Sometimes the changes work, and sometimes they dont. Though if its someone who likes to annoy him, it also allows Fury to confirm their identity. and founder of the Avengers. In the years since, Fury has returned for multiple MCU movies, including films in the Captain America, Iron Man, and Avengers franchises. Fury spoke to Stark in private and tried to get his mind back on track after Wanda Maximoff had used her powers to make Stark see visions of a terrible future in which the Avengers had been killed. You might not be glad that you did.Nick Fury to Loki. ""Because you were the best, and the most ruthless person I ever met. to arm themselves against potential threats, even if it involves creating weapons of mass destruction. Fury's main goal was world safety against alien and human threats, going so far as to create a team of people with extraordinary abilities called the Avengers and secretly planned to use the Tesseract for weapons as a secondary security option. This time we werent overly concerned that Furys death would be permanent, as most of us assumed The Avengers would find a way to reverse the snap. [42], Nick Fury was there the entire time. He soon discovers that the project is suspicious, and requests that it be delayed. After Pym is defeated, Loki quickly subjugates the planet and becomes its ruler, prompting Fury to summon Danvers and awaken Rogers. [2], We have no idea what other intergalactic threats are out there. On his way to Europe, Fury received a weak distress call which led him to Jemma Simmons and Leo Fitz, who were stranded in the ocean. He, Hill, and other former agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and James Rhodes use the original helicarrier to help the Avengers in Sokovia during the final battle against Ultron. 's computers, having been given permission by the World Security Council. Jackson was then offered the role, initially signing a nine-film contract with Marvel to portray Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We learned that not only are we not alone, but we are hopelessly, hilariously outgunned. Fury and his organization, S.H.I.E.L.D., share a cynical outlook. ""Power, Doctor. [17], As a part of the Avengers Initiative, Fury attempted to locate Captain America, whose body was lost following the end of World War II, although the WSC were highly critical of his attempts. However, while Iron Man had been approved by Romanoff to join the Avengers, Stark had proven himself unsuitable for the Avengers due to all of his recent actions and was rejected, with Fury instead considering recruiting James Rhodes to the position, as Fury instead offered to recruit Stark's services only as a consultant. As Garrett continued to monologue about his plans, Fury was able to correct him when he misquoted one of Fury's speeches, making it clear that his mindset was all wrong. . Angered by this, Fury then went to Tony Stark and Bruce Banner as he questioned what they were doing and why they were not trying to locate the Tesseract, only for Banner to explain how they had been doing that and figured out a system as they waited for the alert. Fury and Tony Stark returned to Stark's home, where they discussed the history of the Arc Reactor, as Fury then claimed it was based on unfinished technology while Stark argued that it was finished but only really worked when he and Ho Yinsen had miniaturized it and put it in his chest. However, deciding to take a vacation in space on Talos' flagship, Fury tasked Talos and Soren to impersonate himself and Maria Hill respectively on Earth and to deliver the glasses to Spider-Man on his behalf. ""My people want nothing but peace with your planet. You just don't want to cross him". Fury asked if Falcon would like to join him there, but Wilson refused, stating that he was a soldier, not a spy. James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.Originally introduced as a sidekick to Captain America, the character was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby and first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (cover-dated March 1941) (which was published by Marvel's predecessor, Timely Comics).Barnes' original costume (or one based on it . So, Bucky was about 28 back in 1945 when he was turned into the Winter Soldier, and he also kept aging during all of the time he was out of cryo for missions. Fury called Tony Stark to warn him of the impending nuke, Stark was able to intercept the missile and fly it towards the Wormhole. In a generally positive review of The Avengers, Associated Press reviewer