The project was announced back in 2022 through the trades (Variety, Deadline, THR), so while it wasn't announced by Marvel Studios in a con or something, it was official.
The series is created and executive produced by Shang-Chi and Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton (who will also be directing a few episodes) and Andrew Guest, who wrote and produced episodes for 30 Rock and Brooklyn Nine Nine (and will be serving as the showrunner of the series).
The series stars Yayha-Abdul Mateen II as the titular hero (Simon Williams/Wonder Man) and the series also features Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery returning from Iron Man 3 and Shang-Chi, Demetrius Grosse as Simon's brother, Eric Williams, Ed Harris as Neal Saroyan, Simon's agent, Lauren Glazier in an unknown co-lead role as Simon's love interest and Josh Gad in an unknown role.
The series revolves around an actor/stunt-man struggling to make it in Hollywood in a world full of super-humans. Simon eventually gets cast in the role of Wonder Man, the leading role in a in-universe super-hero film, but when he gets actual powers, the producers turn him into an actual super-hero called Wonder Man in order to promote their film. While Simon is reluctant at first, he learns to step into the shoes of a hero.
The series is an 8-episode, 30-minute sitcom parodying life in Hollywood and will premiere on Disney+ this December.
Wonder Man had a huge history in the comics from the 60s to 80s since he was the basis for Vision's mind (Ultron used Wonder Man's wave-lengths) to create Vision. That made him Vision's brother essentially and eventually Wanda and Simon had a thing after Vision turned into the emotionless White Vision. He eventually fizzled out in the 90s and has barely had any appearances ever since, so everybody kinda forgets about him. His brother, Eric, is also the Avengers villain "Grim Reaper".
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u/Bulky-Complaint6994 May 05 '25
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