WONDER MAN Casts Demetrius Grosse As The Villainous Grim Reaper

WONDER MAN Casts Demetrius Grosse As The Villainous Grim Reaper

Confirming a recent casting rumor, TV Line is reporting that Lovecraft Country actor Demetrius Grosse will play the villainous brother of Simon Williams, The Grim Reaper, in Wonder Man...

By MarkCassidy - Mar 29, 2023 01:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Wonder Man

As Marvel Studios' Wonder Man Disney+ series begins to finalizes its cast ahead of a tentative production start early next month, TV Line has confirmed that Demetrius Grosse (Fear the Walking Dead, Lovecraft Country) will be on villain duties.

Grosse is set to play Eric Williams, brother of Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's Simon Williams, and the man who will ultimately become the Grim Reaper.

Ben Kingsley's Trevor Slattery will also appear, and Mindhunters star Lauren Glazier recently joined the cast in an undisclosed role.

A recently released logline reads: "[The] story of two actors struggling to make it in the Hollywood of the MCU, [asking] the big question: what does Hollywood look like in a world where super heroes are real?"

The project has also been described as “a love letter to LA and the industry," and producers Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest are said to be going for a tone similar to shows such as Silicon Valley, Dave, and Barry.

Stella Meghie (The Photograph) had been tapped to direct multiple episodes. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton is on board as a writer along with Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 30 Rock, and Community scribe Andrew Guest, who will also serve as showrunner.

No premiere date has been announced. 

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FilmGuy7878
FilmGuy7878 - 3/29/2023, 1:38 PM
I don't know why but I've always imagined Eric to be the skinnier of the two brothers, this guy looks like he's built like a god damn tank.

Anyways, intrigued to see what they do with Grim Reaper, he's always been one of my favorite Marvel villains just based of his design alone. Hopefully this series also gives us the Lethal Legion.
StSteven
StSteven - 3/29/2023, 10:11 PM
@FilmGuy7878 - Now that we know that his character will indeed be in the show, I'm VERY interested in seeing how they portray him. I mean, let's honest, with Simon, his powers and costume are pretty easy to pull off in live action. But that Grim Reaper costume? Marvel is going to have dive deep into their top-tier costuming dept. to get something that looks cool AND is is relatively realistic. Good luck. Can't wait to see what they come up with for this...
thebamf
thebamf - 3/29/2023, 1:38 PM
Hell yeah.
BringFFtoMCU
BringFFtoMCU - 3/29/2023, 1:42 PM
People that are upset that he's black: You should be rather be upset that they are making a Wonder Man project starring the Grim Reaper.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 3/29/2023, 1:45 PM
Pretty optimistic about this one. Yahya Abdul-Mateen has some great range as an actor and proved he can do action, comedy, and drama pretty well. The Get Down made me a fan of the dude.
mountainman
mountainman - 3/29/2023, 1:48 PM
Looks just like the comic version! 🤩
KaptainKhaos
KaptainKhaos - 3/29/2023, 1:59 PM
GET THIS MAN A HAND SCYTHE
grif
grif - 3/29/2023, 2:00 PM
numb to it now. dont even care. dont care about this show either.
supermanrex
supermanrex - 3/29/2023, 3:57 PM
@grif - bye bye the door is that way.......
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/29/2023, 4:43 PM
@grif - I feel your pain man.
Deadinside
Deadinside - 3/30/2023, 9:15 AM
@supermanrex - Oh, sorry, I thought the door was THIS way...
BeefyTrout
BeefyTrout - 3/29/2023, 2:01 PM
Errol from Justified? Oh hell yes
Saga
Saga - 3/29/2023, 2:06 PM
A love letter to the film industry by Disney of all people? God abandon all hope for this, the cringe Will be strong
GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/29/2023, 2:11 PM
He was great on Banshee
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 3/29/2023, 2:13 PM
no expectations as i don't know these characters or the directors or the shows they are taking inspiration from... but if i can sit through that garbage She-Hulk and Thor L&T i can sit through and watch this
JustBrootal
JustBrootal - 3/29/2023, 3:18 PM
That is exactly what they are doing here
Lilvic92
Lilvic92 - 3/29/2023, 2:17 PM
I’m surprised this show didn’t get shelved like some of the other MCU projects. Unnecessary race swap aside , is there any real excitement for the series? Marvel isn’t in a position to give the GA obscure characters that nobody really knows. Obviously I’ll stand corrected if they write an amazing series but they haven’t shown the ability to write a show that’s even above average at this point so idk..
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 3/29/2023, 2:31 PM
@Lilvic92 - I imagine it is integral to the plan moving forward..... west coat avengers please
Lilvic92
Lilvic92 - 3/29/2023, 2:49 PM
@ProfessorWhy - I wouldn’t get too excited my friend. If the Thunderbolts cast and even Birds of Prey over at DC told us anything, it’s that these teams are going to resemble the source material in name only, because I don’t even know what the hell they’re doing with that movie 🤦🏾‍♂️
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 3/29/2023, 2:50 PM
@Lilvic92 - Hulk 2 ,pal
Reginator
Reginator - 3/29/2023, 2:20 PM
ready for the MCU reboot after secret wars
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