Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Will Headline Marvel’s Wonder Man Disney+ Series

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is a multitalented performer—incomes accolades for his work on the massive and small screens, in addition to the Broadway stage. But it positive looks as if he has a comfortable spot for style fare, and the star of Candyman, Aquaman, Watchmen, and The Matrix Resurrections (however not, alas, Furiosa) is including one other huge position to his resume: the title character in Marvel’s Disney+ sequence Wonder Man.

Deadline broke the information that the Emmy-winning actor is coming aboard the in-the-works venture from Dustin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), who will direct and government produce, and Andrew Guest (Hawkeye), who would be the present’s head author. We additionally already knew that Ben Kingsley might be reprising his position as Trevor Slattery—aka “the Mandarin”—as seen in Shang-Chi and Iron Man 3.

As the commerce reminds us, the Stan Lee, Don Heck, and Jack Kirby-created character of Wonder Man made his debut in 1964’s The Avengers #9; “The character otherwise known as Simon Williams is the son of the industrialist Sanford Williams and assumes control of his munitions outfit following his passing, seeing its successes limited when it comes into competition with Tony Stark’s Stark Industries. The younger Williams gains ion-based superpowers, including super strength, while working under the villainous Baron Zemo and establishing himself as an antagonist to the Avengers, though he later decides to become part of that same superhero team.”

No phrase but on when Wonder Man may be premiering on Disney+, but it surely appears unlikely it’ll beat Abdul-Mateen’s different huge superhero venture to the desk: DC’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, at the moment due out Christmas 2023.

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