Marvel Studios will be producing several new shows headed to Disney+ including “Secret Invasion” as well as “Armor Wars” and “Ironheart”…
There have already been a number of Marvel Studios TV series announced for Disney+ including “WandaVision,” “Loki,” “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” “She-Hulk,” “Moon Knight. Now there are even more series coming from Marvel to the streaming service in the near future.
As rumored for several months, Samuel L. Jackson will return as Nick Fury but it won’t be a stand alone season focused solely on the former head of S.H.I.E.L.D. Instead, Jackson will star in “Secret Invasion” alongside Ben Mendelsohn, who returns as the Skrull named Talos, who we first met in “Captain Marvel.”
@SamuelLJackson is back as Nick Fury and Ben Mendelsohn from Captain Marvel returns as the Skrull Talos in @MarvelStudios' Original Series Secret Invasion. Coming to @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/f4zKSBL4gd
— Disney (@Disney) December 11, 2020
Comic book fans will recognize that name after “Secret Invasion’ served as a major Marvel crossover event throughout 2008. In that story it’s revealed that the shape-shifting Skrulls have invaded Earth for years and taken the place of several prominent heroes. Throughout the story many of the best known superheroes in Marvel are revealed to actually be Skrulls, who have been posing in their place for years.
Of course it’s unknown just how closely the “Secret Invasion” series will mimic the events from the comic books.
Also announced on Thursday was a new series called “Armor Wars” that will see Don Cheadle reprise his role as James “Rhody” Rhodes aka War Machine. “Armor Wars” is “a classic Marvel story about Tony Stark’s worst fear coming true: what happens when his tech falls into the wrong hands?”
@DonCheadle returns as James Rhodes aka War Machine in Armor Wars, an Original Series coming to @DisneyPlus. A classic Marvel story about Tony Stark’s worst fear coming true: what happens when his tech falls into the wrong hands? pic.twitter.com/kLfiQB90FS
— Disney (@Disney) December 11, 2020
“Ironheart’ was another new series confirmed this week with Dominique Thorne set to star in the lead role as “genius inventor Riri Williams in Ironheart, an Original Series about the creator of the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man.”
In the comics, 15-year-old Riri Williams teams up with Tony Stark after he realizes her brilliance as she designs her own super-suit that allows her to become a hero known as Ironheart.
There will also be a “Guardians of the Galaxy” holiday special coming in 2022 as well as new animated shorts that will feature everybody’s favorite tree in “I Am Groot.”
Everyone’s favorite little tree, Baby Groot, will star in a series of shorts on @DisneyPlus featuring several new and unusual characters.
I Am Groot, an Original Series from @MarvelStudios, is coming to #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/6IiRzpIrYF
— Disney (@Disney) December 11, 2020
All of these series will air exclusively on Disney+.
