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The first teaser for the next Marvel Studios series, Wonder Man, puts the spotlight on Vok Kovak, a film director in the MCU who has a serious reputation. His next big project will be a reboot of “Wonder Man,” a movie about a hero who fought aliens on a distant planet. It’s all very Flash Gordon, and while Kovak notes that people are tired of superheroes, he believes his film will bring something new to the table.
Wonder Man is telling the world that it’s not going to be the same old story, with Simon Williams discovering he has powers and honing his skills until he’s ready to fight a CGI bad guy in the finale. There will be commentary on the entertainment industry as a whole and on how superhero fatigue is very real.
While the teaser reveals very little about the story, it sets the stage for Williams to audition for “Wonder Man,” a property that made a major impact on him as a child and could be his big break. Trevor Slattery, best known for playing the Mandarin and fighting alongside Shang-Chi and Co., might also be attached to the project, giving William an in whenever it is time for him to ditch Hollywood and move on to bigger and more heroic things.
