Wonder Man renewed for season 2 on Disney+
Wonder Man has been renewed for season 2 on Disney+, with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley set to return as Simon Williams and Trevor Slattery, respectively. Series creators Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest will be back as well.
Wonder Man Was A Departure for Marvel
Unlike most of Marvel’s other shows, Wonder Man wasn’t filled with superheroics or extravagant fight sequences. It follows Williams, a struggling actor with superpowers, as he forms an unlikely friendship with Slattery and attempts to land roles in a remake of the in-universe superhero film Wonder Man.
The first season of Wonder Man left things rather open-ended, so it’s unclear where season 2 could take the lead characters. The sky’s the limit.
Few MCU Shows Actually Get a Second Season
Most live-action series set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe don’t tend to last beyond a single season. There are a few exceptions—Loki earned a second season, and Daredevil: Born Again has already returned, with another season set to hit Disney+ tomorrow and a third in development—but they’re rare. To be fair, WandaVision does function as the first chapter in a loose trilogy alongside Agatha All Along and the upcoming Vision Quest. Still, by and large, Marvel’s Disney+ slate has been defined by one-and-done shows.
The First Season Was a Big Success
Wonder Man was a hit, receiving rave reviews and racking up 618 million minutes of viewing time in its first week of release. However, it didn’t seem to be for everyone, as our own Alex Maidy found it to be one of the worst MCU projects he’d seen.
“Because this series avoids feeling like a Marvel Studios production and focuses on a secondary character and tangential lore in the MCU, it ends up wasting a promising concept with a boring series that fails to be an effective satire and even less effective comedy,” he wrote. “I finished Wonder Man, wondering why I spent a full season with nothing to show for it. Wonder Man wastes the great Ben Kingsley and the incredibly talented Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in a lethargic, unengaging series. Easily the worst entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date.” You can check out the rest of his review right here.
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