Published 18:13 IST, July 21st 2019

'I’m gonna work 10 times harder': Angelina Jolie as she steps foot inside Marvel universe with 'The Eternal'

Expressing her joy, the 'Tomb Raider' actor said she was very excited to be a part of the Marvel Comics Universe

Reported by: Richa Mukherjee
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'Maleficent' claim to fame actor Angelina Jolie took her fans by surprise as she graced Hall H st at Comic-Con 2019 and confirmed her casting in upcoming Marvel series ‘ Eternal’.

44-year-old actor was filled with elation as she confirmed her joining Marvel Universe. Doing away with ongoing rumours,  mor of 6 also took opportunity to anunce that she would play role of na in upcoming fictional series ‘ Eternal’.

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Expressing her joy, 'Tomb Raider' actor said she was very excited to be a part of Marvel Comics Universe and kws what responsibility she will be shouldering in doing justice to her role. She also promised her fans that she will be working 10 times harder to put out a performance which audience truly deserved. 

Besides Angelina Jolie, star cast is set to comprise of Richard Mden as Ikaris, Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo, Lauren Ridloff as Makkari, Brian Tyree Henry as Phaistos, Salma Hayek as Ajak, Lia McHugh as Sprite, and Don Lee as Gilgamesh.

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In comics, Eternals are shown as physically similar to rmal human beings but with powerful abilities who have super strength, flight, teleportation, mind control, shape-shifting and energy projection. y were created from alien experiments on ancient humans millions of years ago. y lived in cities and defended Earth from threats, like Deviants, ar race of super-humans that was more destructive and deformed.

re are a few dozen Eternals in comics, but movie will be focusing on two of most prominent ones named Sersi and Ikaris.

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With Chloe Zhao at helm, movie is set to release on vember 6, 2020. In dition to her role in ‘ Eternal’, Angelina Jolie is also set to delight her fans with her upcoming Disney project: ‘Maleficent: Mistress of All Evil’. 

14:39 IST, July 21st 2019