‘Secret Invasion’ Star Ben Mendelsohn Says the Upcoming Series Is for Adults

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Considering how many MCU shows had aired on Disney+ since January 2021, when WandaVision premiered, and knowing how many of them Marvel Studios is currently developing, it’s really interesting how it’s been seven months since the latest Disney+ MCU series. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law concluded last October, and there was no other MCU series on the platform if we exclude TV specials Werewolf by Night and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.

There have been some reports that claim Marvel Studios is reconsidering their release schedule due to the growing superhero fatigue some fans have started to feel. Still, Marvel Studios never provided an official statement on that matter. Secret Invasion was initially announced to premiere in “early 2023”, and the official premiere date was later set to June 21, 2023, which backs those reports in some way.

We’re halfway through this year, and it feels actually weird that we only got two MCU projects so far; Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, the first movie of Phase 5, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, James Gunn’s last Marvel movie which concluded the trilogy. The next big-screen MCU event will be The Marvels, which is set to be released in November. Still, until then, the fans will get Secret Invasion, an upcoming six-episode TV series based on the homonymous comic book storyline from 2008.

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Ben Mendelsohn star says the upcoming series is for adults!

Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn first joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2019’s Captain Marvel. He played Talos, a Skrull General who was presented as the movie’s main villain before it was revealed that he collaborated with Mar-Vell to save the Skrull refugees from the Kree Empire. Talos eventually joined forces with Carol Danvers, Nick Fury, and Maria Rambeau to save Talos’ family and other Skrulls from the Kree soldiers led by Yon-Rogg.

Mendelsohn briefly reprised the role in the post-credit scene of Spider-Man: Far From Home, which directly teased the upcoming Secret Invasion series in which he’ll return with Talos alongside Samuel L. Jackson, who reprises the role of Nick Fury. While talking with USA Today, Mendelsohn said the Secret Invasion series is something adult viewers will appreciate.

“This is one the grownups can dig. It’s mental. I hope it ends up being one of the coolest things that they’ve done. […] The relationship between Talos and Fury is sort of tighter than it’s ever been and really not good. I don’t know if (Talos) is like Abbott to his Costello (but) it’s something that the audience will enjoy without losing how bad the situation gets.”

Ben Mendelsohn for USA Today

The Secret Invasion series will also see the return of Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill, Don Cheadle as James Rhodes, and Martin Freeman as Everett K. Ross. MCU newcomers in this series are Olivia Colman as Sonya Falsworth, Emilia Clarke as Talos’ daughter G’iah, and Kingsley Ben-Adir as Gravik, the series’ main villain.

Created by Kyle Bradstreet, the Secret Invasion series will premiere on June 21, 2023, exclusively on Disney+.

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Lukas Abramovich is a freelance writer and photo and video editor based in Croatia. He's also a web designer and holds a Master’s degree in general Computer Science from the Faculty of Informatics based in Pula, Croatia. Since 2018, Lukas has worked on several portals writing about movies, TV shows, and video games. He's currently writing articles for two of them: Fiction Horizon and Comic Basics. He also has a YouTube channel in his native language, and the content there is mostly reviewing popular movies and TV shows. Lukas also has an Instagram page where he once used to post fan-made posters he made, which is something he would like to continue working on, as photo and video editing are also some of his passions. Lukas is a big movie lover who is okay with watching any kind of movie. His favorite movie is Michael Curtiz's Casablanca, but he's a loyal follower of Marvel and DC movies, as well as several other blockbuster franchises he's been following for years; Star Wars, Fast & Furious, Mission: Impossible, and James Cameron's Avatar are only some of them. His favorite director is Christopher Nolan, with Quentin Tarantino and Denis Villeneuve as honorable mentions. Lukas is also a big fan of four fantasy multimedia franchises; The Wizarding World, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Witcher, and The Lord of the Rings. He calls them "the four rulers of the fantasy genre." He loves to write about anything spawned from those franchises (books, games, movies...), as well as anything branded with the Marvel or DC logo. Video games and their adaptations are also something he follows faithfully since he's a big fan of story-driven single-player games like Assassin's Creed, The Last of Us, Uncharted, etc. His favorite video game ever is Red Dead Redemption 2.

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