15 years after launching the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the post-credits scene of “Iron Man,” Samuel L. Jackson will be taking the main stage as Nick Fury in the upcoming Disney+ series “Secret Invasion,” which just- Just released a new trailer. on Sunday. Disney also announced that the show would premiere on June 21.
As MCU fans saw with “Captain Marvel” in 2019, Nick Fury has had an alien ally for decades in Talos (Ben Mendelsohn), leader of a sect of aliens called the Skrulls, who have Have taken refuge on earth after destroying the homeworld.
But as seen in the new trailer, that sect is becoming a threat to a rogue Skrull named Grevik (Kingsley Ben-Adir), who has formed his own group apart from Talos and believes that the Skrulls must survive. the best way is to use them shaping forces To infiltrate Earth’s government and take what they want.
Fury would like to think he has allies in dealing with this new threat. Along with Talos, the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. has his top agents Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) and Colonel James “Rhodey” Rhodes (Don Cheadle), who have donned the War Machine suit since Tony Stark’s death and become a are White House aides.
But with the Skrulls able to trick everyone into revealing their deepest secrets by disguising themselves, Fury doesn’t know who to trust.
“Secret Invasion” is rooted in a months-long event series that ran in Marvel Comics in 2008, but which replaces the superheroes of Marvel lore with a political espionage thriller angle reminiscent of “Homeland” or the novels of John Le Carré. The series will also star “Game of Thrones” alum Emilia Clarke as Talos’ daughter Jiya and Oscar winner Olivia Colman as top MI6 agent Sonya Falsworth.
Martin Freeman, former CIA agent Everett K. Ross, who was last seen in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”, having fled the clutches of his former employers after siding with Wakanda over American interests.
Ali Selim directs and executive-produces the series with fellow executive producers Kevin Feige, Jonathan Schwartz, Luis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, Samuel L. Jackson, Ali Selim, Kyle Bradstreet, and Brian Tucker. Kyle Bradstreet is also head writer, and Jennifer L. Booth, Allana Williams, and Brent Englestein serve as co-executive producers.
‘Secret Invasion’ hits Disney+ on June 21.
