{"id":1977502,"date":"2025-08-24T16:56:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T16:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1977502"},"modified":"2025-08-24T16:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T16:56:04","slug":"i-signed-on-for-six-movies-i-signed-on-for-a-video-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/i-signed-on-for-six-movies-i-signed-on-for-a-video-game\/","title":{"rendered":"I signed on for six movies. I signed on for a video game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/i><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Marvel Studios<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It took until this year for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/entertainment\/marvel-movies\/captain-america-brave-new-world-review-anthony-mackie-harrison-ford-mcu-marvel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Captain America: Brave New World;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Captain America: Brave New World<\/a> to finally address the half-risen Celestial in the room, but that&#8217;s honestly the closest the MCU has come to acknowledging the events of Eternals. It&#8217;s hardly a surprise, really. In the post-Avengers: Endgame era, the movie was the first major misfire from Marvel Studios that, according to one of its stars, had a whole blueprint mapped out that never came to fruition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During an appearance on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Y8zwAj3sYpc?t=2649\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Working It Out podcast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Working It Out podcast<\/a>, Nanjiani revealed just how much he&#8217;d committed to before the film&#8217;s release, and the shock he experienced when it didn&#8217;t receive the warm welcome like the other MCU movies that predated it. &#8220;It came out, it got really bad reviews, and it didn&#8217;t do that well. It shattered me too much,&#8221; the actor who played Kingo confessed. &#8220;That was when I was like, &#8216;Oh, I need to go to therapy to figure this out.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The film earned one of the worst scores on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/eternals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rotten Tomatoes at 47%;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rotten Tomatoes at 47%<\/a>, etching ahead of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania which sits at the bottom of the pile. For Nanjiani, it wasn&#8217;t what he expected at all. &#8220;I was like, &#8216;This is going to be my job for the next ten years.&#8217; I signed on for six movies. I signed on for a video game. I signed on for a theme park ride. They make you sign on for all this stuff. You&#8217;re like, &#8216;Okay, so I&#8217;ll be doing Marvel movies every year, and in between, I&#8217;ll do my own little things. Whatever I want to do.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But while that to-do list never came to pass, Nanjiani&#8217;s character Kingo has been one of the only Eternals that have either been referenced to or made blink-or-you-miss-it appearances in other MCU projects. Besides being name-dropped in the likes of Ms. Marvel and appearing on posters in the likes of Loki and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Kingo did appear in animated form, voiced by Nanjiani in What If\u2026?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Even so, that&#8217;s not quite what was initially offered, and while he still has a soft spot for the film, he only has the reviews to go off <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/eternals-review-marvel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:(we loved it by the way);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">(we loved it by the way)<\/a>. &#8220;There were a few too many people in Eternals if the reviews are to be believed. I loved the movie. I&#8217;m very proud of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nevertheless, some fans are still rooting for Kingo and his hero team, which perhaps revealed itself at the wrong time. For now, there&#8217;s no telling if there&#8217;s time for the Eternals to make an appearance in future chapters of the MCU, given that there&#8217;s going to be a reality-tearing event on the way with Avengers: Doomsday. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/every-mcu-movie-far-ranked-155617925.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:See where Eternals sits in our ranking of Marvel movies here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">See where Eternals sits in our ranking of Marvel movies here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Marvel Studios It took until this year for Captain America: Brave New World to finally address the half-risen Celestial in the room, but that&#8217;s honestly the closest the MCU has come to acknowledging the events of Eternals. 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