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“Wonder Man”\u00a0won’t be blasting back onto our TV screens after all:\u00a0Disney+\u00a0has canceled the Marvel superhero series starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II after one season, TVLine has confirmed. (Variety<\/a> first reported the news.)<\/p>\n The news comes despite the fact that Disney+\u00a0renewed the show for a second season<\/a> in March. (A\u00a0writers’ room for Season 2 was never opened, according to Variety, and the show’s writers have been released to pursue other projects.)<\/p>\n Abdul-Mateen starred as the titular superhero, aka Simon Williams, a struggling actor who (in a very meta twist)\u00a0hides his secret superpowers while auditioning to play the lead in a “Wonder Man”\u00a0film.\u00a0Destin Daniel Cretton, who directed this month’s Marvel blockbuster “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,”\u00a0co-created the series and directed the first two episodes.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ben Kingsley co-starred as\u00a0Trevor Slattery (a role he previously played in Marvel movies “Iron Man 3”\u00a0and “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”), a veteran actor who crosses paths with Simon. “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,”\u00a0per the show’s official logline.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Wonder Man earned critical acclaim and a major Emmy nomination<\/p>\n
Disney+<\/p>\n Debuting in January<\/a> with an eight-episode freshman season, “Wonder Man”\u00a0was a hit with fans and critics alike, earning a 91% approval rating from critics and a 87% approval rating from fans on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>. The show also made a splash at this year’s Emmy nominations<\/a>, with star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II earning a surprise nod for best lead actor in a comedy series alongside industry icons like Steve Carell and Martin Short.<\/p>\n Most of Disney+’s Marvel series have only lasted one season, however, from “WandaVision”\u00a0to “Hawkeye,”\u00a0with “Loki”\u00a0and “Daredevil: Born Again”\u00a0being the rare exceptions. And according to Variety, though “Wonder Man”\u00a0has been axed, its characters “could still appear in other Marvel projects in the future.”<\/p>\n
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