Summary

  • A new report reveals the issues behind the disappointment of Secret Invasion, the first Marvel series with Nick Fury, highlighting backstage conflicts and a writer being fired.
  • Secret Invasion faced problems during preproduction, with tensions between the team leading to a fallout, prompting Marvel to bring in a new creative committee member to salvage the show.
  • Despite high expectations, Secret Invasion fell short due to behind-the-scenes difficulties, ultimately resulting in changes to the writing team and the need for outside help to steer the series.

A new report explains what went wrong with Secret Invasion's all-star cast, the MCU series was not as good as Marvel fans hoped it would be. The reason for Secret Invasion falling short of expectations has now been revealed.

A new report from Secret Invasion's story. However, in Summer 2022, "weeks of people not getting along" during Secret Invasion's preproduction led to a fallout, with Marvel sending Jonathan Schwartz, a member of its creative committee — dubbed The Parliament — to steer the show.

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How The Behind-The-Scenes Drama Impacted Secret Invasion

Nick Fury at the end of Secret Invasion

Adding to the Marvel Studios series' woes, by September 2022, many of Secret Invasion's team had been replaced "with new line producers, unit production managers and assistant directors" in their place. Bezucha, who was initially set to direct three episodes of Secret Invasion, left the series due to scheduling conflicts and Chris Gary, the Marvel Studios executive in charge of the show, was reassigned, with THR reporting that he should leave Marvel when his contract is up at the end of the year.

Secret Invasion's behind-the-scenes issues could be felt in the Disney+ series. The show felt rushed, with pacing problems leading to the conflict between Nick Fury and the Skrull leader, Gravik, coming to a subpar conclusion. Several decisions, such as killing Cobie Smulders' Maria Hill in Secret Invasion's first episode, felt like an afterthought, with that specific moment feeling more like a decision looking for shock value than to present an interesting narrative, as the show's tease of an exploration of Hill and Fury's estranged relationship was more compelling than what the series did.

Marvel Studios' drastic measures on its TV side, such as in Secret Invasion, can help future MCU series not to repeat the mistakes made by past shows. The MCU series need to stop feeling like stretched out movies, and it seems like Marvel is taking the right lessons from its recent growing pains on Disney+. According to the report, Marvel Studios "is making concrete changes in how it makes TV," with the studio aiming to hire showrunners, not leaving directors in charge of Marvel series, and dedicated TV executives to make the most of the medium. This way, Secret Invasion's issues shouldn't be repeated in the future.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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