Christy Lemire wrote that "[t]he no-nonsense Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), the head of S.H.I.E.L.D.which had been entrusted with the safety of [the Tesseract]springs into action to reacquire it by assembling a dream team of superheroes and other sundry bad-asses with specialized skills. [6], How desperate am I? Despite the threat, however, Loki appeared to remain confident and mocked the Avengers throughout the interrogation, questioning how desperate Fury must be to bring together such a poor team together in order to stop him. Samuel L. Jackson says 'Maybe I won't be Nick Fury', "MCU: The Actors Who Almost Played Nick Fury Before Samuel L. Jackson", "Marvel to Make Movies Based on Comic Books", "Samuel L. Jackson Says His Marvel Contract is Almost Up", "120 Movies, $13 Billion in Box Office: How Samuel L. Jackson Became Hollywood's Most Bankable Star", "Samuel L. Jackson script for Avengers movie 'stolen, "Marvel Moolah: Robert Downey Jr. 'Avengers' Pay Set to Hit $50 Million", "Samuel L. Jackson Would Like to Guest on S.H.I.E.L.D. Thor, however, claimed that Fury's use of the Tesseract had brought Loki there, claiming that it was a signal that the Earth was ready for a higher form of war. Once he returned to his post on the bridge to take command of the situation, Fury ordered that the Helicarrier be positioned over water to ensure that if they fell out of the sky, they would not kill thousands of innocent lives below them, becoming annoyed as he had to give directions to the navigator about how to figure out where to turn to get over water. Desperate for a solution to the problem of Loki's possession of the Tesseract, Fury informed the World Security Council that he was activating the Avengers Initiative. The Avengers Prelude: Black Widow Strikes, Captain America: The First Avenger Adaptation, Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude - This Scepter'd Isle, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He later left the army to join the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served as a spy during the Cold War. He attends Stark's funeral and reunites with Danvers.[38]. Even Bucky's variant serum should allow him to age normally (unless he gets frozen again). As Fury had noted how Coulson had died while still believing in this Initiative and the concept of heroes, Stark got up and left the room out of grief and frustration over Coulson's death, as Fury regretfully confessed that it was an old fashioned notion. Reading the assessment in which Romanoff claimed he contained compulsive behavior and self-destructive tendencies, with textbook narcissism. custody, Fury drove her to the Joint Dark Energy Mission Facility. Vers then claimed that she was from the Kree planet Hala and warned Fury that the Skrulls had infiltrated his planet. With the Avengers assembled, Fury took charge of the hunt for Loki, leading the volatile team through the mission as they attempted to learn what Loki's plan for the Tesseract was and who he had been working for. Barely. In 2018, now operating underground with a hand-picked crew, Fury was one of the trillions of victims in the Snap but had managed to send a distress signal to Captain Marvel before his death. With one of their propellers completely destroyed, Fury ordered the Avengers to assemble as they all desperately attempted to regain control of the sudden deadly situation. As of 2021[update], Fury has appeared in eleven MCU films, beginning with an appearance in the post-credits scene of Iron Man (2008). While Pierce joked about having sent flowers to Fury's funeral, he attempted to justify his actions of nearly assassinating Fury and causing mass-genocide by comparing Project Insight to what Fury did in Bogot, not waiting for orders but doing what needed to be done. When Vers asked him why Coulson didnt hand them over to the Skrulls, Fury informed her that it was him going by his instinct to let them go. When more agents arrived, Vers blasted a hole through the ceiling to the next floor so that she and Fury could get through it and escape. While his past at the current time is unknown, he is a gifted leader and a capable operative on . ""At this point, I doubt anything would surprise me. RELATED:No Way Homes Obvious Spider-Man Leaks Are Hiding Something Much Bigger. As Rogers left, Fury had asked for any more information, with Rogers telling him the best thing that could be done with it would be losing it in the ocean. [6], Just stay awake. Mere seconds later, his hand vanished, and Fury cursed as he disappeared. That