Spoilers if you haven’t seen Marvel’s “Secret Invasion” series yet, because this new mid-season trailer pulls out a lot of the stops and reveals a lot of the spoilers the series has featured so far. So, spoilers, yes? You’ve been warned.
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OK, “Secret Invasion” has been a bit hit and miss so far, with critics on the fence at best (including our review), but the series has had at least two significant things happen in it so far, and both have been unveiled in this new mid-season trailer. One, Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders), Nick Fury’s (Samuel L. Jackson) longtime SHIELD partner, was shot and killed at the hands of the rebel Skrull alien Gravik (Kingsley Ben-Adir). Two, James “Rhodey” Rhodes (aka War Machine, played by Don Cheadle) was revealed to be a Skrull. How long has the Avenger/liaison to the current President been a Skrull? That we don’t know, but an Avenger IS a Skrull, which will undoubtedly have ramifications in the upcoming “Armor Wars” movie starring Cheadle, and it surely upends what we think we know about Rhodes and maybe even the Marvel Universe.
With two episodes of this espionage thriller left that has Nick Fury trusting no one as he rushes to avert chaos, Marvel has revealed this new trailer which teases a big finale (and maybe the fate of the real Rhodes and his whereabouts).
Here’s the official synopsis:
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.
Marvel Studios’ “Secret Invasion” stars Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Cobie Smulders, Martin Freeman, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Charlayne Woodard, Killian Scott, Samuel Adewunmi, Dermot Mulroney, Christopher McDonald, Katie Finneran, with Emilia Clarke and Olivia Colman, and Don Cheadle.
Ali Selim directs the series and executive produces along with fellow executive producers Kevin Feige, Jonathan Schwartz, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, Samuel L. Jackson, Ali Selim, Kyle Bradstreet, and Brian Tucker. Kyle Bradstreet is also the head writer, and Jennifer L. Booth, Allana Williams, and Brant Englestein serve as co-executive producers.
“Secret Invasion” and its penultimate episode airs this Wednesday, July 19, with the series finale premiering Wednesday, July 26. Watch the new trailer below.
