Marvel may have revealed Secret Invasion’s Disney Plus release date – and it won’t be a long wait

Not so secret after all, eh Marvel?

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Marvelhas seemingly leaked the release date forSecret Invasionon Disney Plus.

The studio, which has suffered from its fair share of bad press in recent days, appears to have accidentally confirmedSecret Invasion’s launch date. As revealed onReddit– and later confirmed by many news outlets – theMarvelTV series is apparently due to arrive on June 21, 2023.

Initially,Secret Invasionwas expected to be released onDisney Plusin Q1 2023. However, in light of some release schedule tweaking on Marvel’s part, the spy thriller show’s launch was given a more generic ‘coming soon’ placeholder on the officialDisney Plus Originalswebsite. That was the case until yesterday (March 27), anyway. Overnight, the series' Disney Plus landing page was updated with its new release date.

Realizing their error, Marvel and Disney have now removed the launch date and any mention ofSecret Invasionfrom DisneyPlus.com and its corresponding app. Now, searching for theMarvel Phase 5show on Disney Plus delivers an error code 41 message, which reads: “The requested media is not available. Please try again. If you continue to have problems, please contact Disney+ Subscription Support.”

Unfortunately for the two studios, multiple users managed to grab a screenshot of the updated landing page before posting it online as proof (see the image above). Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) fans are now expecting an official announcement aboutSecret Invasionshortly, potentially alongside a new trailer.

We’ve reached out to Disney and Marvel for an official comment on the series' apparent launch date. We’ll update this article if we hear back.

Secret Invasionstars Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury and Ben Mendolsohn as Talos. The series, which willmake Disney Plus history by becoming the first crossover event in the MCU, will follow the pair as they try to uncover a mass conspiracy that’s seen many of Talos' fellow shapeshifting skrulls infiltrate Earth and live among humanity for decades. Olivia Colman, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Emilia Clarke, Martin Freeman, and Don Cheadle will all play supporting roles.

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Analysis: The secret is out – or is it?

After months of silence, it seems thatSecret Invasion’s release date isn’t so secret after all. Or maybe it is…

On the surface, it appears that the show will land on Disney Plus in June. After all, it would be a huge faux pas on Marvel and Disney’s part ifSecret Invasion’s June 21 launch date was nothing more than a placeholder. In our view, the MCU’s fanbase would not be best pleased, especially as we’ve had to wait a long time forSecret Invasionto arrive.

There’s reason to believe that a June 2023 launch could be in the offing, too. Marvel might have ahem secretly altered its 2023 release schedule plans in recent weeks, with numerous reports suggesting we’ll only receive three movies, plus two or three Disney Plus shows, this year as the studio looks to space out its stacked lineup of Phase 5 projects.

Currently,Guardians of the Galaxy 3andThe Marvelsare the only Phase 5 productions with confirmed launch dates. UnlessThe Marvels' release date is pushed back again following its recent delay to November, the two movies' launch dates are definitely locked in.

However, Marvel’s 2023 lineup of TV shows, including Secret Invasion andLokiseason 2, still don’t have official release dates. With a six-month gap needing to be filled in Marvel’s and Disney Plus' calendars, it would make sense for Marvel and Disney to release one or both of the aforementioned series to keep MCU fans entertained betweenGuardians 3andThe Marvels. If they choose not to, it could be a very long and barren summer (or winter, for those of you in the southern hemisphere) for Marvel’s worldwide fanbase.

For more MCU-based content, find outhow to watch the Marvel movies in order. Additionally, read ourbest Marvel movies rankedpiece, and see which MCU TV shows made it onto ourbest Disney Plus showslist.

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