{"id":236876,"date":"2026-01-14T04:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/236876\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T04:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:26:08","slug":"marvel-teases-that-the-mcus-new-avenger-has-a-major-connection-to-sentrys-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/236876\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Teases That the MCU\u2019s New Avenger Has a Major Connection to Sentry\u2019s Powers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The balance of power in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is about to change. Again. There are some big new and returning projects coming from Marvel Studios in 2026, with some even bigger powerhouse heroes and villains set to make their MCU debuts. As always, Marvel Studios is playing things extremely close to the vest when it comes to revealing any details about any of these projects, but just having so many characters active in the MCU all at once raises certain logistical questions. <\/p>\n

Marvel Studios will kick off 2026 by releasing its Wonder Man<\/a> Disney+ series at the end of the month. The show will introduce the character of Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), an actor who is hiding a secret: he has superpowers. And not just any superpowers: Simon may have abilities that make him one of the most powerful characters in the MCU \u2013 but one theory is that those powers may come from the last place Simon Williams should be channeling from. <\/p>\n

The latest Wonder Man TV spot and teaser photo are an odd pair. The photo depicts a page of Simon Williams\u2019 script, covered in his own acting notes. In one section of monologuing, the Wonder Man character (who Simon is portraying in a major Hollywood reboot film) drops the line, \u201cWell, I\u2019ve been to hell. I\u2019ve lived in that screaming silence.\u201d However, Simon crosses out the word \u201chell\u201d in favor of theoddly-phrased mention that \u201cI\u2019ve been to The Void.\u201d The accompanying teaser shows Simon auditioning the monologue, reciting the lines in accordance with all of his notes. We not only get to hear how Simon emphasizes \u201cThe Void\u201d when he speaks, but also get to see all of the personal emotion and subtext he\u2019s infusing into the words as the monologue goes on: \u201cI know what it\u2019s like. I lost whatever was left of me that makes a person\u2026 a person.\u201d<\/p>\n

Is Wonder Man Connected to The Sentry\u2019s Void? <\/p>\n

\"\"Wonder Man \/ Marvel Studios<\/p>\n

In Thunderbolts* <\/a>we were introduced to Bob Reynolds, a troubled young man who inexplicably becomes the sole survivor of the government\u2019s Sentry super soldier program. Valentina (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) built Bob into \u201cThe Sentry,\u201d a public-facing hero as powerful as Superman. However, what no one knew was that Bob had a dark side \u2013 a sentient one, due to his own mental illness. That dark persona, \u201cThe Void,\u201d attacked NYC, snatching up dozens of citizens (and the Thunderbolts) and trapping them in a living hell of their most traumatic memories and mental spaces. Even though the Thunderbolts were able to help Bob overcome his demons, the Void\u2019s presence and effect were significant. <\/p>\n

The monologue from Simon Williams definitely seems to convey emotional, if not physical, trauma \u2013 perhaps quite literally. In the comics, Wonder Man\u2019s superpowers come from the mysterious\u201diocnic energy,\u201d which transformed him into a superpowered being. The experiments that changed Simon were conducted by A.I.M., but it would be easy for the MCU to flip that into a Project Sentry connection, or simply make Simon, who was caught in The Void\u2019s attack, only to absorb the strange (ionic) energies of the place. <\/p>\n

Admittedly, it would be an interesting new way to tie things together in the MCU adaptation: Wonder Man would suddenly be on a potential power level with Sentry\/Void, and as trailers have already hinted, there could be a serious emotional component to how it works. Finally, if you establish that lore, it opens windows for other characters transformed by the Void,\u201d to potentially show up (say\u2026 Cloak and Dagger). <\/p>\n

Then again, it\u2019s always smart to take your salt grain at times like this. Marvel Studios has been trolling fans for years by dropping names and references that make fan theories go wild for weeks\u2026 only to ultimately reveal them to be red herrings that generate free promotional traction online. So, Simon Williams name-dropping the void might just be for dramatic effect, and not a reference to Bob at all. Or, it could mean something pivotal. We shall see. <\/p>\n

Wonder Man will release all 8 of its episodes on January 27th, only on Disney+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The balance of power in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is about to change. Again. There are some big…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,1724,397,53235,128162,97098],"class_list":{"0":"post-236876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-marvel-cinematic-universe","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-regular-feature","14":"tag-thunderbolts-2025","15":"tag-wonder-man-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}