Train to Busan actor Ma Dong-seok joins Marvel’s The Eternals

Details about the role for the actor, who broke out in 2016’s South Korean zombie apocalypse action thriller The Train to Busan, are being kept under wraps.

Chloe Zhao is directing the film from a script by Matthew and Ryan Firpo. Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige is producing.

It was previously reported that Angelina Jolie and Kumail Nanjiani are in talks to join the cast. The studio is yet to make a formal announcement.

Created by Jack Kirby in 1976, the story of The Eternals is set millions of years ago when the cosmic beings known as the celestials genetically experimented on humans to create super-powered individuals known as the Eternals along with the villainous Deviants.

Marvel had no comment on Dong-seok’s casting.

The actor’s other roles include The Outlaws, Champion and Unstoppable.