WONDER MAN: Simon Williams Shows Off His Superpowers In Brief New Teaser For Next MCU TV Series

A new look at Wonder Man has been released as part of a Disney+/Hulu preview video, and it finds Simon Williams attempting to land the role of a lifetime...and showing off some impressive superpowers!

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By JoshWilding - Jul 08, 2025 09:07 AM EST

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Disney+ and Hulu have shared a video featuring new looks at Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the King of the Hill revival, Only Murders in the Building, All's Fair, Chad Powers, The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, and Marvel Television's Wonder Man.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II take on the role of Simon Williams, and in this brief preview, makes it clear that he was "born to play this character" (previous sneak peeks confirmed that Simon is an actor auditioning for the lead role in a movie called "Wonder Man").

Marvel Studios is putting a different spin on the Avenger in this series, and we get a glimpse of his powers in action as he effortlessly smashes a table before losing control and seemingly laying waste to an entire building.

Iron Man 3 and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Sir Ben Kingsley also returns in the promo as Simon's fellow actor—and former "Mandarin"—Trevor Slattery.

Wonder Man looks to be a standalone story about Simon pretending to be the hero he's playing on screen. However, given how powerful the character is in the comics, we'd be flabbergasted if this series doesn't end with the MCU getting a new heavy-hitter capable of assembling alongside Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

Last year, we caught up with Grim Reaper actor Demetrius Grosse to discuss his role in Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot and asked if there was anything he could tease about his MCU debut.

"Yes, and I think people are going to be intrigued by the dynamic between Simon Williams and Eric Williams as much as they’re excited about the dynamic between Grim Reaper and Wonder Man," the actor told us. "This series is gonna be a very, very different kind of show, but pleasantly so."

There's no sign of him in this sneak peek, though we can't help but wonder (no pun intended) whether this version of the character will be Simon's co-star in "Wonder Man." The villain of the piece, perhaps?

Recently, Marvel's Head of Streaming, Television, and Animation, Brad Winderbaum, revealed, "Wonder Man is eight episodes. It's a very new flavor for Marvel. It's straight from the minds of Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest. Honestly, it is one of my favorite things ever."

"I think it's the best show no one's ever seen, and I’m very excited to see the audience reaction to it," the executive teased. "I think it's a love letter to what we do as filmmakers. It's a love letter to acting as a profession, and it's a very sincere, beautiful show."

Andrew Guest (Hawkeye) series as Wonder Man's Head Writer. The series is executive-produced by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Spider-Man: No Way Home director Destin Daniel Cretton. He also helmed the first two episodes.

Check out this new look at Wonder Man ahead of its Disney+ premiere this December in the players below.

WONDER MAN Episode Count & Run-Times Confirmed; Series Described As A Love Letter To Acting

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URCOMMENTSUCKS - 7/8/2025, 9:41 AM

Flush this shit down the toilet, Feige. Save yourself from embarrassment.

vectorsigma - 7/8/2025, 9:45 AM

@URCOMMENTSUCKS - good advice. But will Feige have the balls to do it? He needs to go.

When Superman becomes successful (im hoping) Feige's limitations will be more apparent

AllsGood - 7/8/2025, 9:46 AM

@URCOMMENTSUCKS - Marvel Studios Ironheart 87% Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh.

CreateNowSlpL8r - 7/8/2025, 10:10 AM

@AllsGood - It failed man. Let it go.

AllsGood - 7/8/2025, 10:22 AM

@CreateNowSlpL8r - In your MAGA Mind but in Reality. Marvel Studios Ironheart :)

thedrudo - 7/8/2025, 10:31 AM

@AllsGood - Whether something a scores high or low, judging something by its RT score is hilariously absurd.

CreateNowSlpL8r - 7/8/2025, 10:54 AM

@AllsGood - IT FAILED.

No one cares about RT scores from the access media. Did you notice the audience scores are 50 even AFTER they deleted the negative ones? Or you dont care about the people that actually watched it which there were few.

They spent a ton of money on this show. No one watched it so they dumped what should have been a full 8 episodes into a condensed 6 into 2 weeks. I dont understand how you think this is a win. You'd be better off saying, you liked it an moved on.

Also, I told you I wasn't MAGA but this is why you left idiots keep losing. The tariffs did not tank the enonomy like all your buddies whined about. Gas is the lowest its been in years and the stock market is rocking. The jobs report came in way better than expected AND inflation is down. He also just got his signature legislation (which I despise)passed before the mid-terms and although you idiots keep complaining, he hasnt even touched the deportation numbers of any previous president in decades.

