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Published 04:00 IST, November 7th 2019

The Eternals: Production halts after suspicious object spotted on set

The cast of Marvel’s The Eternals were evacuated from the sets of the movie and the production was stopped after an unidentified object was found on the sets

Reported by: Pragya Puri
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The cast of Marvel’s The Eternals were evacuated from the sets of the movie and the production was stopped after an unidentified object was found on the sets amid the shooting of the film. 

Undetonated bomb on the sets of the Eternals 

The reports claim that the terrified staff on the sets of the film informed the bomb squad to investigate the matter. The cast of the Eternals along with other staff was safely displaced to  Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. The cast included Hollywood stars like Angelina Jolie and Richard Madden. The unidentified object was reported to be an undetonated bomb. The people around the sets were taken to a safe distance as there was a risk of the bomb exploding. However, the people of the bomb squad immediately removed the bomb and the production of the movie was resumed. 

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The investigation is going on

There are several speculations regarding from where the bomb came. The cast and the crew obviously got panicked. One of the sources informed the international media, that the undetonated bomb could have been there for decades. The investigation is still going on. Experts anticipate that the island that is now being used as a set for the production of The Eternals, was previously used as an Army base camp during World War II. 

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 The Eternals

The upcoming movie The Eternals a Marvel Studio production will be an expansion of the  Marvel Cinematic Universe. This movie will consist of the biggest star-cast compared to all the previous Marvel movies. The storyline will revolve around superheroes who are close to immortal beings. According to the plot these beings were created by the Celestials or the gods of cosmos with the help of a series of genetic experiments. This will be a group of superheroes fighting against Avengers probably. 

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03:57 IST, November 7th 2019