night, Fury, Carol Danvers, Talos, Soren, Maria Rambeau, and the Skrulls returned to the Rambeau Residence, where Fury offered Rambeau a job as a pilot for S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. ""Now's probably not the best time, but I'd like to have a lengthy conversation with you about that. Marvel Has to Stop Pretending to Kill Nick Fury, Disney+'s Marvel Shows Can Bring Agents Of SHIELD Into The Real MCU, How Coronavirus Will Affect The Marvel Cinematic Universe. (2021) as different versions of the character, with Jackson reprising the role. ", "Russo brothers tapped for 'Captain America 2': Disney and Marvel in final negotiations with 'Community' producers to helm pic", "Sunday Geekersation: Jackson unleashes the Fury", "The Winter Soldier: Has America Changed Too Much for Captain America? "The swap had to have happened post-snap," u/lumberzach316 replied. Fury then noted that they made some mistakes along the way, and confessed that some of these mistakes had been made very recently. [7] As Director, Fury was interested in searching for mysterious and dangerous artifacts, such as the Darkhold, which he was unable to find. After the events at the end of The Avengers, Captain America becomes a S.H.I.E.L.D. After listening to a black box recording of Vers and Mar-Vell, Vers remembered who she was, and both she and Fury agreed to help find the core at Mar-Vell's Laboratory to help Talos end the Kree-Skrull War. ""Multiple bogeys over Wakanda. agents surrounded him. In addition, due to him being the leader of a secret but a covert/military organization, he has access to the most cutting-edge technology S.H.I.E.L.D. agent they had who was not focused on rescuing possible survivors underneath all the rubble to be searching for Loki. We get into a situation like this again, what happens then? [36], We've been data mining HYDRA's files. Shortly afterwards, an attempt is made on Fury's life by Hydra, which is revealed to have taken over S.H.I.E.L.D. We're not just taking down the carriers, Nick, we're taking down S.H.I.E.L.D.Nick Fury and Captain America. [2], No one's going to hurt the girl. badge to send the base's coordinates. Fury then watched as Rogers and Stark had continued their argument, until telling Romanoff to remove Banner from the room, leading to Banner becoming angry over the creation of a cell made to kill him, explaining that it was not possible to kill him, which he knew to attempt suicide previously. Fury joined Vers and Maria after Talos showed up at the house and wanted to make a deal with Vers in order to help him find the Light-Speed Engine's core. However, just as they were taking back control, Maria Hill noticed a grenade being thrown into the control room, causing an explosion which knocked Hill backwards. Although this was surprising during The Winter Soldier, it became a bit redundant in later movies. Fury then informed Rogers that he had come there with a mission for him, noting that he was trying to save the entire world before handing Rogers the file about the Tesseract, which he noted had been found in the ocean by Howard Stark while he had still been searching for Rogers in the 1940s. by the 1980s and was working under R. Keller's command by 1988. Nicholas Joseph Fury,[1] more commonly known as Nick Fury, is a fictional character portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. ""Trouble, Ms. Romanoff. Nicholas Brooks has been writing professionally for over a decade, covering many aspects of pop culture from film and video games to comics and anime. There, he commanded the rebuilt Helicarrier, which Coulson's new S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary, The Totally Excellent Adventures of Mack and The D, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nick_Fury_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)&oldid=1140424226, Fictional Central Intelligence Agency personnel, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2021, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 20 February 2023, at 01:07. "If Talos had been impersonating Fury since Winter Soldier and during the events of Age of Ultron, he would know all he needs to assemble the Avengers rather than calling a high school kid to deal with world-ending threats - something he clearly hasn't dealt with as Fury before in the scene in FFH," u/JohnnyHotshot argued. Jackson. