Man, could Secret Invasion be where Marvel gets its act back together?
The series, hitting this June, focuses on Samuel L Jackson’s Nick Fury who returns to earth to get to the bottom of a Skrull invasion that might go to the top of our political establishments… and perhaps even our greatest heroes.
Since Avengers Endgame in 2019, the MCU has been putting out TV shows and movies reading from the fine (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Shang-Chi) to the awful (Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania) to the so bad it’s hard to believe it was released (Thor: Love and Thunder) but, like supporters of a football team that hasn’t won a game in a season, we’re hoping that something can come along and turn it all around… and Secret Invasion looks like it just might just be the ticket.
WATCH: D23 Nick Fury is back in trailer for Secret Invasion!
Looking like a proper spy story that scratches the dark underbelly of the MCU, Secret Invasion looks like a sequel to my favourite Marvel movie, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and I finally find myself looking forward to a new Marvel project.
I hope it’s the first of many.
Marvel Studios’ “Secret Invasion” stars Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Ben Mendelsohn as the Skrull Talos—characters who first met in “Captain Marvel.” The crossover event series showcases a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years. Executive Producers are Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, Jonathan Schwartz, Samuel L. Jackson, Ali Selim, Kyle Bradstreet, and Brian Tucker.
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Cobie Smulders, Charlayne Woodard, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Killian Scott, Emilia Clarke, Olivia Colman, Don Cheadle
The series premieres on June 21 on Disney+
Marc
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