So I think the GotG comparison still works, but I completely agree that the creative direction is the key difference.
Chloe Zhao probably couldn’t have done Guardians and James Gunn probably couldn’t have done Eternals.
I think Zhao saw something in Eternals, something that, based on this article, Feige saw someone who saw something in Eternals. He was wrong. Or Zhao was wrong. Or budget or something.
But I think taking an IP from comics to film/TV is a whole other type of challenge. Look at the early comic book films compared to today. We get very different results.
So I think the GotG comparison still works, but I completely agree that the creative direction is the key difference.
Chloe Zhao probably couldn’t have done Guardians and James Gunn probably couldn’t have done Eternals.
I think Zhao saw something in Eternals, something that, based on this article, Feige saw someone who saw something in Eternals. He was wrong. Or Zhao was wrong. Or budget or something.
But I think taking an IP from comics to film/TV is a whole other type of challenge. Look at the early comic book films compared to today. We get very different results.