If you were Marvel and you had the ability to reissue The Eternals as a limited series, how would you divide it up?

Honestly, I wouldn't. I would just rebalance the existing story.

I don't remember Eternals in much detail but, they had their own groups after they split off and I think it would be decent segmenting for a series. An episode focusing on introducing The Eternals, Sersi and Sprite being attacked, and finding out about Ajak being dead. An episode showing Kingo's life. An episode showing the "paradise" Druig created and his relationship with Makkari, an episode showing them with Gilgamesh and Thena, and episode showing Phastos and his family. An episode revealing the truth. And an episode for the fight.

Individual character introduction/backstory episodes with overlaps that would lead into the next episode intro/backstory, until everyone is know. Maybe could do 2 per episode actually running them roughly 45 mins each until the story is fleshed out and told to satisfaction

I wouldn't. That belongs on a big screen.

It would work like any show with an ensemble cast that needs backstory.

Each episode would focus on one character with perspective and flashbacks of who they are while also progressing the main story.

A la Haunting of Hill House, balancing all the siblings and parents stories to an episode while also telling one main story each episode

If I had the ability to reissue it, I would shelve it, pretend it didn't exist and put my budget into something else. You said I had the ability to reissue, you didn't say I had to

Each episode could be similar to Agatha All Along where each episode is a different backstory/ recruitment.

Assuming it’s 9 episodes:

First 3 episodes take place in different time periods with each focusing on a different set of members.

Middle 3 episodes establish the Deviant threat and are about reassembling the Eternals. Also the Emergence would be hinted at.

Final 3 episodes deal with the Emergence. Deviants/Kro are in them but not as big of a focus.

There would obviously have to be plot changes as well.

Each episode tells a story about 1 character and has a 2-4 minute post credit scene showing passage of time to them meeting one another after a long time. Each episode would also tell parts of the same story so that it all connects in the final 2 episodes when they teamup.

Remake it completely so it is less Gaiman more Kirby. Kirby-esque costumes, original Kirby-genders, krazy Kirby machines. 1000x more fun, better soundtrack. Deviants that are intelligent monsters with Lemuria, lean into the ancient alien angle. keep the celestial embryo plot because that is cool (it’s from Earth X originally). Lean into the paradoxical twist that the Eternals are the bad guys trying to good guys while the deviants are often the bad guys but faced with the celestial threat they are the good guys.

I personally wouldn’t. The splendour of the visuals and the towering size of Arishem were made for the big screen.

Instead, I would have mandated another rewrite. I would slow down the pacing of Act 1 to make the character introductions feel less break-neck, with the time potentially being taken back from Act 2.

I would also evaluate the number of characters. I won’t commit to cutting any because it’s been a while since I last watched the film and I’d need to have a deeper think about which - if any - could be removed or reduced. Eros and Pip are definitely out, though.

I would combine it with Ms. Marvel and Ironheart. That way, when it's canceled, I'm killing three birds with one stone.

directly following the timeline from 5000bc to 2024 no flashbacks


first 6 episodes, each is one moment in history where some big events happend
+ character building



then a black screen "500 years later..."


all the modern day stuff happens with comic (vol.1, vol.2) accurate deviants in a 2 part final