Watch: ‘Secret Invasion’s First 5 Minutes Set Up a Wild Conspiracy
Secret Invasion’s first five minutes set up a show full of conspiracies, chaos, and a significant case of imposter syndrome.
Nick Fury went on a vacation in space after the blip, asking Talos to take his place. It looks like he’s returned from his virtual beach vacation, but the fallout from the snap has changed the spymaster. The intelligence community he once relied on has been turned inside out by shapeshifters.
Thirty years ago, Fury recruited the Skrulls into his spy network and promised to find a home for them in return. The plan isn’t going well. Resistance is growing in the population. These revolutionaries no longer want to live in human disguises; they want to make the Earth a Skrull-controlled planet.
Fury’s world has been built on trust and relationships. That has been shattered.
Secret Invasion Sneak Peek
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The footage opens in present-day Moscow and follows Martin Freeman’s Agent Everett Ross, as he meets a contact in a secret safe room. Agent Prescod (Richard Dormer) has set up in an abandoned building; the walls are covered with notes, photos, and string. As he tells Ross about the plan he’s discovered, he comes off as an unhinged agent that’s spent too much time on assignment.
It’s not clear how he knows about the Skrulls’ presence on earth – which begs the question: is he an informed CIA agent or a Skrull in deep cover? If the latter, was this all a ruse to get the real Ross off the board? Or is Ross the Skrull, and that’s why Prescod attacks him?
Let the chaos begin.
Secret Invasion has the potential to be a great spy thriller with lots of twists and turns – a Captain America: Winter Soldier or a Loki. It could be a show that’s weekly release schedule makes you mad because of cliffhangers – in a good way. The source material has that built, and hopefully, Ali Selim and Kyle Bradstreet have taken full advantage.
I’m looking forward to giving it a shot, but Marvel isn’t the sell it used to be. Can Marvel break out of their post-Infinity Saga depression and make something exciting again? The studio has created some real middle-of-the-road projects in the last year. Guardians brought back some of the magic. Can Nick Fury do the same?
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Secret Invasion Cast & Details
The six episodes include new and familiar faces – Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Ben Mendelsohn as Talos. They’re joined by Cobie Smulders (as Maria Hill), Charlayne Woodard, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Martin Freeman (as Everett K. Ross), Killian Scott, Emilia Clarke (as G’iah), Olivia Colman (as Sonya Falsworth), and Don Cheadle (as James Rhodes).
“In Secret Invasion, set in the present-day MCU, Fury learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls. Fury joins his allies, including Everett Ross, Maria Hill, and the Skrull Talos, who has made a life for himself on Earth. Together they race against time to thwart an imminent Skrull invasion and save humanity.”
Secret Invasion debuts Disney+ on June 21st.
