Secret Invasion TV show is bringing back another familiar face

Secret Invasion Television set bear witness is bringing back another familiar confront

The official artwork for the Secret Invasion Disney Plus show

(Prototype credit: Curiosity Studios)

Secret Invasion, one of Marvel Studios' many upcoming Disney Plus Tv set shows, has reportedly added another familiar MCU face to its cast.

According to Borderline, Cobie Smulders' Maria Hill will reunite with Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury for the forthcoming series, which will be just i the many Curiosity Phase 4 slate of movies of Television shows.

If Deadline'southward report is confirmed to be true, it'll be Smulders' first advent in an MCU live-action movie or TV project since 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home. Smulders did, however, lend their voice to Hill before this twelvemonth for flavour 1 of Curiosity's What If...? blithe series.

Marvel Studios declined to comment on the speculation when quizzed by Deadline. But, given Fury and Hill's tight working relationship throughout the MCU since 2012's Avengers picture show, it's likely that the former SHIELD Deputy Director will characteristic in Clandestine Invasion in some capacity.

Smulders should join Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn – the latter reprising his role as the Skrulls' Earth-based leader Talos – in Secret Invasion, if she'south officially signed on. Other prominent cast members include Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones), Olivia Colman (Broadchurch, The Favorite), Kingsley Ben-Adir (One Night in Miami) and Killian Scott (Ripper Street).

Secret Invasion will follow Fury, Talos and company equally they discover that other shape-shifting Skrulls have been infiltrating Earth for years and, no dubiety, look to put a stop to a villainous plot centered around this revelation. Secret Invasion is expected to launch on Disney Plus quondam in 2022.

Analysis: volition Cobie Smulders be playing a Skrull?

Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill in Spider-Man: Far From Home — (Image credit: Curiosity Studios)

Spoilers follow for Spider-Man: Far From Home.

Clandestine Invasion may not be the nigh anticipated project on Marvel'south Phase four slate, simply information technology has the potential to be i of the studio'south nearly mind bending productions in some time.

Every bit shape-shifters, the Skrulls can mimic the appearance of any human being that they see on Earth – or throughout the universe, seeing as the MCU isn't solely attack our world anymore.

That presents an intriguing proposition for Secret Invasion's showrunners and bandage. If a Skrull can impersonate anyone, and then one, 2 or mayhap more than of the show's all-star cast could be a Skrull who is masquerading equally a human.

Maria Hill could be one of that number. Given that the Skrulls have been living on Earth for a while before the events of Secret Invasion, whatever MCU grapheme that we've met so far could, in fact, exist a Skrull themselves. And that extends to Smulders' Hill. Wouldn't information technology be a fun twist if Hill was really a Skrull, even though she'd been working alongside Fury the whole time?

That seems unlikely, though. After all, some other Skrull – Soren, Talos' wife – impersonated Hill during the events of Spider-Human being: Far From Home. It'southward unclear if a Skrull could impersonate a homo, who then has their 'homo form' copied by another Skrull. Nosotros're guessing that such a scenario isn't possible, still, which would mean that Loma has to be a homo in lodge for a Skrull to mimic her appearance.

Of course, nosotros could be completely incorrect. But, if we had to stick our neck out at the present moment, we'd say that Smulders won't exist playing a Skrull in Secret Invasion. She should just portray Loma and nobody else.

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