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) Edgar Wright's energetic adaptation of Bryan Lee O'Malley's hit indie comic book has its detractors. [5] However, Marvel Studios initially discussed a potential film role with George Clooney, who turned it down after reviewing some of the comic book source material and finding Fury to be too violent of a character. So, it had to be sometime before Age of Ultron," u/Jacob_wallace wrote. Later, the team is taken to a secret facility where they learn that Fury didnt die. Meanwhile, Fury drafts an initiative to locate heroes like Danvers, naming it after her Air Force call sign, "Avenger". This is already something that happens all the time in the comics. Fury then ordered Coulson to get back to base as their mission was the level seven and they were now at war. [32], According to Victoria Hand, when Coulson got abducted by the Centipede Project and tortured for several days by Edison Po, both Fury and Maria Hill wanted constant updates on the situation of the rescue mission coordinated by Hand and the other agents. . Several alternate versions of Nick Fury appear in the animated series What If?, with Jackson reprising his role. However, what Hydra didn't know was that Fury also has a profile of his left eye in case someone deleted the profile of his right eye. He was saved in part due to Professor Sternberg's Infinity Formula. to fight against Earth's most dangerous enemies. and founder of the Avengers. Vers, escaping capture by the Skrull, uses memories they have extracted to bring Fury to the Project Pegasus installation at a U.S. Air Force base. [7], Fury later guided Phil Coulson to a secure S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to chase after Vers and the Skrull. Fury had then also aided the Avengers during the Ultron Offensive, serving as support during the Battle of Sokovia. He was onto something big.Nick Fury and Tony Stark. As Fury struggled for breath, he gave Rogers the hard drive of Project Insight and urged him not to trust anyone. The story Fury told about his grandfather in. on him even after Coulson told him that the procedure was dangerous, especially since it was meant to resurrect a fallen Avenger. Perfect opportunity. But Fury doesn't die, because Peter eventually realizes that what he saw is just an illusion created by Mysterio. He basically died. Loki was apprehended by the combined strength of Captain America and Iron Man, heralding an unexpected further addition to the collection of extraordinary people when Loki's adopted brother Thor arrived, making demands of his own for Loki's extradition. The great . [7] Before returning to the Triskelion, Fury ordered Bobbi Morse and Isabelle Hartley to rescue Robert Gonzales in the Iliad, and also ordered Morse to destroy the ship in order to prevent HYDRA from obtaining the Monolith. Nick Fury should have died in The Winter Soldier, just as frankly Loki should have died in The Dark World. ""No, I'm clockin' out here. Fury went into the elevator and prepared to speak to the only other man who could have access to the blocked file. ""I will neither confirm nor deny the facts of that story.Phil Coulson and Nick Fury. Later, he helps get things running at the new Avengers Compound. Spider-Man: Far From Home Is Nick Fury the New Mentor Peter Parker Needs. Fury had eventually found Phil Coulson severely wounded by Loki's hands, having been stabbed through the chest while he was attempting to stop Loki from getting away using the Destroyer Armor Prototype Gun, while Coulson apologized for failing to stop Loki from getting away. Still in space, Fury disconnects the call. Nia reluctantly agreed to leave her life behind, moving to Atlanta, Georgia. 45. When the National Liberation Army took several political officers hostage, including Pierce's daughter, Fury proposed a plan to get the hostages out, but Pierce insisted on negotiating with the rebels. In Iron Man 2 (2010), Fury sends in Natasha Romanoff to pose as an assistant to and assess Stark to see if he is worth recruiting for the Initiative and helps Stark deal with his palladium illness and Ivan Vanko. During Captain America: The Winter Soldier, baddie Alexander Pierce is being questioned about Nick, and he is shown a photograph of Fury. We got a really complicated situation. believing him to have been killed, Fury had in fact successfully faked his death by using Tetrodotoxin B, a drug developed as a heart-rate suppressant by Bruce Banner to relieve stress. In 1943, Bucky helped Captain America to get inside the Red Skull's fortress in Norway. Take the Tesseract.Nick Fury and Captain Marvel. Take his brother's place in Project 808- (aka, the Avatar program). In June 2013, Jackson expressed interest in appearing in the show as Fury,[19] which led to his cameo appearance at the end of this episode. alone can't protect us. Suddenly, they found themselves surrounded and outnumbered by the Starforce and Kree soldiers, led by Yon-Rogg. Director Alexander Pierce, prompting Pierce to make him director of S.H.I.E.L.D., while Pierce joined the World Security Council.