WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD FOR MARVEL’S SECRET INVASION EPISODE 1.

The newest MCU Disney+ present focuses on Samuel L Jackson’s Nick Fury, who has been within the franchise for the reason that finish of Iron Man again in 2008.

A form of Captain Marvel 1.5, Secret Invasion follows the previous S.H.I.E.L.D. director in uncovering a renegade Skrull conspiracy to take over the world.

Fans will keep in mind the aliens because the shapeshifters who can take the type of people.

Now the primary episode has aired and it ended with a large dying of a long-time MCU character.

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During the Moscow bombing, Cobie Smulders’ Maria Hill was killed. The former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and sidekick to Fury first appeared in 2012’s The Avengers earlier than returning in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron and briefly in Infinity War and Endgame earlier than her Skrull featured in Spider-Man: Far From Home. 

She’s definitely been an MCU stalwart for over a decade however we don’t for a minute assume she’s truly lifeless. Here’s why. Firstly, and most clearly, that might have been a Skrull that died as an alternative of Hill. Yet regardless of the case, there’s proof that Smulders performs the characters within the subsequent massive MCU film, The Marvels.

Secret Invasion feeds into Captain Marvel 2 and stars Jackson’s Fury once more, however there’s no signal of Hill within the first trailer. Nevertheless, in the event you Google “cast of the marvels” Smulders is included. She’s additionally listed on the Wikipedia web page and Maria Hill’s MCU Wiki web page as being within the upcoming film.

The reference for the latter is the IMDb web page and reads: “Marie Fink is listed as her stunt double on IMDb”, however apparently is not on The Marvels solid web page neither is Smulders. Interesting…

Secret Invasion is streaming on Disney+ and The Marvels hits cinemas on November 10, 2023.