Overview

• Zhao reflects that near-unlimited money and tools on Eternals dulled intentionality, contrasting it with Hamnet’s single affordable street corner where every choice carries weight.
• Eternals, she says, taught her world-building and clarified what is realistic to attempt, preparing her approach to the period drama.
• Hamnet adapts Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, is produced by Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, stars Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, and will debut at TIFF ahead of its November 27 theatrical rollout.
• Eternals earned about $402 million worldwide against a reported $236.2 million budget, drew some of the MCU’s lowest aggregator scores, and featured an ensemble including Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Brian Tyree Henry, and Barry Keoghan.
• Kumail Nanjiani said the film’s reviews “shattered” him despite multi-project commitments, and Marvel’s Kevin Feige said in 2024 there were no immediate plans for an Eternals sequel.