor—Marvel Studios likes to do one thing totally different. To date, the studio has checked off packing containers of each style, from a WW2 interval piece in Captain America: The First Avenger to horror in Werewolf by Evening, to wall-breaking comedy in She-Hulk: Lawyer at Regulation. One factor the studio hasn’t finished, nevertheless, is an Arthurian-inspired medieval story, and that is someplace Dane Whitman—the Avenger higher often known as the Black Knight—may come into play.
As with most Marvel mantles, Black Knight is a moniker donned by a number of characters all through the years. Earlier than Whitman there was his uncle Nathan Garrett, earlier than Garrett was one other Knight and earlier than him, one other. The lineage goes all the best way again to Sir Percy, a confidant of King Arthur and sworn enemy of Mordred.
Crafting a Black Knight sequence on Disney+ would give filmmakers ample time to flesh out a narrative throughout a number of timelines, exploring the lineage of each the Whitman Household and the cursed Ebony Blade, which was teased within the Eternals post-credits scene.
Will Black Knight return?
Marvel producer Nate Moore beforehand teased a busy MCU future for Dane Whitman, so it is at all times attainable the character may return sooner or later sooner or later.
“Black Knight is an fascinating character in that, he is a traditional man who’s tortured to a point by his lineage, however is a traditional man,” Moore stated on the Eternals set go to in 2020. “And Package, I feel introduced a humanity to Jon Snow. I used to be additionally a fan of a few of his comedic work, just like the form of the tennis HBO mockumentary. And what we discovered with Package is he has superb comedian timing and he’s very charming differently than Richard [Madden] is charming, which we thought once more was invaluable. So, however he can go darkish and I feel as for anyone is aware of Black Knight, that is a form of a tragic character. I feel there’s room for him to play either side of that character.”
Eternals is now streaming on Disney+.
