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May 25, 2021 · In this case, Chloe Zhao did both: she wrote the script for Eternals as an individual and with Burleigh, so she’s credited twice. Eternals was announced to be in development as part of the MCU’s Phase 4 in April 2018, and in September of that year, Chloe Zhao was announced as the director.
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Aug 20, 2021 · While most lauded the new set of superheroes that the film poses to introduce, eagle-eyed fans noticed that at the bottom of the film's poster, director Chloe Zhao is credited as the movie’s writer twice!
At the end of May 2021, with the release of the first teaser trailer and poster for the film, the official writing credits were revealed: Zhao was credited as the screenwriter, both as a solo contributor and as part of a writing team with Burleigh, while Ryan and Kaz Firpo received story credit.
Nov 16, 2021 · In addition to directing, Zhao is credited twice on the screenplay, once solo and once as a writing team with Burleigh. (The credits read: Chloé Zhao and Chloé Zhao & Patrick Burleigh and Ryan...
The Firpo cousins wrote an early draft of Eternals with director Chloé Zhao to set the foundation of the story. Later on, Patrick Burleigh (Ant-man and The Wasp), who is no stranger to the MCU, co-wrote a subsequent draft with Chloé which became the shooting script. Burleigh spoke to Creative Screenwriting Magazine about his experience on the ...
“I am the writer on ‘Eternals,’ the credits just aren’t updated yet,” said Zhao. “I don’t know what it would be like if I didn’t write the film, if I wasn’t at least a huge part of the writing process.
Jan 4, 2021 · At the moment, the writing credits for the film, prior to the expected update, don’t mention Zhao with only Kaz Firpo and Ryan Firpo named.
