release date, story, characters, all about the mysterious Marvel series
Secret Invasion is Marvel Studios’ new flagship series for Disney+. It features Nick Fury battling the alien race of the Skrulls. In this file, we take stock of everything there is to know before starting.
Published in 2008, Secret Invasion is an important arc in Marvel comics. It is now adapted to the screen in a miniseries. This features the character of Nick Fury, played by Samuel L Jackson, struggling with aliens. It is the eighth series produced by Marvel Studios. and she fully enters the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Moreover, many characters from the films appear on screen and it is likely to have a major impact on the studio’s other productions.
In this file, we will bring together the essentials to know about the series before launching. Actors, story, release date, surprises… Follow the leader !
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When does Secret Invasion air and on which platform?
Secret Invasion airs from June 21, 2023.
For the time being, the series seems to be very divided in criticism, which sometimes underlines its audacity and its writing, and sometimes regrets its lack of originality, even its lack of coherence with the MCU. In addition, the credits also generated a controversy on social networks, this one having been entirely created using an AI.
Of course, the series is available on Disney+. The subscription costs 8.99 euros per month.
How many episodes will Secret Invasion include?
Secret Invasion, like the big budget series from Marvel Studios, consists of six episodes. As usual, Disney+ airs one a week. Currently, Marvel series are available on Wednesdays.
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Secret Invasion has how many seasons?
Secret Invasion is a mini-series. Therefore, she only has one season. However, Marvel Studios has already indicated that it would have the right to a sequel in the form of a film: Armor Wars.
Who is in the cast of Secret Invasion?
Secret Invasion features a 5-star cast. Samuel L Jackson is obviously reprising his role as Nick Fury, which he has embodied for nearly fifteen years. Cobie Smulders is also back in Maria Hill.
Other known heads of the MCU are present. Ben Mendelsohn is Talos, a character seen in Captain Marvel. For his part, Martin Freeman puts on the costume of Everett Ross, already seen in Civil War and Black Panther. Finally, Don Cheadle (War Machine) is back. It is he who will be the hero of Armor Wars, the sequel to Secret Invasion.
The series is also an opportunity to discover newcomers to the MCU. We can count on Olivia Colman (agent Sonya Falsworth) or even Emilia Clarke, known for her role as Daenerys in Game of Thrones.
Kingsley Ben-Adir embodies Gravik, the main antagonist.
What is Secret Invasion about?
Secret Invasion chronicles an underground conflict which pits SHIELD (or what’s left of it) against the Skrulls. The Skrulls, which we have already seen in Captain Marvel or Spider-Man Far From Home, are aliens capable of taking on human form.
Nick Fury, back on Earth, must therefore fight against these creatures. In the MCU, they’re on the “good guys” side, but a splinter faction has decided to make their own. Our hero must remain on his guard, appearances are deceptive. Who is Skrull, who is not? A fascinating fool’s game to watch.
In the comics, Secret Invasion was a massive event that involved a lot of superheroes. For this adjustment, Marvel is sticking with a smaller-scale story. We focus on the struggle of Fury and his agents. But the consequences of the invasion could be significant for the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Who is Nick Fury, the hero of Secret Invasion?
Nick Fury is a character created by Stan Lee in 1963. He is an elite soldier, director of SHIELD. He has no powers (apart from aging slowed by a serum) and can therefore only rely on his skills in combat. A character out of the ordinary in the Marvel stable.
A first film was dedicated to him in 1998 with David Hasselhoff, but we will pass over it modestly. He’s (thankfully) not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The Nick Fury MCU version is inspired by the Ultimate version Comics (2001), which was itself inspired by Samuel L Jackson. The actor was logically chosen for the role and the circle has been completed.
The character debuted in the very first Iron Man (2008), specifically in the post-credits scene. He offers Tony Stark to integrate the Avengers in a sequence that has become cult.
He returns in Iron Man 2 (2010), still in his role as a recruiter. He plays a bigger role there. We then see him again in the post-credits scene of Captain America (2011) where he welcomes our hero to the modern world.
In the movie Avengers (2012), he is the one who leads the superhero team. He returns in Captain America The Winter Soldier (2014). In this film, he witnesses the destruction of SHIELD and goes into hiding.
Nick Fury makes another appearance in Avengers Age of Ultron (2015) to help our heroes, then in Avengers Infinity War (2018) where he calls Captain Marvel to the rescue.
In Captain Marvel (2018), he plays a major role. This film has the particularity of showing us a young Fury, since it takes place in the 1990s.
The last time we saw Nick Fury, it was in Spider-Man Far From Home (2019) where he gives missions to Peter Parker. Over the course of the film, we learn that it wasn’t the real Fury, but the skrull Talos (Ben Medelsohn) who took on his appearance. The real Fury was directing operations from a Skrull base in space.
You would have understood it, Fury is a very important character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is the binder that allows all our heroes to meet and fight against evil. But as surprising as it may seem, he was never the hero of his film or his series. Secret Invasion fixes this error.
Pragmatic and often playing on several levels, he is a character far from super heroic clichés. He never hesitates to make difficult decisions, even if it means fooling his allies. Nevertheless, he always works for the common good, no matter what. An anti-hero who finally has the right to his series.
