Where Does Secret Invasion Fit In The MCU? The brilliant minds behind the series let fans know where Secret Invasion fits into phase 5, and the MCU.
Marvel’s Secret Invasion series is loosely based off of the Marvel Comics run by the same name. In both versions of the stories, shapeshifting Skrull aliens have been hiding among us. Since they can take the form of anyone on Earth, it is nearly impossible to know they are not who they say they are.
Marvel Cinematic Universe fans were first introduced to Skrulls in Captain Marvel. We knew that they were coming to Earth while they waited for Nick Fury and Carol Danvers to find them a new home, but now it has been thirty years and they have yet to deliver on this promise. So where does the Secret Invasion series fit into the MCU and phase 5? Marvel President Kevin Feige, Producer Jonathan Schwartz, and Director Ali Selim answer in this interview.
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Where Does Secret Invasion Fit In The MCU?
Jonathan Schwartz explains that Secret Invasion is set in what they are calling the present day MCU. Which means it is post-She-Hulk and post-blip. As for the idea of this story coming to the screen, he says it started back in Captain Marvel. “It was the idea that there was more to do with this relationship and with these two characters, with Nick and with Talos. Then the Disney+ door opened up and we got the opportunity to play more in genres and expand the sandbox of what we can do.”
Schwartz claims that is what made Secret Invasion by itself a story that A, had great source material behind it and was a comic event that a lot of people knew and responded to, and B, was a very cool genre, specifically for these two characters. That is what brought the show to life.
Kevin Feige adds in that Jonathan came to his office a number of years ago to brainstorm about the shows they could bring to the new streaming service. “He came in with this idea of translating the great Secret Invasion storyline from the comics in a darker, grittier spy show, which we hadn’t done. We love to do different genres for everything, and this was an attempt to really dive back into things we touched upon in The Winter Soldier, Captain America 2, but hadn’t in a while, and really delving into the tone of a spy show.”
As for where it fits in phase 5, and where things will go from here, Feige says “There are story points that people will see over the course of the series, obviously.” He sure is great at giving vague answers when he needs to.
Ali Selim explains Secret Invasion as the Nick Fury story in a human show. “He does have his own version of superpowers, but they’re not like superhero superpowers. It’s a story about him putting his feet back on the ground once again after some time.” This story comes from the heart, is human-scaled, and reaches a universal appeal.
Selim claims it has an espionage, political-thriller element to it at first, but then shifts. “Without spoilers, there is a point in the story where Nick Fury realizes this is his own battle, and he becomes a classic American western hero. The tone shifted in the later episodes to Nick Fury as John Wayne.”
See for yourself who you can trust, when Secret Invasion premieres on Disney+ June 21st.
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About Secret Invasion
In Marvel Studios’ new series “Secret Invasion,” set in the present day MCU, Nick 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 starts streaming on Disney+ June 21st.
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