“You got this, man. You just gotta go out there and crush it.” Those self-confident words from Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s Simon Williams in the official trailer for the upcoming Marvel Television series at Disney+. Oscar winner Ben Kingsley (Iron Man 3, Shang-CHi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) reprises his role in the series created by Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Spider-Man: Brand New Day) and Andrew Guest (Community, Hawkeye).
Wonder Man follows aspiring actor, Simon Williams (Abdul-Mateen II), who is struggling to get his career off the ground. During a chance meeting with Trevor Slattery (Kingsley), an actor whose biggest roles may be well behind him, Simon learns that legendary director Von Kovak (Zlatko Buric) is remaking the superhero film Wonder Man. These two actors at opposite ends of their careers doggedly pursue life-changing roles in this film as audiences get a peek behind the curtain of the entertainment industry, per the official description.
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While Simon is desperately trying to break through in Hollywood as the star of rebooted superhero film, he is quietly developing superpowers of his own. At one point in the trailer, Simon is asked to sign a document by Agent Cleary, played by Arian Moayed in a reprisal of his role from 2021’s Spiderman: No Way Home, shortly before his secret powers erupt. Cleary is a high-ranking agent from the government agency known as the Department of Damage Control, who’s responsible for dealing with the aftermath of events caused by superpowered individuals, and he quickly labels Simon an “extraordinary threat.”
The series launches with all eight episodes at 6 pm PT January 27 on Disney+.
Check out the trailer above and see some newly released images below.
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