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Secret Invasiondirector Ali Selim announced his intention to go into hiding due to expected death threats from Marvel Cinematic Universe fans. This flight comes on the heels of the show’s rapid-fire revelations, reveals, and conclusion.
Based on the 2008 Marvel Comics storyline that it gets its name from,Secret Invasionis TV miniseries made for Marvel Studios' Disney Plus catalog. It follows the exploits of former SHIELD director Nick Fury as he teams up with the Skrull Talos to foil invasion plans by a group of shape-shifting Skrulls, laying bare the true extent of their infiltration into human society and the superhuman community that defends it. The project looked promising before it premiered, with several establishedMCU characters returning inSecret Invasionepisode 1.
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Despite garnering interest, the show still mainly garnered mixed reviews, with many pointing out thatMarvel’s bad pacing had failedSecret Invasion. Despite the issues, the miniseries still managed to make a big splash, with multiple surprises and twists with massive ramifications not just for the future of the MCU but also for beloved events and characters in the franchise’s past. This amount of boat shaking seems to have gotten one of the big players involved with the project nervous. Speaking toThe Hollywood Reporter, Selim joked, “I’m worried that I will get death threats because of that, and also because I’m the guy who took out Maria Hill. So I’m actually going into hiding now.”
The statement was in response to a question about the reveal that the character Rhodey, best known for being a close associate with Tony Stark and piloting the War Machine suit, had secretly been a Skrull in disguise, with the real Rhodey held captive somewhere. Salim had previously weighed in onwhen exactly War Machine was replaced. The most educated guesses place the real Rhodey in the unfortunate position of missing the death and burial of his best friend, Tony Stark.
This inadvertent retcon upset fans, many of whom consider Tony Stark and his death of the highest importance in the canon. After revealing that Don Cheadle, whoseArmor Warsseries is now being developed as an MCU movie, had never asked him which point in the timeline he’d been replaced, Selim admitted it’s still open to interpretation.
Secret Invasionis now available for streaming on Disney Plus.
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