During the promotional phase of The Eternals, Kevin Feige and the screenwriters, the Freo brothers, participated in interviews with the Hollywood Reporter, who talked about the behind-the-scenes story of the Eternals. The series was originally written by Jack Kobe Bryant, a well-known cartoonist who published the script for The Eternals in the 1970s, which was so popular in the print media that many Marvel fans hoped that The Eternals would become a big-screen work. When the series became a film work, Jack Kobe Bryant had passed away, and in the creative method of the film version of "Eternals", the director team retained Jack Kobe's concept - the Freppo brothers paid tribute to Jack Kobe with the creative concept, and fans found that there was a bridge in the trailer to commemorate Jack Kobe. These Marvel creators talked about DC's work, and the new version of Batman is a large film and television work after the establishment of DC Studios.
The Freo brothers said what they think of Batman: "Batman" has the shadow of Stan Lee, Stan Lee is the father of the famous Marvel, the old man not only created many Marvel classic series and hero images, he also guest starred in a number of MCU film and television dramas, the name Stan Lee represents the cultural foundation of Marvel Universe movies. Although Marvel and DC have been in a competitive mode for more than eighty years, in fact, the two comic book giant companies have a place of mutual integration, Stan Lee also made a cameo appearance in the DC superhero collection "Young Titan Attack", and in the creation process of the new version of "Batman", It is normal for Matt Reeves to use some stan Lee elements, after all, the superhero series has similarities. So Batman has a shadow of Stan Lee, which is a tribute from the opponent.
Hollywood has several pairs of brothers who are devoted to the career of directing and screenwriting, the more famous is the Nolan brothers and the Russo brothers, because many films in the special period of Hollywood fell into the "unpaid storm", the Nolan brothers and Warner Media did not cooperate much, the Russo brothers and Disney did not renew their contract, they withdrew from the creation of "Avengers". The Freo brothers, as the new creators of the cosmic film field, began to collaborate frequently with Disney, and "Eternals" has a total of three screenwriters, in addition to the late Jack Kobe, the Freppo brothers. In the process of creation, the brothers' main task was to show Jack Kobe's creative philosophy, and this concept needed to be shown in the pilot film. Some fans feel that although the trailer of "Eternals" is very grand, it has the feeling of a blockbuster in the 1970s and 1980s in terms of picture structure and editing techniques.
Jack Kobe Bryant's idea of the Eternals script "Tenjin" in the mid-seventies was a jump at the time, after all, neither Marvel nor DC's superhero series at that time formed the concept of "hero group", and "Avengers" or "Justice League" were only active on paper, and these heroes were popular characters in the field of comics. The group of "Tenjin" is an original hero group, and "Black Panther" is the creative concept of this attribute. Decades ago, Jack Kobe Bryant's creative philosophy was very advanced, and his wish before his death was that the series he created could be put on the big screen in the form of a TV series or movie. The '80s and '90s were a period of transition for Marvel Studios, and before Marvel Studios partnered with Disney, the Eternals series was unlikely to hit the big screen.
Until Jack Bryant died in '94, he didn't see a film version (or episodic version) of the series. Therefore, the Freppo brothers paid tribute to Jack Kobe with their creative ideas, which is also a decision that everyone expected. This concept may seem less advanced to today's fans, but for the Freppo brothers, it is important that they restore Jack Kobe's creative ideas. Some veteran Marvel fans also have this feeling about the new version of "Batman" - this is a work created after the establishment of DC Studios, Jim Lee is now the boss of this studio, why does Matt Reeves have some MCU feelings? Now that the Freppo brothers have told the truth, Batman has the shadow of Stan Lee, the father of Marvel influencing the creators of other studios.
The author (smugly watching the movie) believes that Marvel's creators say that competitors' works have the shadow of Stan Lee, which is also to show that the MCU superhero series has a far-reaching impact. Stan Lee's contributions are so great that even veteran fans can hardly say all of his contributions and works at once, and his more far-reaching move is that he has made the superhero series no longer a children's film. Since he came up with this concept, Spider-Man and other Marvel series have been invested in a broader creation, and since then, the audience of Marvel series has been teenagers, young people, middle-aged and elderly, and almost all age groups have Marvel fans. Obviously, Batman downplays the age of the audience, which is what Stan Lee advocates.