This is why we cant get good candiates. Morons like you who dont actually understand how the country works and cant be objective.

DarkeyeZ - 7/8/2025, 11:00 AM

@CreateNowSlpL8r - you'd think that with the mount of time people like you spend online in comment sections of sites like this, that you would have a clue how the industry works. Ironheart didn't fail. It's a streaming show, not a movie. If it was a movie, it would have failed. Movies success is based off of box office (and other aspects) so it's easier to see their success or failure. TV shows have TV ratings (which are wildly inaccurate). But Streaming shows is different. Ironheart has been making marvel a shit tone of money on platforms like Facebook, Youtube, IG and other social media, and it's partly due to haters. Online, advertisers will pay to put adds on your videos (the ad the plays before or after your video). Advertisers are attracted to things with the most engagements, because that means it will reach the most people. Ironheart has been trending for over 3 weeks, meaning it is an advertising gold mind. So Marvel is making bank on this show.
and before you say "But people are trashing the show", let me tell you...it doesn't matter...they are still creating engagements. The phrase "any attention is good attention" is a phrase for a reason. Advertisers and Marvel don't read all the stupid hateful comments read, they just check the numbers on how many comments there are...actors and directors sometimes read comments but are usually advised not to as the internet being filled with hateful losers is a known fact.
so yea, everyone that is trolling Facebook posts leaving laugh reactions and commenting that the show is no good, are actually helping it make money.
and here's the kicker.
Your algorithm thinking you like the stuff you are constantly trolling, so, it will show you more of it in your feed, creating an endless cycle of you raging about something you dislike, but doing things to help it succeed and constantly be in your feed.
Even this website runs on that algorithm. If you haven't noticed they they mostly post articles to make you mad and head to the comment section, then that's your problem I guess.
SO, enjoy your life of getting mad at stuff online and therefore ensuring you will see more stuff to make you mad.

BasicUsername - 7/8/2025, 11:40 AM

@AllsGood - I hate Trump and iron heart. And twits like you who immediately bring up politics to try and write someone off

Malatrova15 - 7/8/2025, 12:08 PM

@AllsGood - the reviews are set , only thing Feige needs is for someone to Actually watch his slop

CreateNowSlpL8r - 7/8/2025, 12:25 PM

@DarkeyeZ - You have no idea what you're talking about.

Disney+ makes money 2 ways, subscribers and ads. Budgets for shows need to translate to net new subs (which is why streaming platforms stopped dumping entire seasons of shows so that people wouldnt drop subs).

Secondly, net new subs or retained subs are critical to a show that cost what Ironheart did. D+ subs are do bad that they stopped reporting sub numbers and folded it in together with Hulu. They have models now that run ads so if no one watched it, less ads got served.

Whatever someones opinion about the show is doesn't matter. For example, people troll on Avatar but it makes a ton of money. Jurrasic Park had an excellent opening weekend despite less than favorable reviews.

"Ironheart has been making marvel a shit tone of money on platforms like Facebook, Youtube, IG and other social media, and it's partly due to haters. Online, advertisers will pay to put adds on your videos (the ad the plays before or after your video). Advertisers are attracted to things with the most engagements, because that means it will reach the most people. Ironheart has been trending for over 3 weeks, meaning it is an advertising gold mind. So Marvel is making bank on this show."

Again, you are not aware that huge platforms like Disney PAY YouTube to favor their content. This is evident in night time talk shows. Since cable is dead, companies are not moving to YouTube as its the number one source of consumption now.

Your other point related to ads doesnt factor in that they also PAY for ads. None of these platforms generate that kind of ad revenue to make up for these bloated budgets. The proof is the lat 4 our out of 6 MCU movies financially failed and D+ is in big trouble. Paramount is kicking their ass at scale, meaning they have a much less sub base but are outperforming D+ in views. D+ cant get people to watch their shows, they are surving because people are bingeing their legacy content.

I'm not mad. I'm right. If I was wrong, these projects wouldn't be financially failing but that Cap4, the Marvels, TB all failed ACCORDING to Disney. Their FB or YT posts didn't make up for that so you are incorrect.

TheFinestSmack - 7/8/2025, 9:44 AM

Will this drop in two parts like Ironheart? Or will they have faith in it?

