Patton Oswalt and Kumail Nanjiani have been proudly sporting their geekiness on their sleeves for years. Their stand-up comedy alone is filled with nerdy bits, together with Oswalt’s well-known tackle the “Star Wars” prequels, and Nanjiani’s remark concerning the lack of math academics at Hogwarts College of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Oswalt and Nanjiani have even introduced their hardcore nerdity into roles with them. How might we neglect Oswalt’s well-known filibuster in “Parks and Recreation” that bridges the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the “Star Wars” universe lengthy earlier than the multiverse was unleashed in movie or TV? Nanjiani’s love for popular culture was proudly on show in “The Large Sick,” the place he tailored the true story of falling in love along with his actual life spouse Emily V. Gordon, which included wooing her with a screening of the 1920 German silent horror movie “The Cupboard of Dr. Caligari,” a favourite amongst cinema geeks.

That is precisely why it was so thrilling to see Nanjiani and Oswalt not too long ago enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe on the massive display screen in “Eternals.”

Within the Marvel Studios film that some have deemed a misfire, Nanjiani performed Kingo, one of many members of the titular cosmic superhero staff. The actor famously acquired completely ripped for the function so he might flex his super-powered muscular tissues alongside the likes of Richard Madden (“Recreation of Thrones”) and Angelina Jolie. Finally, one of many credit scenes for “Eternals” launched Oswalt because the voice of the pc generated character Pip the Troll, alongside the debut of Harry Types as Eros. Nonetheless, since “Eternals” did not precisely change into a success for Marvel Studios, it does not seem to be we’ll see these characters returning to the MCU anytime quickly. Even Oswalt’s flip because the stop-motion animated MODOK on Hulu is formally over.

If we’re being sincere, each Nanjiani and Oswalt are most likely higher off taking part in within the “Ghostbusters” sandbox that they’ve formally landed in.