JOHN WICK Star Keanu Reeves Is Reportedly Being Eyed For A Role In Marvel's THE ETERNALS

Keanu Reeves has had something of a career resurgence in recent years, and it now appears as if he's about to make the leap to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with The Eternals. Find out more after the jump!

By JoshWilding - Jun 02, 2019 08:06 AM EST

Filed Under: Eternals

The Eternals is putting together an incredible cast, which so far includes Angelina Jolie and Richard Madden. Now, it's been revealed that Keanu Reeves is reportedly being eyed for a role, and talks are said to already be underway. While nothing is official and the actor has yet to sign on the dotted line, there have been rumblings about this for a while now.

In recent years, things have been going extremely well for Reeves (he's back to seemingly being a highly sought after commodity in Hollywood after starring turns in this year's John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum and Toy Story 4) and this would actually be quite a big win for Marvel Studios.

Last year, a "synopsis" for The Eternals leaked online which claimed that the movie will be set millions of years ago with a focus on the Celestials and Deviants.

It was also said that the story will revolve around the relationship between Ikaris, a man fueled by cosmic energy, and Sersi, who relishes moving amongst humans. There's also a lot of speculation that this movie will lead to the introduction of mutants, but we'll have to wait and see and that front.

How do you guys feel about the possibility of Reeves starring in The Eternals?

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breakdown of The Eternals' characters!

DRUIG

It appears as if The Eternals' big bad will be Druig, a character introduced in the pages of Eternals #11 in 1977. Despite being a Jack Kirby creation, it was actually Neil Gaiman who put this guy on the map. In the comics, he can manipulate matter and energy and served as an agent of the KGB once upon a time, something which could give this movie a big link to Black Widow.

"MALE LEAD"

An unknown male character who is described only as "a Greek God." This has to be the big screen debut of fan-favourite Avenger Hercules, right? That's just speculation for now but seems likely.

KAREN

No one knows who this is supposed to be but there's a lot of speculation that "Karen" is, in fact, a codename for a big name character from the comics fans won't be expecting to see here.

Apparently, Marvel is looking to cast an actress in her early 30s and they're open to any nationality or ethnicity but particularly Middle Eastern, African and Native American. She's said to be powerful with a timeless quality and a leader. In other words, she can kick ass but also has a warmth to her.

PIPER

A lead female aged 10 - 16, Poper is said to be strong and charismatic, and boasts a magnetic personality.

Marvel is looking for something with an athletic background who is wise beyond her years, articulate, and quick-witted. The site believes that this is actually going to be a new take on Sprite.

ELYSIUS

Actresses between the ages of 20 - 40 are being looked at for this character and, in the comics, she has enhanced strength, speed, and durability. She also commands griffin-like creatures via her limited telepathic abilities and was created by ISAAC, a sentient computer system on Titan.

That obviously means Marvel could tie her origin story into Thanos and it's worth noting that she was once romantically linked to Mar-Vell, so that could be a Captain Marvel connection as well.

FORGOTTEN ONE

Marvel is looking for a male between 25 - 45 for Gilgamesh, a character who became an outcast from his fellow Eternals when his meddling in the human world became too much for them.

As a result, he was banished to a sector of Olympus but later returned to their side. He's probably the most skilled hand-to-hand combatant in the entire group and uses an array of weapons.

IKARIS

Born over 20,000 years ago, Ikaris' powers are rooted in cosmic energy and he has psychic abilities and the power to create illusions. Marvel is eying actors in the 20 - 40 range which is a wide net.

MAKKARI

Another male actor age 25 - 45 is being hunted down for the Olympian hero who is a member of the Eternals Technologist's Guild and skilled at dreaming up various high-speed vehicles. He boasts your standard set of superpowers but will more than likely be used in a tech support capacity to get this group of weird and wonderful individuals around the cosmos!

SERSI

A fourth generation member of the Eternals, Marvel is hoping to find a woman aged 20 - 40 for the hero and she promises to be one of the most interesting parts about this movie, especially as she has a strong desire to live among the humans. She's also incredibly powerful as Sersi can only be killed if her atoms are scattered and it would take someone very powerful indeed to achieve that.

STARFOX

We've heard a number of times that there will be links to the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe in this movie and this has to be one of the biggest. Apparently, Marvel is looking for an actor 25 - 45 to play Eros of Titan, a.k.a. Starfox.

The brother of the Mad Titan, they grew up together but unlike his brother, he was a fun-loving womanizer and can harness cosmic powers to fly through space and, bizarrely, can even stimulate the pleasure centres of people to make them more susceptible for seduction. That's probably something we won't see too much of in the movie but time will tell...

THENA

One of the Eternals of Olympia, Thena is a warrior who has your standard enhanced abilities but is also near invulnerable and immortal. She can fly and cast illusions to disguise her appearance, while she carries a bow that fires arrows made up of "cold energy" which bombards enemies either with a ring of fire or anti-gravitons. Marvel is looking for an actress between 20 - 40.