[46]. For almost seventy years.Nick Fury and Steve Rogers, A year following the big week, Fury's Avengers Initiative was slowly losing traction by the time another potential recruit was found. He will star as the main protagonist of the miniseries Secret Invasion (2023), with his storyline leading into the upcoming film The Marvels (2023), in which Fury is set to return. How Did Nick Fury Come Back To Life In Winter Soldier? Fury's recruitment drive turned to people who had been involved in a destructive incident in Puente Antiguo. Fury and Hill would continue to lay low for the next few years without much interference. Following Fury's orders, Romanoff then provided Stark with a shot of Lithium Dioxide, which eased back his infection, although it did not fully cure it. Captain America: The First Avenger, which was released in 2011, is the first entry . However, by Avengers: Age of Ultron, it appeared as thoughhe completely forgot about his low profile,revealing himself to theAvengers following a crippling defeat. Arriving inside the facility, Fury and Vers were told to wait in a locked room. Fury revealed the Tesseract within the case and told Selvig that it was a source of immense power, although nobody had been able to determine how to tap all the power. Once he was appointed as the head of S.H.I.E.L.D., he focused his efforts on recruiting the worlds greatest heroes to assist him in fighting against extraterrestrial threats. Meanwhile, Fury texted on his phone to communicate to Rogers his real message that S.H.I.E.L.D. ""Not an option. Having revealed his survival to the rest of the Avengers, Fury and the team discussed their next move. ""I'm about five seconds from complicating that wall with some ugly-ass Skrull brains.Talos and Nick Fury. In an alternate 2010, Fury witnesses Stark, Barton, Thor, and Romanoff's deaths during his Avengers Initiative recruitment campaign. 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With their battle still raging, Maria Hill had approached Fury and then informed him that the World Security Council were demanding to speak with him. Talos then asked Fury to come back to Earth, as people were beginning to ask what happened to the Avengers. Following his encounter with the Skrulls, Fury marked the incident under S.H.I.E.L.D. In Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Fury greets Steve Rogers: "You've been asleep, Cap, for almost seventy years. Later, Fury became the Deputy Chief of S.H.I.E.L.D. glasses that Stark wanted him to deliver to Parker, and informed Talos of Parker's identity as Spider-Man. Spinoff Online seems to think the new TV spot for . by Alexander Pierce, Fury refocused his efforts over the next 15 years to organize the Avengers Initiative, with Fury's true intentions were to bring together any other powerful individuals to assist S.H.I.E.L.D. In "0-8-4", Fury appears at the end to scold Coulson over damage caused to a S.H.I.E.L.D. Fury is apparently killed by their most dangerous assassin, the Winter Soldier, but he is revealed to have faked his death using Tetrodotoxin B, a drug designed by Banner that was capable of slowing down the heart to 1 beat per minute. about where Hulk and the Quinjet may have crashed. As the two were making their escape, Fury was scolded by Vers for betraying her for calling in S.H.I.E.L.D., to which Fury then apologized for. Fast-forward to the post-credit scenes of Infinity War, and youll find Nick Fury dying again. Fury cannot eat toast if it is diagonally cut. Director Nick Fury in Washington, D.C.. All throughout his childhood, Fury had insisted on only ever being addressed by his surname, even making his mother call him Fury, which he continued to insist for the rest of his life. Fury left Phil Coulson at Stark's mansion with orders not to allow him to leave until he had found a cure for his infection. When they sat in the cockpit, Fury asked Vers if she knew how to fly the aircraft, which she was fairly certain of. Deviating from the Marvel formula a bit, the ending of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier isn't designed to leave . Fury also gave Talos the E.D.I.T.H. base in the Canadian wilderness, using Coulson's