Secret Invasion: Cobie Smulders Joins Marvel Series as Maria Hill [Report]
Nick Fury’s trusted ally Maria Hill is stepping back into action.
Cobie Smulders will reprise her Marvel role as the tough-as-nails former Deputy Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. in the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion, according to our sister site Deadline. (A rep for Marvel has not yet responded to our request for comment.)
The crossover comic event series, which stars Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, will center on a “faction of shape-shifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years,” per the official synopsis.
In addition to Smulders and Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn will reprise his role as the Skrull general Talos, who appeared in both Captain Marvel and Spider-Man: Far From Home. Olivia Colman, Emilia Clarke, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Christopher McDonald and Killian Scott are also set to star.
Hill has been a key presence for the Avengers over the years. She was there with Nick Fury when he assembled the superhero squad in The Avengers; helped Captain America, Black Widow and the Falcon escape from HYDRA in Captain America: The Winter Soldier; advised the Avengers to hide out in Age of Ultron; was Blipped in Avengers: Infinity War; and was brought back and attended Tony Stark’s funeral in Avengers: Endgame. Following Tony’s funeral, Fury asked Talos and Soren to masquerade as them on Earth.
Secret Invasion is among several Marvel series headed to Disney+, which also includes Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight, She-Hulk, Ironheart, Armor Wars (starring Don Cheadle as War Machine), I Am Groot, the untitled Wakanda series and the Hawkeye spinoff Echo, centered on Maya Lopez (a deaf Native American martial artist who can perfectly replicate a person’s moves) which was recently ordered to series.
In the immortal words of Robin Sherbatsky: “But, um…”
Seriously though, this is excellent news!
i think she might have appered on one or two episodes of s.h.i.el.d when they had movie crossovers as i believe she was in at least one season one episode i think close to the big reveal that happened in winter soldier
Yes, she was on Agents of SHIELD multiple times.
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– The Dirty Half Dozen (2015)
– Nothing Personal (2014)
– Pilot (2013)
Are we sure that Talos & Soren took over after Tony’s Funeral? There’s a theory going around that it’s been much longer. For those that are curious, since Winter Soldier. Think about it, he was in the hospital bed enumerating his injuries after the Winter Soldier “assassinated” him, but seemingly within a couple of days, he was up & walking around and allowed Natasha access to the classified files. Remember, Talos said that the Skrulls mimic down to the DNA, so they would be good with a retinal scan.
Thoughts?
Rumour is at least since Age of Ultron, because Fury says in Captain Marvel that he can’t eat toast cut in triangles, but is seen doing this in Barton’s house.
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Always good to see Cobie Smulders in anything though, Stumptown was (IMO) showing great promise before it was struck down.
YESSSSSSSSSS I still want Stumptown back but YESSSSSSSSSS
Stumptown :(
Stumptown should never, ever have been un-renewed, they should have just waited until they could film again, was a brilliant first season :(
Yes! Maria Hill is Nick Fury’s right-hand man, so, of course, she should be in Secret Invasion. Also, I’m still salty about Stumptown, too. It was awesome and should’ve never been un-renewed.
I just want Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to make the move to Disney+! I hope the Netflix contract isn’t too long.
Wouldn’t surprise me if it never hits Disney+ but ends up on Hulu when the streaming rights expire. Marvel Studios have already retconned a few little details from it in some of their productions (E.g. the design of the Darkhold)
I’d rather see Stumptown renewed.