When does Secret Invasion take place in MCU timeline?

Secret Invasion is the latest Marvel show to hit Disney Plus – but when does it take place in the MCU timeline? Here’s everything you need to know.

When is the last time we saw Nick Fury? He was dusted by Thanos in Infinity War, he returned in Endgame, and in Spider-Man: Far From Home, he was seen relaxing on a huge space station while Talos and his wife impersonated him and Maria Hill.

Now he’s front and center of his own project, forced to return to Earth to investigate and stop a rebel Skrull cell who wants to infiltrate the planet and turn it into their new world.

Given we’re 32 movies and eight TV shows deep, it can be a bit tricky keeping track of the timeline and where everything is meant to take place – don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

Secret Invasion in the MCU timeline explained

Secret Invasion takes place in the present-day MCU, so mid-2025.

Remember, there was a five-year time jump in Avengers: Endgame, so everything is a little further ahead than the real world. The events of She-Hulk were confirmed to begin in 2024 and end in 2025, and that was the last show before Secret Invasion.

Jonathan Schwartz, VP of Production & Development at Marvel Studios, confirmed: “It’s present-day MCU, is what we’re calling it. So it exists along the timeline that the shows come out in.

“So, post-She-Hulk, post-Blip, right at this exact present day in the MCU. I think that’s all I can say.”

MCU chronological timeline

Below, you can find a full list of every movie and TV series in the MCU (excluding the Netflix and Hulu shows) and when they take place in the world of the franchise:

1. Captain America: The First Avenger — 1942-1945
2. Captain Marvel — 1995
3. Iron Man — 2010
4. Iron Man 2 — 2011
5. The Incredible Hulk — 2011
6. Thor — 2011
7. The Avengers — 2012
8. Loki — 2012, but the show hops around several timelines, including the present-day MCU and the end of time itself
9. Iron Man 3 — 2012
10. Thor: The Dark World — 2013
11. Captain America: The Winter Soldier — 2014
12. Guardians of the Galaxy — 2014
13. Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 — 2014
14. Avengers: Age of Ultron — 2015
15. Ant-Man — 2015
16. Captain America: Civil War — 2016
17. Black Widow — 2016
18. Black Panther — 2016
19. Spider-Man: Homecoming — 2016
20. Doctor Strange — 2016
21. Thor: Ragnarok — 2017
22. Ant-Man and the Wasp — 2018
23. Avengers: Infinity War — 2018
24. Avengers: Endgame — 2023
25. What If…? — 2023, but there are a number of different timelines throughout the series
26. Wandavision — 2023
27. Falcon and the Winter Soldier — 2023
28. Spider-Man: Far From Home — 2023
29. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings — 2023
30. Eternals — 2023
31. Spider-Man: No Way Home — 2024
32. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — 2024
33. Hawkeye — 2024
34. Moon Knight — 2025
35. She-Hulk — 2025
36. Ms Marvel — 2025
37. Thor: Love and Thunder — 2025
38. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — 2025
39. Werewolf By Night — 2025
40. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special — 2025
41. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania — 2025
42. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 — 2025
43. Secret Invasion — 2025

The official synopsis reads: “In Secret Invasion, set in the present-day MCU, Fury learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls. Fury joins his allies, including Everett Ross, Maria Hill, and the Skrull Talos, who has made a life for himself on Earth. Together they race against time to thwart an imminent Skrull invasion and save humanity.”

Secret Invasion Episode 6 hits Disney+ on July 26. Check out our other coverage below:

• Episode 1 review
• Episode 2 review
• Episode 3 review
• Episode 4 review
• Episode 5 review
• Secret Invasion cast and characters
• Secret Invasion episodes and release schedule
• How to watch Secret Invasion
• When is Secret Invasion set in the MCU timeline?
• Who is Gravik?
• Who is Olivia Colman’s Sonya Falsworth?
• Super-Skrulls explained
• Is Talos dead?