Angelina Jolie to join Marvel Superheroes Universe

While no official announcement has been made, it is understood that Marvel is moving ahead with the project after studio president, Kevin Feige, confirmed its development last April, as part of Marvel’s so-called Phase 4.

Reports suggest that the central character of The Eternals film – whom Jolie is presumably playing – is called Sersi, one of a group of near-immortal humans given superpowers by aliens.

The Eternals is to be written by cousins Matthew and Ryan Firpo, and directed by Chloé Zhao.

Jolie is currently working on Maleficent: Mistress of Evil which has a release date of 29 May 2020, the sequel to the successful Sleeping Beauty spin-off from 2014.

While The Eternals would be Jolie’s first Marvel film, she is no stranger to fantasy-action film-making: she has previously appeared in comic-book adaptation Wanted in 2008, the sword-and-sorcery epic Beowulf in 2007 and two Lara Croft films, in 2001 and 2003.