Marvel Used AI to Create ‘Secret Invasion’ Opening Credits, EP Says It Fits the ‘Shape-Shifting’ Plot

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses plot developments in Episode 2 of Marvel Studios’ “Secret Invasion,” currently streaming on Disney+. Samuel L. Jackson has played the super spy Nick Fury in 11 movies for Marvel Studios. Sometimes, he’s appeared in only a brief cameo; other times, he’s been the second or third lead in a movie with “Captain” in the title. In every appearance, Jackson exudes preternatural calm and cunning as one of the most formidable, non-superpowered humans in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But it wasn’t until the actor’s first foray as the lead in an MCU project — the Disney+ series “Secret Invasion” — that Marvel has really addressed the fact that Nick Fury is also a Black man who grew up in America.

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Episode 2 of Marvel’s Secret Invasion.

which premieres Wednesday.In ET's first look at the Marvel series' new episode, Skrull leader Gravik (Kingsley Ben-Adir) heads up a shady backroom meeting with a roundtable of world leaders. «I see you, all dressed up in the man's finery, drinking the man's wine, playing the man's game, using the man's fork and knife,» he observes cooly, hinting that the assembled leaders may also be Skrulls in disguise.«Better to behave as a human than as a dog,» one fires back.«I quite like dogs. In fact, I prefer 'em,» Gravik replies. «Dogs aren't hypocrites.

Game of Thrones actor Emilia Clarke has said she “almost ran over” her Secret Invasion co-star Samuel L. Jackson while filming the new Marvel show.The show – which premiered on Disney+ last week – sees Clarke play the character of G’iah while Jackson reprises his role as Nick Fury. Ben Mendelsohn also appears in the show, reprising his Captain Marvel role as the alien Talos.In a new interview with Yahoo Entertainment, Clarke recalled the on-set near-miss.She explained: “They put me in a Lada, which is like a very old Russian car…And I got in and I was like, ‘Hey, what’s with the six [shift knobs] up in here? Which one am I using? Why does it have 10 pedals?’“It’s [like] a tractor…I know how to drive.

While the discussion surrounding Marvel Studios’ “Secret Invasion” over the past week seems to have been mostly about the fact that generative A.I. was used to create the title sequence, there was something pretty impactful to the MCU in the episode.

Emilia Clarke is making her debut within the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the newly released Secret Invasion on Disney+, and she’s opening up about a near-miss that took place while filming the show.

Cobie Smulders is opening up about Maria Hill’s fate following the first episode of Marvel’s Secret Invasion.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot developments in the series premiere of Marvel Studios’ “Secret Invasion,” currently streaming on Disney+. Since her first appearance as Maria Hill in 2012’s “The Avengers,” Cobie Smulders has popped into the Marvel Cinematic Universe roughly half-dozen times, racing into danger and cheating death as the hyper-competent lieutenant to Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), most recently in 2019’s “Spider-Man: Far From Home.” So when Marvel started planning the Disney+ series “Secret Invasion” — about how the shape-shifting Skrulls from the 2019’s prequel film “Captain Marvel” have turned against Fury and started infiltrating all levels of human society — it made perfect sense for Maria to show up, too.

Marvel‘s Secret Invasion was made using artificial intelligence, the Disney+ show’s director and executive producer Ali Selim has confirmed.Speaking to Polygon, Selim explained how special effects company Method Studios created the sequence — which features shapeshifting faces and abstract imagery — with the help of AI.“When we reached out to the AI vendors, that was part of it — it just came right out of the shapeshifting, Skrull world identity, you know? Who did this? Who is this?” Selim said.Selim admitted that he wasn’t quite sure how the technology worked, but that he was amazed with what the AI studio could create.“We would talk to them about ideas and themes and words, and then the computer would go off and do something. And then we could change it a little bit by using words, and it would change,” he said.Following the release of the first episode, fans have taken to Twitter to express their disgust at Marvel for using AI instead of hiring artists to create the opening sequence.“It’s actually over,” tweeted director Brian Long in response to the AI intro.

Warning: This story contains spoilers about the plot of Secret Invasion season 1.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Samuel L. Jackson revealed in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly that his watermarked script for “The Avengers” was stolen from Marvel Studios’ production offices, leading the company to set up a fake buy after the stolen screenplay popped up online for sale. Marvel has since gone on to beef up its security protocols, even going as far as shooting down drones that fly over their production lots hoping to capture set photos and footage. “They shot one down,” Jackson said. “And they followed one back to where the dude was. They found him and, yeah, they got him.” “There are worse examples than that,” Jackson added. “I remember when we got ready to do ‘Avengers,’ someone printed out a copy of my ‘Avengers’ script that had my watermark on it, and put it online for sale. I was shooting in Canada and Marvel came to Canada. It had been printed in the production office… They found out who it was, dude quit, left the country. They set up a fake buy for the script, dude didn’t show up. It was crazy.”

The latest Marvel series is drawing some unexpected controversy.

Marvel’s Secret Invasion is already causing a commotion on social media, though not for reasons that the studio may have hoped.

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cat flerken, in retaliation).But, by the end of the film, Talos, Fury and Captain Marvel are all close allies, and determined to work together to find the Skrulls a new home.Of all the items on this list, “Captain Marvel” is arguably the most essential piece of pre-“Secret Invasion” viewing.We know, we know, it’s emotionally terrorizing to re-live the ending of “Avengers: Infinity War.” But, it’s a key component in the story of “Secret Invasion.”That’s because, in the post-credits scene, we get the first indication that Captain Marvel is on the way, when Fury uses a device to signal her — right as he turns to dust as part of Thanos’ snap. (That device, we learn a year later, is a pager modified by Captain Marvel herself, to be used only in an emergency).

This new Marvel villain is complicated.

Emilia Clarke’s imposter syndrome was running rife on the set of “Secret Invasion”.

Samuel L. Jackson is happy to be back.

Marvel’s “Secret Invasion” series opens up with a super intriguing line about trust. “Imagine a world where information can’t be trusted,” a disembodied gravely voice says while former CIA agent Everett K.

Expect to see a different side of Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury in Secret Invasion.