Marvel’s Wonder Man Disney+ Series Is In The Works

Wonder Man is finally entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton has teamed up with Andrew Guest, a writer-producer on sitcoms like Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Community, for a Wonder Man Disney+ series.

Guest will be the head writer of the series, while Cretton will executive produce the series (and maybe direct one or more episodes). Development of the show is still in early stages, but filming might begin sometime in 2023.

Simon Williams AKA Wonder Man is a classic Marvel character, having been created by Stan Lee and artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby in The Avengers #9 (October 1964). In the comics, he is notable for being one of the earliest Avengers (and West Coast Avengers) but he started out as a villain. Notably, his brain patterns was used as a template by Ultron to create Vision (yes, Ultron created Vision in the comics, and Hank Pym created Ultron, while Tony Stark was NOT involved at all). Wonder Man was also once romantically involved with Wanda Maximoff AKA the Scarlet Witch.

Wonder Man is extremely powerful. He’s basically made of ionic energy, which means that he’s virtually indestructible, super strong, can fly, and project energy. It’s somewhat similar to the powers of Monica Rambeau AKA Photon/Spectrum, but based on ionic energy instead of the electromagnetic spectrum.