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Samuel L. Jackson is set to return as Nick Fury to the Marvel franchise soon. However, in an amazing turn of events, it was recently revealed that that is not the only role he is going to play moving forward in his Marvel career. Joining the exclusive Marvel actors of all but five people including him, he is set to become an executive producer next.
In the much-awaited and the first crossover event project of Marvel on Disney+,Secret Invasion, he is credited as the executive producer. Although fans were aware that Jackson is going to play a lead role as Nick Fury in the upcoming series, the recently uploaded listings provided him with a much greater role than initially thought. As even Robert Downey Jr has not been able to be a part of this exclusive club, fans are going gaga over this.
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Samuel L. Jackson joins the exclusive Marvel cast club
Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury has had a very mysterious life in the MCU. However, after confirmation of his return in the upcoming seriesSecret Invasion, there seems to be another role he will be taking up next. Joining the extremely exclusive group of actors who worked as executive producers in their own headlining projects,Samuel L. Jacksonis finally taking up what he terms as the“biggest workload I’ve ever had,”since his debut in Marvel back in 2008 withIron Man.
Before him, only Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth inThor: Love and Thunder, Tom Hiddleston inLoki, and Isaac Oscar inMoon Knighthad the fortune to do that with Johansson being the first one for her 2021Black Widow. Jackson mentioned how even with such a huge workload, he“couldn’t wait to get set and work.”As evenRobert Downey Jr, the highest-paid actor in Marvel hadn’t had the fortune, it is safe to say, this is a historical moment in both his and Marvel’s careers.
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Samuel L. Jackson returns as Nick Fury inSecret Invasion
Extremely hyped as Marvel’s first crossover event series on Disney+, fans are eagerly waiting for its arrival. Especially with a lot of mystery still surrounding the show’s plotline, people are waiting to see just what is being prepared for them. With big names likeEmilia Clarkejoining in, details about whose character Abigail Brand, is still tightly under wraps, it seems like their impatience is growing ten-fold. But there was a report she would be playing G’iah, Talos’ daughter.
However, with details about its June release becoming public and Samuel L. Jackson being credited as the executive producer, it seems to confirm that Nick Fury is going to play a major role. Fans of the mysterious mastermind are just about reaching cloud nine as this might suggest a lot more future projects with Jackson returning to reprise his role.
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The series might also shed light on a lot of questions regarding Nick Fury, whom even Tony Stark terms the,“man whose secrets have secrets.”With the release date now public it will be interesting to see Samuel L. Jackson’s work as not only Nick Fury again but also his first Marvel work as the executive producer.
Secret Invasionis set to arrive on June 21st on Disney+.
Source:The Direct
Anushree Banerjee
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Anushree Banerjee is an Anime Writer at FandomWire with over 550 published articles. She has a post-grad in English and years of experience working with some of the biggest companies on the pop culture, and anime scene, such as, Sportskeeda, Pinkvilla, and MovieWeb. Staying on top of everything anime consumes her days, while bingeing on everything horror, and thriller keeps her up at night. Be it superhero flicks from Marvel and DC, or Shonen, and Seinen, like Bleach, The Apothecary Diaries, and Attack on Titan, she can probably state facts about them faster than she can recite her home address.
