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Secret Invasion is the name of an anticipated television miniseries that will air in the United States on the streaming service Disney+. Kyle Bradstreet developed the series, which will be based on the Marvel Comics storyline of the same name. It will be the ninth television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), produced by Marvel Studios. It will share continuity with the films in the franchise. The story focuses on Nick Fury and his comrades as they try to stop an invasion of Earth by the Skrulls. While Ali Selim is in charge of directing, Bradstreet is in charge of writing the script.
In this installment of the film series, Samuel L. Jackson will be reprising his role as Fury. Also starring are Cobie Smulders, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Olivia Colman, Emilia Clarke, Don Cheadle, and Martin Freeman. Ben Mendelsohn will play the part of Talos. The pilot episode was filmed in September 2020, and both Bradstreet and Jackson were attached to the project. In December of that year, the series’ moniker, its central idea, and Mendelsohn’s role were made public. During March and April 2021, additional castings took place, and then in May of that same year, Selim was hired to helm the series. Production of the movie started in September 2021 in London and continued until late April 2022. Additional filming took place in Liverpool, England, and throughout West Yorkshire.
Cast
- Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
- Ben Mendelsohn as Talos
- Emilia Clarke as G’iah
- Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
- Olivia Colman as Special Agent Sonya Falsworth
- Christopher McDonald
- Carmen Ejogo
- Kingsley Ben-Adir as Rebel Skrull leader Gravik
- Killian Scott as Fiz
- Ventsislav Yankov as FSB Commander
- Martin Freeman as Everett K. Ross
- Don Cheadle as James Rhodes
- Charlayne Woodard
- Andy M Milligan as Russian Spy
- Billy Clements as La Selva Guard 1
- Jean-Pascal Heynemand as Russian vendor
- Yasaman Mohsani as Towns Woman
- Tony McCarthy as Alien
What is the Release Date of Secret Invasion?
On June 21st, 2023, Disney+ will be the only place to see the launch of Secret Invasion. After the events of “Spider-Man: Far From Home” and “Avengers: Endgame,” this new series will pick up with Nick Fury and continue his story throughout six episodes.
Who is the Director of Secret Invasion?
Ali Selim is a well-known American director who works in both film and television. Over the course of the previous fifteen years, he has directed over 850 television commercials, five documentaries that are each half an hour long, and many music videos. It was announced in May 2021 that Disney+ had engaged Selim to direct episodes of the upcoming series Secret Invasion. In the end, he directed each of the six episodes.
Marvel Studios’ Secret Invasion | Official Trailer | Disney+
Marvel Studios’ Secret Invasion | Official Trailer | Disney+
What is the Plot of the Secret Invasion?
The episode’s tone is shockingly gloomy, much harsher than anyone could have anticipated based on what they saw in the teaser for the show. This show is being marketed as a grittier take on the classic spy espionage drama, with some aspects of science fiction-inspired psychological horror thrown in. At the D23 convention the previous year, Cobie Smulders provided the following statement regarding the show’s atmosphere: “This is a darker spectacle. We will go more deeply into the characters as time goes on. We are going to see them in different ways, it is going to be an exciting thriller, and you will not be able to figure out who the characters are. Are they of the Skrull race? Is that even possible? It’s going to be a game of guess and check.
This anticipated style is a significant departure from what we’ve seen before in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), as well as a significant difference in tone from how we saw Nick Fury and the Skrulls in Captain Marvel. Samuel L. Jackson gave an interview discussing the series and the new take on the Nick Fury character.
You are aware that even Nick Fury can be rattled, right? You realize that he’s up there trying to figure out what the fuck just happened, right? And how he fits into the grand scheme of things. Because of everything that was happening, including the killing of Iron Man and the death of Black Widow, he just stopped caring. He no longer needs to wear the patch. Nick Fury, the powerful man, wore the patch as a part of his identity. It is now an inherent part of his susceptibility. Just glancing at it, it’s clear that he’s not some unbreakable superhero type of person. He doesn’t think of himself as being that person.
Smulders repeated Jackson’s statement and discussed the situation in which the series finds Maria Hill, adding, “I think Maria Hill has run out of patience. ” She has always had this strong relationship with Nick Fury, but he’s been gone for a long time, and she’s just been rushing around trying to put out various fires. This much-welcomed adjustment will, ideally, result in the iconic aliens displaying the cunning and villainy for which they are famous in the comics but which we have yet to see in live-action adaptations.