ZURAS

A character with plenty of history in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he can create force shields, manipulate molecules, and fly at subsonic speeds. He once vied to lead the Eternals and ended up ruling over them on Earth. There's a lot Marvel could do with the character and his history is lengthy!

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WeaponXCII - 6/2/2019, 8:26 AM

Silver Surfer?

boiling - 6/2/2019, 1:09 PM

@WeaponXCII - oh gawd PLEASE make that happen!!!!!!!!

FleischerSupes - 6/2/2019, 2:51 PM

@WeaponXCII - Totally, with the recent focus on his personality I could absolutely see him as the gentle godlike Surfer. Plus he's been a surfer before in Point Break.

Tasmaniac - 6/2/2019, 3:12 PM

@FleischerSupes - Plus, Morpheus was the last Silver Surfer 😋

vegetaray - 6/2/2019, 6:44 PM

@WeaponXCII - Now that you’ve put that in my head I can’t un-think it...

That has to happen...I will accept nothing else...

DoctorDoomSayer - 6/3/2019, 4:58 AM

@WeaponXCII - whoa...I actually never ever thought of that combination! Duuuuuuuuuuude!

PantherKing - 6/2/2019, 8:27 AM

Druig is my guess

WakandaTech - 6/2/2019, 8:33 AM

The next 5 MCU are looking preety good

2020
Black Widow
Eternals

2021
Shang -Chi
Black Panther 2
Dr. Strange 2

Havenless - 6/2/2019, 8:34 AM

I think he would have been an amazing silver surfer. The dichotomy between hyper-emotional Norrin Radd and emotionless Herald

Repian - 6/2/2019, 8:38 AM

Gary Oldman can make Druig a great villain.

WakandanQueen - 6/2/2019, 8:39 AM

Speaking of Marvel, Endgame is now at $2.713 billion worldwide. What an insane performance and very well deserved.
Godzilla might bomb after that opening though.

PantherKing - 6/2/2019, 8:46 AM

@WakandanQueen - Endgame is almost there. And it’s amazing how much the movie has made at the box office these past few weeks. It just needs to slide past Avatar now and it’s on the home run stretch.

WakandanQueen - 6/2/2019, 8:52 AM

@PantherKing - I feel like it would have a better shot if it had gotten an extended run in China.

Polaris - 6/2/2019, 9:01 AM

@WakandanQueen - 75 million to go...

OmegaDaGrodd - 6/2/2019, 9:47 AM

@WakandanQueen -

Let's go get that sunuvab!tch

Jeight8 - 6/2/2019, 8:45 AM

He is gonna play eternal wicko-sunin and he has enhanced his celestial abilities to develop absolute precision and reduced aging.

TheBlueMorpho - 6/2/2019, 8:45 AM

JstaKIDfrmBKLYN - 6/2/2019, 8:51 AM

Yes. Yes. A million times yes. I don't care who he plays.

SimplyAz - 6/2/2019, 9:08 AM

I'd pretty much let him pick whoever he wants to play.
As a kid I remember watching him in Bill and Ted, Point Break and Speed.
Glad that he is going strong with the role of John Wick, hopefully will see number 3 next week.

All round good guy as well, even watched Destination Wedding because he starred in it and enjoyed it.

cdw101 - 6/2/2019, 12:22 PM

@SimplyAz - I've literally just watched that today ha!! The plane scene when it was swaying was making me sick

Vigor - 6/2/2019, 1:12 PM

@SimplyAz - John wick 3 is so amazing. I can't say it enough

SimplyAz - 6/2/2019, 1:20 PM

@cdw101 -

Lol. Glad you enjoyed it as well man.........!!!

SimplyAz - 6/2/2019, 1:21 PM

@Vigor -

Oh man sounds great. Will be my mission to see it by the end of this week.

Pitydafool - 6/2/2019, 9:24 AM

the only right answer is silver surfer

Spock0Clock - 6/2/2019, 11:15 AM

@Pitydafool - I just want someone to take a bunch of Johnny Utah pictures and make it into a collage with Silver Surfer art, honestly. Tell me this isn't the perfect de-aged MCU Norrin Radd.

Pitydafool - 6/2/2019, 11:27 AM

@Spock0Clock - He can pull off the look and there is some meta humor having him as a surfer

but I also think he can pull it off. In John Wick he is kind of a reluctant action hero he plays the grief and somber part really well

plus he is just a great dude and watching him wield the power cosmic would be really fun.

Spock0Clock - 6/2/2019, 9:25 AM

Visually Druig makes sense and I've wanted him as Silver Surfer for a long time, but I still feel like all of us on the outside are missing what Feige's Eternals are actually about. Could be anything really.

inkniron - 6/2/2019, 10:11 AM

I'm pumped for this. My only fear, this is going to be quite an ensemble and many of the names are strange to unusual. One, maybe two, it's not greatly difficult for the human mind to follow. You start getting north of 5, there's a good chance that you start confusing the GA that isn't too familiar with them. That was one of GoT biggest problems. People were like "which weird named person was that again?" And this is in a condensed time frame.