Following her special guest appearance on Secret Invasion, Cobie Smulders has confirmed she’ll return as Maria Hill in the animated Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur series on Disney XD.
Readers beware! The article below contains spoilers for episode 1 of Secret Invasion. Continue at your own risk!
Many fans may be disappointed to hear that Cobie Smulders will be returning as Maria Hill in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur given the character’s shocking death in the first episode of Secret Invasion. While Maria Hill may not be returning in the live-action MCU, Smulders admits that she’ll always be ready to answer the call:
“I mean, I do not make those decisions. I’m still working on [Disney Channel’s] ‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’ animated show — I literally recorded some episodes today,” Smulders tells Entertainment Weekly. “So I have no idea how or when she’s going to come back around to me, but I’m always welcoming the call.”
Maria Hill isn’t the first MCU actor to reappear in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. Laurence Fishburne also reappeared as his MCU character Bill Foster. While the show is by no means canon to the live-action Marvel films, it’s nice for fans to know their favorite characters can live on beyond their deaths, even if Cobie Smulders’ Secret Invasion appearance was far from suitable for children!
How Marvel is adapting Secret Invasion
Secret Invasion is based on the comic book storyline of the same name, which was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Leinil Francis Yu . The story revolves around a group of Skrulls, an alien race that has the ability to shape-shift and take on the appearance of anyone they want. The Skrulls have infiltrated Earth’s society and are secretly replacing key figures with their own kind in order to take over the planet.
The full Secret Invasion cast also includes Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill, Kingsley Ben-Adir as Gravik, Emilia Clarke as G’iah, Don Cheadle as James “Rhodey” Rhodes and Martin Freeman as Everett K. Ross. Olivia Colman, Dermot Mulroney, Killian Scott, Christopher McDonald, Carmen Ejogo and Charlayne Woodard are also on board in undisclosed roles.
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