Marvel Studios has released the first teaser for Wonderful man, which will now air in January 2026 after being pushed back from its original date of December 2025.
This is only a teaser though, so there’s a good chance we’ll also get a full trailer for the upcoming Disney+ Spotlight series during Marvel’s NYCC panel tomorrow.
The promo primarily highlights footage from the classic Wonder Man (?) TV series, starring director Von Kovak (who you may recognize from James Gunn’s film). Superman) discussing his approach to a modern reboot. When the interviewer asks him if he gave any thought to the casting, we cut to Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) who is watching with great interest.
“This is one of my favorite things I’ve ever been a part of in the studio. I’ll start there,” Brad Winderbaum, head of television and animation at Marvel, tells THIS. “It’s very different from anything the studio has produced. In terms of meta, without getting into specifics, it’s a show that takes place within the MCU, but it’s a story about Hollywood. And it’s a story not just about Hollywood, I would say it’s a story about acting and an actor’s journey in Hollywood, about balancing being an artist with making money and very grounded ideas that anyone with growing up in Hollywood or the arts in general can relate. to. I certainly could on a very deep level. »
Wonderful man has already drawn comparisons to Apple TV+ satire The Workshop.
"It’s funny you say that," Winderbaum adds when asked if the series influenced Wonder Man. “We’re all, obviously, obsessed with this show. Sometimes it cuts a little close to the bone, but it’s so funny and so great. [Wonder Man] is very different from The Studio, in fact. It’s different tonally. It’s very sincere and it’s very focused on acting like a profession. The Studio is really more interested in the great Hollywood system, the machine and the madness that follows. It’s really a very intimate portrait of an actor trying to live his dreams while the world and the need to make money intervene.”
Check out the teaser below and keep an eye out for some MCU Easter eggs.
“Have you thought about casting?” #WonderMan pic.twitter.com/UCOUb04c0Y
-Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) October 10, 2025
Iron Man, Captain America, Black Panther and Thor Easter Eggs Spotted in ‘WONDER MAN’ 👀 pic.twitter.com/H6hf7dLNEb
– Avengers Updates (@AvengersUpdated) October 10, 2025
Props used in Marvel Television’s ‘WONDER MAN’ on display at #Nycc!#WonderMan is coming to Disney+ in December, the first trailer should be released this Saturday! pic.twitter.com/hmXkAuAdRl
– CinXperience (@CinXperience) October 9, 2025
Wonder Man will be an old movie, Simon Williams will be cast in a remake or something, eventually he will get powers and literally become the new Wonder Man… 🤔 pic.twitter.com/tgyzEuLw5W
-Marvel Herald (@HeraldoDeMarvel) October 9, 2025
Starring Abdul-Mateen II as Simon Williams, Wonderful man will star Demetrius Grosse as Simon’s brother Eric Williams, aka the Grim Reaper, as well as Sir Ben Kingsley as the returning Trevor Slattery. Byron Bowers is also on board in an undisclosed role. We’ve heard that Ed Harris, Bob Odenkirk, and Courtney Cox have been recruited for cameos, but only Harris has been confirmed (he’ll play Simon’s agent, Neal Saroyan).
Stella Meghie (Photography) had been asked to produce several episodes. Destin Daniel Cretton – who we now know will also direct Spider-Man: A Whole New Day – will reportedly direct the first two episodes and be on board as writer with Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 30 Rockand community scribe André Guestwho will also serve as showrunner.
