Samuel L. Jackson returning as Nick Fury in next ‘Spider-Man’ movie

Jackson in “The
Avengers.”
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• According to Vulture, Samuel L. Jackson and Cobie
  Smulders will reprise their Marvel Cinematic Universe roles as
  Nick Fury and Maria Hill in “Spider-Man: Far From
  Home.”
• Both Fury and Hill vanished into dust at the end of
  “Avengers: Infinity War.”
• The casting further implies that the “Thanos snap” that
  wiped out half of humanity at the end of “Infinity War” will be
  reversed somehow.

Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury has been absent from the Marvel
Cinematic Universe the last few years, but he’s coming back in
full force in 2019.

According to Vulture, Jackson will reprise
his role as Fury in “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” the sequel to
“Spider-Man: Homecoming” that comes to theaters next summer.
Cobie Smulders will also return as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill.
Both characters vanished into dust in the after-credits scene of
“Avengers: Infinity War,” victims of the Thanos snap that wiped
out half of humanity. 

Before that, Jackson will play Fury in “Captain Marvel,” which
stars Brie Larson as the title character and comes to theaters
March 8. That movie is set in the 1990s, so Fury’s return doesn’t
have as much significance for “Avengers 4,” due in theaters on
May 3, as “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” which will be the first
MCU movie after “Avengers 4.”

Since Fury and Hill are reportedly set to return in “Far From
Home,” that means characters who vanished at the end of “Infinity
War” will most likely come back somehow. That’s not surprising
for a number of reasons: the Thanos-snap is reversed in the
comic “Infinity War” loosely based on, “The Infinity
Gauntlet”; Marvel has numerous release dates set
for yet-to-be-announced films through 2022; and Spider-Man
himself Tom Holland may have even accidentally
confirmed a popular fan theory for “Avengers 4” that involves
it in an old interview.

“Spider-Man: Far From Home” swings into theaters on July 5, 2019.