Wonder Man is an upcoming American television miniseries created by Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest for the streaming service Disney+, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will star as Simon Williams / Wonder Man, alongside Ben Kingsley, Demetrius Grosse, and Ed Harris.
Filming began in early April 2023 in Los Angeles, before production was shut down in late May due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.
Additionally, Lauren Glazier,[7] Josh Gad,[8][5] Byron Bowers,[9] Béchir Sylvain,[10] and Manny McCord have been cast in undisclosed roles.
This was in conjunction with Cretton returning to write and direct the sequel to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).
Adam Blevins from Collider said Wonder Man was Marvel Studios' "worst-kept secret for quite some time" and was grateful to have official information released for it.
[12] Executive producers of the series include Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige and Jonathan Schwartz, alongside Guest and Cretton.
[17] Kira Talise, Madeline Walter, Paul Bradford Welsh, Anayat Fakhraie, Zeke Nicholson, Roja Gashtili, and Julia Lerman worked on the series.
[22] Previously, Nathan Fillion appeared on movie posters as Simon Williams in a cut sequence from the MCU film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
[31] Principal photography began by April 5, 2023, in Los Angeles,[32] under the working title Callback,[33] with Cretton,[14] Meghie,[15] Ponsoldt,[17] and Johnson directing the series.
It was reported that Marvel Studios was planning to shoot what they could during principal photography and make any necessary writing adjustments during the series' already scheduled reshoots.
[39] J.C. "Spike" Osorio, a lighting technician, died during production work on set at Radford Studio Center on February 6, after falling from the rafters.
[12][13] It was initially expected to premiere during the 2023–24 television season,[46] but its release date was unclear by September 2023 given filming had not yet been completed amid the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.