Marvel Studios has dropped the first teaser for Wonder Man, an eight-episode miniseries slated for a January release, ahead of its panel at New York Comic Con this weekend.
Part of the MCU's Phase Six, the miniseries was created by Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of Five Rings) and Andrew Guest (Hawkeye), with Guest serving as showrunner. It has been in development since 2022.
The comic book version of the character is the son of a rich industrialist who inherits the family munitions factory but is being crushed by the competition: Stark Industries. Baron Zemo (Falcon and the Winter Soldier) then recruits him to infiltrate and betray the Avengers, giving him super powers ("ionic energy") via a special serum. He eventually becomes a superhero and Avengers ally, helping them take on Doctor Doom, among other exploits. Since we know Doctor Doom is the Big Bad of the upcoming two new Avengers movies, a Wonder Man miniseries makes sense.
In the new miniseries, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II stars as Simon Williams, aka Wonder Man, an actor and stunt person with actual superpowers who decides to audition for the lead role in a superhero TV series—a reboot of an earlier Wonder Man incarnation. Demetrius Grosse plays Simon's brother, Eric, aka Grim Reaper; Ed Harris plays Simon's agent, Neal Saroyan; and Arian Moayed plays P. Clearly, an agent with the Department of Damage Control. Lauren Glazier, Josh Gad, Byron Bowers, Bechir Sylvain, and Manny McCord will also appear in as-yet-undisclosed roles
Rounding out the cast is Ben Kingsley, reprising his MCU role as failed actor Trevor Slattery. You may recall Slattery from 2013's Iron Man 3, hired by the villain of that film to pretend to be the leader of an international terrorist organization called the Ten Rings. Slattery showed up again in 2021's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, rehabilitated after a stint in prison; he helped the titular Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) on his journey to the mythical village of Ta Lo. We only get a brief glimpse of him in the teaser, getting his makeup done for a shoot, so it's unclear whether he'll be a hero or villain or perhaps neutral comic relief this time around.
The one-minute teaser leans into the meta-humor with gusto. It opens with an online interview with Von Kovak (Zlatko Buric), fictional in-universe director of the Wonder Man reboot, who drones on about "superhero fatigue" while insisting that his project will reinvent the superhero genre. Simon was a huge fan of the original Wonder Man—we catch a glimpse of young Simon in a theater with his dad as a cheesy scene involving Wonder Man battling laser-armed soldiers plays on the screen. So naturally he's thrilled about the reboot, especially since it's in the early days of development and Kovak has not yet begun casting. Clearly, this is his big break, as an actor, stuntman, and superhero.
Wonder Man will debut on Disney+ in January 2026.
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