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When trying to understand why a studio would tell the director not to read the source material they are adapting, it brings up more questions than answers. Why would you not want to adhere to a storyline that already has a built-in fanbase? Even if you are deviating, wouldn’t you want to include elements of the storyline so it doesn’t feel like a borrowed title intended for a bait-and-switch? Luckily for us, Ali Selim cleared the air on the purpose of “Secret Invasion” in the MCU.
“This show comes out of energy created by Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn,” Selim explained. “And Marvel said, ‘We have to keep going with that energy.’ So it really started as more of a buddy cop movie put back together, and then telling a story that presumably and undeniably expands on what’s in the comic books, but the comic books are not a foundation for this.” At the end of the day, it seemed to come down to using elements of the comic book storyline but focusing more on what the MCU has already built with the characters and fitting within the wider universe.
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Selim went on to say that his purpose for reading the storyline, even after being told not to, was simply his desire to stay informed and then understand why the studio didn’t want him to read it. Hopefully, after seeing the series in completion, fans will understand the purpose of the deviations as well.
