{"id":706396,"date":"2026-06-15T23:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T23:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/706396\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T23:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T23:59:08","slug":"destin-daniel-cretton-on-wonder-man-season-2-spider-man-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/706396\/","title":{"rendered":"Destin Daniel Cretton On ‘Wonder Man’ Season 2, ‘Spider-Man’ Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThink of it as the anti-Barry, or at least the more serious, grounded version. More than a being your run-of-the-mill Marvel Studios Disney+ series, Wonder Man<\/a>, is an ode to the LA struggling actor and the current day entertainment industry.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe concept for the show stemmed from Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton<\/a>\u2018s fascination with Ben Kingsley\u2019s acting process for his lampoon-ish, sometimes villain Travis Slattery. It turns out Marvel was trying to create their own take of Wonder Man based on the comic book but they gave Cretton and series co-creator Andrew Guest<\/a> full reign to devise their own as they saw fit. The original Wonder Man in the comics was an industrialist who dies and becomes a zombie, and in his second 1990s iteration he\u2019s a Tom Cruise-like actor who does his own stunts. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe show revolves around Simon Williams, an actor who is trying to make ends meet. He lands the role of a lifetime as he\u2019s cast as Wonder Man in a big superhero movie. It\u2019s also a part he\u2019s prized since childhood. Only thing is that Simon isn\u2019t aware of his superpowers. However, working actor and sometimes fill-in villain (from Iron Man 3 and Shang-Chi fame), Trever Slattery, knows who this guy is; in fact he\u2019s working with the government to try and nab Simon. Wonder Man in the comics infiltrates the Avengers, however, no word whether he\u2019s making a cameo in the Russo Brothers\u2019 Avengers: Doomsday and beyond. <\/p>\n

\n\tCretton and Guest share with us what changed about the series after being paused due to the strikes, how they landed on Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and the state of season 2 (not many Marvel Disney+ series land a second season). In addition Cretton let\u2019s us know what\u2019s up with Shang-Chi 2, the first film owning the biggest opening for Labor Day weekend ever with a 4-day of $94.6M domestic and final of $224.5M in U.S.\/Canada and $432.2M WW. <\/p>\n

\n\tCretton also tells about Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/a>, specifically how the production handled Tom Holland\u2019s injury as well the current franchise\u2019s future. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIs there ever a last Spider-Man?\u201d Cretton tells Crew Call<\/a>, \u201cEveryone should go to this (movie) as if it\u2019s the last Spider-Man.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tWonder Man season one is available to watch on Disney+. Spider-Man: Brand New Day from Sony and Marvel Studios opens on July 31.<\/p>\n

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