Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Stars in Marvel’s ‘Wonder Man’ Series Trailer #1

“I want to explore the place between fiction and non-fiction.” What? Marvel Studios has debuted their first full official trailer for the series called Wonder Man, a MCU spin-off series ready to debut for streaming in January 2026. This comes right after the brief teaser from NYCC – showing us more footage from this odd new superhero(??) series. Hollywood actor Simon Williams is thrust into the world of superheroes as he gets powers of his own, and becomes the new superhero Wonder Man. It’s a meta riff on superhero movies, with a director trying to reinvent them and remake Wonder Man, and he’ll end up casting Yahya in the lead, but this trailer doesn’t get that far yet. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II stars as as Simon Williams / Wonder Man: A super-powered actor and stuntperson who auditions for the lead role in a superhero series. Co-created by Destin Daniel Cretton, the new Wonder Man series also stars Ben Kingsley back as actor Trevor Slattery from Iron Man 3, with Demetrius Grosse, Lauren Glazier, Byron Bowers, and more. And featuring Zlatko Buric (who was also in James Gunn’s Superman) as filmmaker Von Kovak. This is such a peculiar concept for Marvel. Will it work? Is anyone really into it? I mean, I’m a big fan of Yahya, but I don’t know… // Continue Reading ›