Everything you need to know about the new Marvel series filmed in Leeds

Samuel L Jackson, Emilia Clarke, Ben Mendelsohn and more of Hollywood’s finest were spotted in Leeds this weekend.

24th January 2022

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Did you see the Marvel movie in the making?

Over the weekend, the streets of Leeds was lined with onlookers hoping to get a glimpse of Hollywood legends like Samuel L Jackson and Emilia Clarke as they were out filming for their new Marvel series, Secret Invasion.

Over the entire weekend, Bond Court, Greek Street, Alexander Street and Gusto alleyway between Greek Street and Bond Court were closed off to the public for filming.

Popular restaurant, Blackhouse has transformed into the movie set, where the restaurant signage and street signs changed into Russian for filming.

Tattu and Blackhouse were main filming spots for the Marvel series. / Image: George Garforth

Meanwhile, neighbouring restaurant Tattu was used as a crew area and outside onlookers could see a Russian taxi and expensive cars that were being used to film the series.

Throughout the day, both Samuel L Jackson and Emilia Clarke were seen on multiple occasions alongside cast member Ben Mendelsohn.

Bond Court was transformed on Sunday for Marvel filming. / Image: George Garforth

Hundreds of people queued up to try and catch a glimpse of Hollywood’s greatest Marvel cast, but many were turned away due to the set’s viewpoint capacity. If you missed out on the cast in Leeds, you’ll find them a mere thirty minutes from the city centre, filming in Halifax’s Piece Hall.

Over in Halifax, the Piece Hall will be shut from today, Monday 24 January and Monday 31 January for filming. It is rumoured that there will be 260 members of cast and extras, plus an additional 200 crew members taking part throughout the TV show’s weeklong stay in Halifax.

MP for Halifax, Holly Lynch shared on Twitter that the celebrity appearances are going to be a great opportunity for Yorkshire.

A Russian taxi was spotted at filming in Leeds. / Image: The Hoot Leeds

“Not to coolest quote I’ve ever given but this is awesome! I confess to being a massive Marvel geek and so the prospect of filming taking place here in Halifax is incredibly exciting!”

This is what we know about the series Secret Invasion so far:

“Secret Invasion is an upcoming American television miniseries created by Kyle Bradstreet for the streaming service Disney+, based on the Marvel Comics storyline of the same name“.

Filming took place outside Blackhouse. / Image: The Hoot Leeds

Samuel L Jackson will play Nick Fury, the former director of S.H.I.E.L.D who is working with Skrulls in deep space; Ben Mendelsohn will play Talos, the leader of the Skrull sect and an ally of Fury, and Kingsley Ben-Adir has been cast as the lead villain.

At the moment, there’s no further information about the roles of the rest of the cast, only that the series will be six episodes long and all the revealed cast will feature in at least one episode.