Marvel’s Wonder Man Disney Plus TV series casts Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as the title character

Marvel and Disney have finally found their Wonder Man by tapping Yahya Abdul-Mateen II for their new Wonder Man series on Disney Plus.

Abdul-Mateen II, 36, plays Simon Williams, the son of a wealthy industrialist who eventually transforms himself into Wonder Man, via Screen Geek.

The role will be the third comic book character Abdul-Mateen II has tackled, following his portrayal of Black Manta in 2018’s Aquaman and Dr. Manhattan in the 2019 HBO series Watchmen, for which he won an Emmy Award.

Wonder Man debuted in Marvel Comics in The Avengers #9, which hit shelves in October 1964, created by writer Stan Lee and artists Jack Kirby and Don Heck.

Although the character appeared to have been killed off in that song, he would later be revived and join The Avengers and later as a founding member of the West Coast Avengers.

Simon Williams inherited his father’s munitions factory after his death, although the company is eventually decimated by Tony Stark’s Stark Industries.

Comic: Wonder Man debuted in Marvel Comics in The Avengers #9, which hit shelves in October 1964, created by writer Stan Lee and artists Jack Kirby and Don Heck

Finally, he turns to the evil Baron Zemo to give him superpowers to betray the Avengers… although he would later form the West Coast Avengers.

Williams is also a successful movie star, which could very well play a part in the story given the involvement of another cast member.

In late August, it was revealed that Ben Kingsley will return in Wonder Man as Trevor Slattery, who made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in 2013’s Iron Man 3.

Satire: There are reports that the show will be a satire of the Hollywood film system, although those reports have not been confirmed

Slattery was a failed British actor hired to play a fake villain in Iron Man 3, and he returned last year in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

There are reports that the show will be a satire of the Hollywood film system, although those reports have not been confirmed.

Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) is developing Wonder Man with lead writer Andrew Guest (Community, Brooklyn Nine-Nine).

Coming soon: He will return as Black Manta in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom for Warner Bros., which will be released on December 25, 2023

Abdul-Mateen II comes from his action thriller Ambulance with Jake Gyllenhaal, which premiered this spring.

He returns as Black Manta in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom for Warner Bros., which will be released on December 25, 2023.

The actor is also attached to star in the TV series Scent of Burnt Flowers and the movie Emergency Contact.

Ambulance: Abdul-Mateen II comes from his action thriller Ambulance with Jake Gyllenhaal, which premiered this spring