In Secret Invasion, Nick Fury is in the midst of trying to repel a Skrull invasion of Earth. While it's perhaps his greatest battle to date, we already know the former S.H.I.E.L.D. Director survives as he was front and centre in The Marvels trailer.
While that makes the Disney+ series feel a tad anti-climatic, more Fury is no bad thing and Samuel L. Jackson recently teased his next adventure in an interview with Sway's Universe.
"After 'Secret Invasion,' I’m moving on to 'The Marvels,' where you got like three different people who are Captain Marvel," the actor teased. "You got Brie [Larson], you got a black Captain Marvel, and you got a Muslim Captain Marvel. So, they’re working on the universe in a way that’s inclusive."
It's unclear whether this means Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau will soon share the "Captain Marvel" mantle, but there's precedent in the comic books for that with the latter hero at least.
However, we'd guess this will be a more symbolic change than anything else, particularly as Kamala and Monica are still being referred to as "Ms. Marvel" and "Photon" on merchandise for the Captain Marvel sequel.
In the same interview, Jackson would go on to praise an increased level of diversity in superhero movies and Hollywood in general.
"I think the significance of characters that have been in those things that people care about in a specific kind of way speaks to why the 'Spider-Man: [Across the Spider-Verse]' movie is making so much money right now. Why not, you know? It should. And Miles Morales is somebody that’s different from Peter Parker, because it can be and it should be."
"You hear people fussing about, ‘Oh, Black [Little] Mermaid.’ Mermaids aren’t real. They can be black, they can be green, they can get orange. They’re not real things."
"But representing it and giving people a fantasy life or something that takes them away from the reality of the crap that we have to deal with day in, day out of, you know, mass shootings, robberies, homelessness, all these other things, we still need an outlet."
Earlier this month, Jackson also spoke out in defence of Captain Marvel actress Brie Larson from online trolls. You can read those comments here.
The Marvels is set to be released in theaters on November 10.