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Marvel Studios has released a new gallery of stills from Secret Invasion, and we finally know who a couple of key actors in the Disney+ TV series are playing. Find more details on that after the jump.
Inhumans and
The Defenders,
S.H.I.E.L.D.’s less-than-stellar debut led to a quick disownment from its MCU parents. The intricately planned ties between the TV and film universes where quickly cut (you remember #Itsallconnected?) and
S.H.I.E.L.D. was set adrift, floating alone in the vast sea of cult sci-fi tradition.
And yet, it rocked. As soon as AoS shed its responsibility of carrying a universe on its shoulders that it wasn’t allowed to actually be a part of, it flourished creatively. If showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancheroen had to be constantly avoiding the MCU’s toes, we almost certainly never would’ve gotten The Framework arc in season 4, or the campy masterpiece that was season 7’s time travel theme, or entire episodes devoted to elaborate mind palace reunions and alien drug trips on shady casino planets. Its ability to constantly come up from behind undoubtedly made
Plus, Bucky will never not have to do work, she says.
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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier ran its last episode last week, but some questions about its finale and themes still linger: from production realities of a series made during the pandemic to whether or not John Walker (Wyatt Russell) is a hero.
Series director Kari Skogland took a few minutes this week to talk with Rotten Tomatoes about the show and some of its facets, including the thinking behind Sam’s gesture for Isaiah Bradley (Carl Lumbly) and the visual tricks used to make Walker’s disposition more ambiguous. She also addressed a rumor about a deleted storyline and outlined some of the ways the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on completing the show.