Marvel TV Boss Reveals Whether Movie Characters Will Still Appear On Disney+; New WONDER MAN Details Revealed

Marvel TV Boss Reveals Whether Movie Characters Will Still Appear On Disney+; New WONDER MAN Details Revealed

Marvel Television boss Brad Winderbaum has talked more about the MCU's approach to storytelling on Disney+, including whether Avengers are off-limits to the streamer. We also have a Wonder Man update...

By JoshWilding - May 13, 2025 07:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Studios
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Marvel Studios' first foray into streaming was with series like WandaVision and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Essentially sequels to Avengers: Endgame, they set up major new status quo for their respective leads, but made it so that filmgoers needed to watch what was on Disney+ to fully understand the movies.

As more shows landed on streaming, it became increasingly difficult to keep up, and the quality started to decline. Daredevil: Born Again marked a turning point, both in terms of how it was handled creatively and Marvel Studios' overall approach to television. 

It was recently reported that the plan now is to develop traditional multi-season series, not an endless number of titles revolving around big-name characters from the silver screen. Wonder Man and Ironheart were developed before the shift, and new details about the former have been revealed by The Hollywood Reporter.

The trade spoke to Marvel Television boss Brad Winderbaum at the Disney Upfronts and learned that it will consist of 8 30-minute episodes. It's also said that Marvel Studios will take a "wait and see approach" when it comes to potential second seasons for that and Ironheart (if they're hits, both could be ushered into this new era of storytelling).

"Producing shows with marquee names, it made it really challenging to produce second seasons; the margins on TV are smaller," Winderbaum told the trade. "Looking to the future, does it mean that we won’t have big Avengers names? No. They may not be the titular character of the show, but they can still make appearances."

"You should be able to watch these shows on their own, without knowing the overall MCU story," he added. "But if it’s not connected, it’s severing what makes the MCU the MCU."

It sounds like the bigger name characters can make cameo appearances in future shows, but won't necessarily be put front and centre if there are plans for them in theatrical releases. Hopefully, this means the heroes we meet on streaming can make the leap to the silver screen; that seems less likely given some of the confusion created during the Multiverse Saga.

We'll have to see what happens over the next few years. As of now, Marvel Television has yet to reveal whether any other series will join Daredevil: Born Again season 2 in 2026 and 2027 currently remains a mystery to us.

As always, stay tuned for updates as we have them.

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Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 5/13/2025, 7:12 PM
No Kang series..no Pablo LYLE ...no Hunter Shafer..MCU Is dead?
zeon00
zeon00 - 5/14/2025, 2:01 AM
@Malatrova15 - good
movieguy18
movieguy18 - 5/13/2025, 7:12 PM
I like that approach with the shows. Cameos are solid but don't give big characters shows. Keep them for the movies.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 5/14/2025, 5:41 PM
@movieguy18 - Yup and worked well for AoS at the start, shame they stopped after Sif, Titular movie peeps should be those benched from their respective franchises such as maybe a Starlord that isn't planned to jump back into films full time (outside cameos/supporting roles).

Flip side D+ characters should also be able to jump to films once their TV roles end, but mostly in supporting/cameos roles such that their is little perception having watched the show they appeared in is required viewing (at least first time they do so anyway).

Ultimately it all needs to be good and any crossovers feel required narratively and not shoe horned in.
asherman93
asherman93 - 5/13/2025, 7:17 PM
Just from the screencap, I'm getting The Weeknd vibes.
LibraMatter
LibraMatter - 5/13/2025, 8:33 PM
@asherman93 - same here. Dressed like and hair like the weekend. Has to be an influence on the character a little.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 5/13/2025, 7:21 PM
Again, Disney+ shows should strictly be filler stories or prequels to characters from movies. You can't have a massive earth shattering event like (Secret Wars) exist on Disney+ and expect people to watch it and keep that event in their memory for a movie that you release 5 years later. Thunderbolts* was a breath of fresh air and felt like a return to the MCU formula. Those who saw Brave New World and Wakanda Forever got a continuity plot point continued forward and those who saw Black Widow and loved it got a sort of sequel. But making a movie depend on a show's viewing was a recipe for disaster.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 5/13/2025, 8:05 PM
@SonOfAGif - Yep. Those filler issues of comics where it's a canon adventure, but not especially consequential to the Big Picture, with rare exceptions.
TheIronDuck
TheIronDuck - 5/13/2025, 9:56 PM
@SonOfAGif - Yelena wasn't really catching on with fans as the new Black Widow until her scenes with Kate in Hawkeye. So, in that respect the tv tie-in did exactly what they needed it to.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 5/13/2025, 11:32 PM
@TheIronDuck - Yelena wasn't in anything else besides Black Widow and Hawkeye. And Yelena was what people enjoyed about Black Widow when it released.
BruceWayng
BruceWayng - 5/13/2025, 7:29 PM
“…if they're hits, both could be ushered into this new era of storytelling”

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DocSpock
DocSpock - 5/13/2025, 7:41 PM

The Disney folks will get their pandering participation trophies for WonderMan, Ironheart, Eyes of Wakanda cartoon, and Armor wars.

Oh course, very few people will watch any of that.

@MakeAmerecaGrea -

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