Marvel is developing a Wonder Man series with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton and writer Andrew Guest. Cretton will executive produce and possibly direct an episode or several. Guest will serve as head writer for the series after writing for comedies like Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Community. The Wonder Man series is in the early stages of development. If the idea takes off, production could begin in 2023.
Wonder Man is one of Marvel’s oldest characters, dating back to 1964 in the pages of Avengers #9. He began his comic book career as a villain but got reintroduced as a hero in the late 1970s. Wonder Man’s civilian name is Simon Williams, and he was a founding member of the Los Angeles-based West Coast Avengers. As an actor and stuntman, Williams’ look included wearing a turtleneck, a red jacket, and sunglasses. Wonder Man strongly relates to Marvel characters Vision and Wanda/Scarlet Witch. The trio shared several adventures, with Wonder Man and Vision thinking of each other as brothers in action. After Vision was dismantled, Wonder Man developed intense feelings for Wanda. Whether Marvel plans to introduce Wonder Man as a potential love interest for Wanda remains to be seen.
Marvel could take Wonder Man in several directions, given that he’s a relatively unknown character. Will they treat him like a brand-new hero or slide him into place alongside Wanda after the events of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness? Could it be Wonder Man who eventually frees Wanda from her self-inflicted incarceration?
Cretton has been tied to several projects at Disney, thanks to an overall deal. He’s currently developing a sequel to Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and will direct and executive produce a series adaptation of Gene Luen Yang’s American Born Chinese for Disney+.
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