Canyoublush - 7/8/2025, 9:45 AM

I’m intrigued by the premise of Wonder man. The meta approach is not what i expected. Plus Yaya never disappoints in any role.

vectorsigma - 7/8/2025, 9:47 AM

@Canyoublush - there are shortages of good actors in marvel.

Its the writers that are questionable.

vectorsigma - 7/8/2025, 9:48 AM

*no shortages

Canyoublush - 7/8/2025, 9:51 AM

@vectorsigma - I think I’m gonna enjoy this one. I didn’t bother with Ms Marvel, Ecko, Ironheart, She-hulk, Agatha, nothing against females lol but this looks interesting.

Clintthahamster - 7/8/2025, 9:57 AM

@Canyoublush - "Nothing against females, I just won't bother to watch a show with a female lead."

Lisa89 - 7/8/2025, 10:01 AM

@Canyoublush -

vectorsigma - 7/8/2025, 10:03 AM

@Canyoublush - i have actually watched all of the marvel shows but not in a hurry or on a weekly basis like i did Penguin or Creature Commandos.

Im still on ep 4 of ironheart.

Canyoublush - 7/8/2025, 10:16 AM

@Lisa89 - lol. You are quite the comedian aren’t you?

Canyoublush - 7/8/2025, 10:23 AM

@Clintthahamster - It less about the female leads and more about the writing and direction. I can watch female led movies and shows all day but if their bad their bad. Agatha just didn’t interest me, she-hulk was painful to watch I got as far as episode 2 and quit. Ecko & Ms Marvel seemed like filler shows just like Hawkeye so I didn’t bother.

Wakanda forever is perhaps my favourite MCU film. I much prefer it to the first BP film and thats largely down to the characterisations of Shuri, Okeye & Queen Romanda. I am emotionally invested in their arcs. Riri? Not so much. Therefore I will not commit to Ironheart.

I am one of the few individuals who genuinely likes the 2016 ghostbusters flick, starring Mellisa McCarthy, Kristen Wig, Leslie Jones. I thoroughly enjoyed it, didn’t have any issues with it. Strangely I can’t seem to get into the recent movies starring Paul Rudd. Don’t know why.

Lisa89 - 7/8/2025, 10:24 AM

@Canyoublush - You’re the one with the jokes. 🤓

Canyoublush - 7/8/2025, 10:29 AM

@vectorsigma - I am very picky with tv shows. Suggest any film and I’ll watch but tv shows come with a commitment that I’m unwilling to make. I did enjoy Loki, WandaVision, Falcon & the winter soldier. Moon knight and some of the Star Wars shows too. I’ve heard great things about the penguin. Really like Colin Farrell he stole the show for me in the Batman and Cristin Molioti is a really good actress. She’s great in black mirror.

Clintthahamster - 7/8/2025, 11:07 AM

@Canyoublush - "It less about the female leads and more about the writing and direction."

These are two things that you cannot know before the show comes out. We're here talking about Wonder-Man, a show that hasn't aired, and the first comment is "Flush this shit down the toilet, Feige. Save yourself from embarrassment." This is not a complaint about the writing or the direction.

Canyoublush - 7/8/2025, 11:21 AM

@Clintthahamster - There seems to be a misunderstanding here between you and I. All I’m saying is something interests me I’ll watch it regardless of who’s in it. If it doesn’t interest me then adios. All this nonsense talk about Feige, Disney, female leads isn’t worth my time. I’m not trying to make a point I’m just stating my interests. All I said was I liked what I’ve seen from Wonder man and I look forward to watching it. That’s it. Hey keep doing your thing on here, if you’re lucky one day you’ll be in Josh’s position.

Clintthahamster - 7/8/2025, 11:46 AM

@Canyoublush - Apologies if I missed your intent. I just don't understand how a fan of comic book shows and movies could be completely disinterested in every MCU show with a female lead except the first one without just a hint of implicit bias. But that's me.

WalletsClosed - 7/8/2025, 12:07 PM

@Clintthahamster - Did you not read his comment about Wakanda Forever being his favorite MCU film? Let me ask you this, do you like every single comic book film? If not, you're a hypocrite

Clintthahamster - 7/8/2025, 1:21 PM

@WalletsClosed - "Did you not read his comment about Wakanda Forever being his favorite MCU film?"

I did. But we're talking about TV shows that he "didn’t bother" to watch and not movies he did watch.

"Let me ask you this, do you like every single comic book film? If not, you're a hypocrite"

Interesting reasoning. If I don't like every single comic book movie, then I'm a hypocrite for questioning someone judging a movie or TV show before it comes out?

