Chloé Zhao was riding about as high as a director can coming off a pair of critically acclaimed independent-style darlings, “The Rider” and “Nomadland,” earning an Oscar for the latter. Yet the prevailing sense among critics and many movie-goers that she couldn’t completely tame “Eternals,” Marvel’s latest phase of its superhero universe, renews questions about the tradeoffs for prestige filmmakers wading into such well-established franchises.

Source: CNN