S.H.I.E.L.D. Fury, however, resolved to call upon the Avengers should they be needed again, and made further assurances that they would come, why Hill asked him why he was so sure of this, he told her this would be that they would need them. So don't have FitzSimmons going making modifications like a-a damn fish tank. In Spider-Man: Far From Home, audiences were tricked by the MCU a third time. Fury then personally intercepted Rogers when the man awoke and escaped into the heart of New York City since he had become utterly confused about his surroundings as he had no knowledge of what had transpired in the world since 1945 and was shocked to see the world around him and the advancements in technology. It's nearly impossible to read his emotions. Pierce agreed with one condition, that Fury had Iron Man visit his niece's birthday party. While inside the facility's archives, Fury and Vers discovered information about Lawson and found a notebook of Kree glyphs inside her files. This all then came to a head following Loki killing Phil Coulson, before being tracked to New York City. Defenseless against Loki's power, Fury made a desperate attempt to escape with the Tesseract, pulling it out of its container and trying to leave without being seen. would seek out individuals with unique abilities and powers and record them in the Index[16] to form a response team should any threat beyond the warfighting capacity of conventional military forces appear. Upon their victory, Fury was playing with Goose to celebrate but she scratched Fury's left eye, leaving a nasty scar which eventually blinded him. Fury also witnessed Monica show Vers some photos of her old life. Hill replied they had found nothing despite an extensive search around the world. Answer: Thanks for asking. ""And I owe you that. He also appeared in two episodes of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Coulson recommended the project be shut down; however, Fury had secretly decided to continue with the project. Fury responds that he values Coulson as much as any Avenger, because he represents the heart and moral center of S.H.I.E.L.D., and declares Coulson the new director of S.H.I.E.L.D., tasking him with rebuilding the organization from scratch, and equips him with a 'toolbox' containing useful data. Fury tracked down Vers after learning she stole a motorcycle, and followed her to Pancho's Bar. He can be reached by email at cnrmail@bellsouth.net and on Twitter at @cnraymond91. Marvel Studios. Outwit the platinum bastard.Nick Fury to the Avengers. Samuel L Jackson popped up as Nick Fury in the second episode of the first season and its finale, while the pilot episode also featured Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill (the first of three appearances). Agent Coulson asks him what . Pierce says: "That photo was taken five years after Nick . And it's going to remain at the level of educated guessing until "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" comes out on April 4. [10] Fury sent Barton on a mission to eliminate the assassin, codenamed Black Widow, but Barton decided not to kill her and recruited her into S.H.I.E.L.D., after she defected from the Red Room. In the post-credits scene of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Fury and Hill discuss the battle in Wakanda and Stark's current status. Having seen the incredible sight of the advanced technology that the Helicarrier was now displaying and the scale of S.H.I.E.L.D. Fury revealed to Rogers that S.H.I.E.L.D. Or Loki, who's main timeline iteration seems to finally be dead, although that death is undercut by the fact that an alternate timeline version is about to have his own TV series. Fury welcomed them all onto the ship, shaking Bruce Banner's hand and personally thanking him for agreeing to help them. secretly worked on. would help Stark find what he needed. . Skrull commander Talos, disguised as Fury's boss Keller, orders Fury to work with Vers and keep tabs on her. ""Don't hold your breath.Nick Fury and Captain America. Now feeling more confident, Banner suggested that they begin scanning for Gamma Radiation to locate the Tesseract while Fury had ordered Romanoff show him to his laboratory where he began focusing all his efforts on searching the Earth, getting help from laboratories around the world to find Loki and Erik Selvig as quickly as possible. For six years since 1989, he had been working a desk job in a S.H.I.E.L.D. [12] Jackson thereafter appeared in a cameo in Avengers: Endgame, and in a substantial role in Spider-Man: Far From Home.