Heaven Sure Feels Like Hell in Afterlife Dramedy ‘Eternity'
The new trailer for Eternity dropped today, and if that premise makes you want to scream, at least the cast has a lot of appeal: Elizabeth Olsen, Callum Turner, Miles Teller, John Early, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph.
Who else muttered 'Oh, she's in the Bad Place' to themselves while watching that? Here's the official plot description, which doesn't really elaborate more on what the trailer shows: 'In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with (Miles Teller) and her first love (Callum Turner), who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive.'
It's the afterlife. It's a magical realm. They don't say 'heaven,' but it looks pretty dreamy aside from all that ridiculous romantic drama. Why can't Joan have it both ways? Who made up these rules? ONE WEEK?? Is there any room to negotiate?
All will be revealed when Eternity, which was written by David Freyne (The Cured), hits theaters in November.
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