THEKENDOMAN - 7/8/2025, 9:48 AM

Here we go again. Another Black-led Marvel project, Wonder Man getting dropped into the mix with barely any [frick]ing noise. Yahya’s out here smashing buildings with raw power, giving us a proper chocolate superhero with presence, and what does Marvel do? Toss him in a [frick]ing preview reel like he’s some side quest.

Let’s be real: since Secret Invasion flopped and Brave New World got dragged through the mud, Marvel’s track record with Black-led projects has been a bloody embarrassment. The talent is there, Black as chocolate, rich in [frick]ing charisma, but they keep giving these kings half-assed marketing and mid-ass scripts.

Wonder Man looks weird as [frick], yeah, but in a good way, it’s bold, different, a love letter to acting and identity. But will it get the love it [frick]ing deserves? Or will the same pleb-ass fanboys who scream “woke!” at every Black lead keep crying like little bitches?

Marvel better not [frick] this one up. We need a win. And Yahya? That brother’s got range. Give this show its flowers and stop treating chocolate excellence like a [frick]ing afterthought.

For [frick]s sake

DarthRant - 7/8/2025, 9:59 AM

@THEKENDOMAN - Just as with the most recent iteration of the Fantastic Four and its Silver Surfer, comic fans hearing 'Wonder Man' expect the decades old legacy Simon Williams from 616. Instead, a blink-and-you'll-miss-him version was shoehorned in. And for what? More Disney DEI?

Your obsession with chocolate is disturbing.

Clintthahamster - 7/8/2025, 10:02 AM

@THEKENDOMAN - "Or will the same pleb-ass fanboys who scream “woke!” at every Black lead keep crying like little bitches?"

Like the saying goes, only three things in life are certain: Death, taxes, and the same pleb-ass fanboys screaming “woke!” at every Black lead while crying like little bitches.

KennKathleen - 7/8/2025, 10:04 AM

@THEKENDOMAN - 100% chance this jackass is going to take me clean out of the show.

I hate that saving grace, pseudo-idioic, mentor with a heart of gold trope.

KennKathleen - 7/8/2025, 10:12 AM

@THEKENDOMAN - *pseudo-idiotic this edit lack blah,blah, no one cares...

CreateNowSlpL8r - 7/8/2025, 10:19 AM

@Clintthahamster - but again, the first two posts in this thread bitching about it are not whatever name of the week you want to call people you disagree with. Its you guys.

The rest of us have moved on, we just aren't watching anymore. The Ironheart threads weren't filled with woke, it was filled with how bad the story was. In this case, people just aren't going to tune in. It's not because its black led.

Such a dumb take. Star Trek DS9 was black led. So was The Watchman on HBO (which was excellent), and by the way, so was Blade who kicked off the CBM craze. CBM don't show up in droves to little known properties to begin with. The hardcore audience are not showing up for race and gender swaps anymore because they do it every movie and show now. Its as simple as that. Your view on this is old news. My proof is Marvel doesn't have a single success this year. 2 shows, 2 movies, all failures and that includes Daredevil. You keep blaming other people but I have long said its the people who fist pump in X that pretend to support this stuff and dont. Activists are not consumers. Furthermore, its not crossing over to the normies who probably couldn't pick Wonderman out of a lineup.

@THEKENDOMAN

THEKENDOMAN - 7/8/2025, 10:23 AM

@DarthRant - Well, everyone needs some [frick]ing chocolate in their [frick]ing lives mate.
😉

THEKENDOMAN - 7/8/2025, 10:25 AM

@Clintthahamster - Well, we all have a crying bitch in us mate. 👊🏿

THEKENDOMAN - 7/8/2025, 10:26 AM

@KennKathleen - Brutha,

Its our [frick]ing fault.

We let this shit happened and can't do [frick] all about it🤦🏾‍♂️

And that's the [frick]ing reality.

THEKENDOMAN - 7/8/2025, 10:27 AM

@KennKathleen - 😂😂😂😂😂

THEKENDOMAN - 7/8/2025, 10:29 AM

@CreateNowSlpL8r - Well said. 👊🏿

WONDER MAN: Simon Williams Shows Off His Superpowers In Brief New Teaser For Next MCU TV Series

A new look at Wonder Man has been released as part of a Disney+/Hulu preview video, and it finds Simon Williams attempting to land the role of a lifetime...and showing off some impressive superpowers!

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