John Ridley's Lost Marvel TV Show: The Unseen Eternals

The Unseen Eternals

In 2015, John Ridley was working on a Marvel Cinematic Universe TV show for ABC, which was never brought to light. This unreleased project was said to be a reinvention of a certain Marvel property, and it was recently revealed to be an Eternals TV show.

Thena (Angelina Jolie) looks to the side on a beach in The Eternals

Prior to the MCU TV shows on Disney+, ABC was one of the primary destinations for Marvel series, including Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter. However, Ridley's Eternals TV show never went forward, and it remained a mystery for several years.

Sprite (Lia Ryan McHugh) looks sad in the Eternals

Ridley's Vision for Eternals

If Eternals had moved forward as a television series on ABC, Ridley explained that it would have been 'a really weird story about these people.' The pilot would have opened with a teenage kid putting a power drill to his ear, setting a strange and intriguing tone for the show.

Ikaris is tied down in Eternals' final fight

Ridley's series would have allowed the Eternals characters to be more fleshed out, addressing the audience's challenge of being introduced to a whole new set of characters in the Eternals movie.

Gilgamesh (Ma Dong-seok) balls up a fist in the Eternals

The Unfulfilled Potential

Even though Eternals never materialized on ABC, Ridley's vision for the TV show brings forth intriguing possibilities. While Eternals 2 has not been officially announced, it remains to be seen if Ridley ever shares more specific plot details about his Eternals TV show.

Gemma Chan's Sersi as a member of the Eternals in the MCU's Phase 4

Ridley's unique take on the Eternals could have offered a different perspective on the characters before their MCU movie debut, and fans can only hope that Ridley gets another chance to bring his vision to a Marvel Studios project in the future.