US EditionDon't Miss Marvel's New Trailer for Wonder Man, Which Has some Big Hints
Simon Williams uses emotion-driven powers and deception to pursue a lead role in a meta Marvel series blending superhero action with Hollywood satire.
- On Jan. 27, 2026, Disney Plus will debut the eight-episode Wonder Man series starring actor Simon Williams .
- Marvel Studios describes the series as `a story about filmmaking and ambition`, showing actor Simon Williams telling his agent `I need to be in this movie` while befriending Trevor Slattery.
- During heightened moments, Simon Williams' eyes turn red and invisible energy emanates from his hand, differing from the comics’ ionic energy origin that grants steady powers.
- The trailer's final moments make the show's superhero elements and Simon Williams' deception explicit, ending with a casting assistant asking him to sign that he has no superpowers.
- The show openly pokes fun at Marvel and superhero-movie fatigue, blending humor and action to satirize filmmaking and genre trends, with Von Kovak highlighting how those powers aid film sets.
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Don't miss Marvel's new trailer for Wonder Man, which has some big hints
Marvel Television's first trailer for Disney Plus series Wonder Man offered a tantalizing, meta take on its brand of superhero fare. The show is clearly going to poke fun at Marvel itself, the concept of superhero movie fatigue, and what superhero movies look like in a world that's filled with actual superheroes. Marvel calls the show "a story about filmmaking and ambition" and "a peek behind the curtain of the entertainment industry."
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WONDER MAN Promo Clip Teases Simon Williams' Super Secret
The MCU’s upcoming Disney+ series is going meta. And then it’s going meta inside its meta story. The show stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Simon Williams, an actor who wants to be a superhero. Not a real superhero, though. He’s not hoping to join the Avengers. Simons wants to play a superhero in a big screen remake of an old superhero story. And that film’s director want to blur the lines between fiction and reality. The only thing he doesn’t want…
The new teaser in the series suggests an approach to the heroic genre that has never been seen at Marvel.
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