If you cast your mind back to August of last year, you may recall Samuel L. Jackson stating that Nick Fury would be absent from the cast of Avengers: Infinity War and its as-yet-untitled sequel. Well, it seems that is no longer the case, as Just Jared has posted some set photos from Atlanta showing Jackson and Cobie Smulders shooting scenes as Nick Fury and Maria Hill. Check them out via the Twitter link below…
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Samuel L. Jackson and Cobie Smulders team up again for an upcoming Marvel project – see pics from the set! https://t.co/JTp7QkPRXi
— JustJared.com (@JustJared) January 21, 2018
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Now, the set photos are said to be from an “upcoming Marvel project”, but the possibilities are limited. Despite the fact that Jackson is without Fury’s trademark eye patch – as he will be in Captain Marvel – production is yet to get underway on that movie, and given that its set in the mid-90s, Maria Hill is probably still at school at that point. Ant-Man and the Wasp is another possibility, but Infinity War or Avengers 4 certainly seem the most likely. After all, if Earth is coming under attack from Thanos and the Black Order, there’s no way Fury isn’t going to be involved somehow, right?
UPDATE: Posts on Twitter seem to suggest that the images could be from Captain Marvel, but again it doesn’t really make much sense as to why Maria Hill would be there. Present day post-credits scene for Avengers would make much more sense…
https://twitter.com/jorypa85/status/955257710433505280
https://twitter.com/jorypa85/status/955275210693009408
An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Infinity War” brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time. The Avengers and their Super Hero allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
Avengers: Infinity War opens on April 27th 2018 in the UK and May 4th 2018 in the US and will feature an all-star cast including Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Paul Bettany (Vision), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Josh Brolin (Thanos), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Benedict Wong (Wong), Chris Pratt (Star-Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Dave Bautista (Drax), Bradley Cooper (Rocket), Sean Gunn (Rocket, Kraglin), Vin Diesel (Groot), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Pom Klementieff (Mantis), Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), Benicio Del Toro (The Collector), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Winston Duke (M’Baku) and Peter Dinklage and Terry Notary in as-yet-unrevealed roles.
Originally published January 22, 2018. Updated April 16, 2018.
