{"id":142026,"date":"2025-11-18T23:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T23:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/142026\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T23:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T23:58:13","slug":"wonder-man-will-be-a-very-different-mcu-show-says-yahya-abdul-mateen-ii-comic-book-movies-and-superhero-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/142026\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonder Man Will Be a Very \u2018Different\u2019 MCU Show, Says Yahya Abdul-Mateen II &#8211; Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/Yahya-Abdul-Mateen-II\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yahya Abdul-Mateen II<\/a> has shared some new insights about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/wonder-man\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wonder Man<\/a> that should get fans excited for the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/mcu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MCU<\/a> show.<\/p>\n<p>Abdul-Mateen II will play Simon Williams in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/marvel-television\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marvel Television<\/a>\u2019s Wonder Man, a new series coming to Disney+ in January. The show is created by Andrew Guest and Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton.<\/p>\n<p>What did Yahya Abdul-Mateen II say about Wonder Man?<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/tv\/news\/wonder-man-self-aware-marvel-series-yahya-abdul-mateen-ii-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Empire Magazine<\/a>, Abdul-Mateen II said that Wonder Man will be something that \u201ctonally feels much different than really any other Marvel show, or any other films.\u201d He continued, \u201cWe\u2019re doing something that\u2019s fresh, and a bit tongue-in-cheek, a bit self-aware.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026The show is self-aware, without looking directly into the camera. here\u2019ll be commentary about superhero fatigue and things like that, but to me, it\u2019s just dressing. That\u2019s not really the aim of the show. The focus of the show is about an actor\u2019s journey. It\u2019s about a journey of friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ben Kingsley will be reprising his role as Trevor Slattery in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/marvel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marvel<\/a> show, while Arian Moayed also returns as the Department of Damage Control\u2019s P. Cleary. The cast further includes X Mayo, Zlatko Buri\u0107, Olivia Thirlby, and Byron Bowers. There will be eight episodes in total, with those episodes being directed by Cretton, James Ponsoldt, Tiffany Johnson, and Steaa Meghie.<\/p>\n<p>The synopsis for Wonder Man reads, \u201cAspiring Hollywood actor Simon Williams is struggling to get his career off the ground. During a chance meeting with Trevor Slattery, an actor whose biggest roles may be well behind him, Simon learns legendary director Von Kovak is remaking the superhero film Wonder Man. These two actors at opposite ends of their careers doggedly pursue life-changing roles in this film as audiences get a peek behind the curtain of the entertainment industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/marvel-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marvel Studios<\/a>\u2019 Wonder Man premieres on Disney+ on January 27, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has shared some new insights about Wonder Man that should get fans excited for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,2528,2529,53511,5692,409,111,139,69,14857,53512,85304],"class_list":{"0":"post-142026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-marvel","10":"tag-marvel-studios","11":"tag-marvel-television","12":"tag-mcu","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz","17":"tag-tv-news","18":"tag-wonder-man","19":"tag-yahya-abdul-mateen-ii"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}