As a wise Scouse former Mandarin imposter once sort of said, “Wonder Man isn’t a job. It’s a calling. It’s the single most consequential thing that anyone could ever do with their life.” Yes, we may have tweaked that phrase just a smidge, but it’s clearly a sentiment that Kevin Feige and the top brass at Marvel Studios can get on board with. Per THR‘s reporting, aspiring actor Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) and his thespian BFF Trevor Slattery (Sir Ben Kingsley) will return in Wonder Man Season 2, which has just gotten the green light at Disney+ following co-creators Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest’s roundly critically acclaimed first season.
As THR — and the above post from Marvel Studios’ X account — confirm, both Abdul-Mateen II and Kingsley will be back back back for more buddy-comedy/unexpectedly profound musings on life, art, and the pursuit of self-fulfilment in Season 2 of Wonder Man, with Cretton — whose next MCU gig, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, just dropped a very exciting first trailer — and Guest also returning at the helm. (For clarity, Cretton will be on directing and exec producing duties, while Guest will resume his roles as showrunner and exec producer also.) We’ve no word just yet on what the plot for Wonder Man‘s admittedly somewhat unexpected sequel may entail, but given how Season 1 ended — with *SPOILER ALERT* Williams stepping into his power to bust Slattery out of jail, presumably rendering both technically on the lam from the law (and, lest we forget, the DODC) — it’ll be very interesting to see how Season 2 shakes out.
Despite having been somewhat unceremoniously dumped on Disney+ in one fell swoop back in January, Wonder Man has quickly come in for praise as a result of its subversive approach to the tried-and-tested Marvel formula, with the show itself really zeroing in on the relationship between Williams and Slattery while serving didactically as a tongue-in-cheek meta commentary on where we’re at right now in the world of ‘superhero fatigue’. In terms of where Wonder Man Season 2 could head though, the mind boggles at the possibilities. Could Williams’ powers have mutant origins? Was the introduction of Doorman a *cough* backdoor tease for the Great Lake Avengers coming to the MCU? Could Von Kovak somehow go guerrilla and try and make Wonder Man 2 with actual Wonder Man? We guess we’ll just have to sit a while and wonder, man… (sorry.)
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