Marvel Developing ‘Wonder Man’ Series With Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Guest (Exclusive)
The 'Shang-Chi' filmmaker is teaming with the 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' and 'Community' scribe, who will serve as head writer.
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Marvel Developing ‘Wonder Man’ Series with Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Guest
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Huh. Definitely not what I expected out of Destin Daniel Cretton's Disney+ show but it should be entertaining.
They should do this in a Superior Foes of Spider-Man tone to show the character the respect he deserves.
Yeah not at all what I expected Cretton's project to be. I can see Wonder Man carrying a show if they go kind of goofy with it, superhero actor comedy... like Entourage with more punching. I assumed he was in the scrap heap, since they've already cleared away most the characters around him - Vision, Scarlet Witch, the West Coast Avengers in general...
I could see it working both ways.
But if they're going the classic route and having him hang out with Scarlet Witch (love interest) he's probably too old.
I don't think Wanda's coming back from Strange 2. Not enough to have a replacement love interest to Vision. That arc is gone.
They are the Shang-Chi director (Destin) and the writer / producer of Brooklyn 99 (Andrew). We don't have an Wonder Man just yet. I do wonder who could play him tho. My vote would be Steven Yeun.
I wonder if they keep his origin and that's how they setup Zemo for the the Thunderbolts. Interesting either way they go with him.
That's not what I mean. Obviously the character will be used again.
But as a character, there's no coming back for her from what she did in WV and Strange 2. She's passed the point of no return now, she's not just going to get a new love interest and be treated like a regular hero again. At best she'll show up as an uneasy ally in a team-up flick and then disappear again. The best thing you're gonna get is a reconciliation with White Vision before she's written out and even that isn't a guarantee.
This has potential, Wonder Man is a pretty versatile character with a role in a lot of Marvel history
Yeah I'd love this tbh. He needs an in to the MCU lol
Yeah I'd love this tbh. He needs an in to the MCU lol
This sounds like the series that was reported as part of Cretton's Marvel deal. Think it was just assumed that it was going to be spin off from Shang-Chi because of his involvement.
Hell yeah, get Grim Reaper and his stupid hat in here.
Weird to do Wonder Man after Vision's basically out of the picture, though. I wonder if they'll retcon in a relation or just ignore it.
I have no real fondness for the character, so now's your chance to make me like him, Marvel!
Weird to do Wonder Man after Vision's basically out of the picture, though. I wonder if they'll retcon in a relation or just ignore it.
I have no real fondness for the character, so now's your chance to make me like him, Marvel!
And her first boyfriend actually.Wanda's new boyfriend is coming to the MCU, I'm excited.
Apparently there's a time in comuc where Wanda is presumed dead and later found living peacefully in a remote village with no memory of who she was. While I'm not a fan of amnesia plot in stories in general, I really think this is probably what we'll see Wanda next, and if she had no memory, she can start fresh and could have new romance with Wonder Man
Give me the love triangle drama. Get She-Hulk there as well and make a love square.
Whaaa, random but one of my fave marvel characters and his modern look is something they can keep without changes so I'm in. Wonder who they'll cast.
Yeah best way to do it is play on the comedy of he's an actor that got energy powers and invulnerability but is scared of death(and skip the Tony rival businessman part). So much you can do with that
Yeah best way to do it is play on the comedy of he's an actor that got energy powers and invulnerability but is scared of death(and skip the Tony rival businessman part). So much you can do with that
She remembers pretty quickly once they start using her again. They could not do that here, but in comics that was mostly an excuse for why she was alive but not in use for awhile.
It's more just that there's really not a way to reconcile her arc from the comics with how she's been portrayed in the MCU. Vision's gone, etc. You can't just start using her as Wonder Man's Girlfriend when her power has progressed as far as it has. She's going to be a focus of her own story or she won't be used at all.
WOOO! I've been waiting for this. Simon deserves to be one of the MCU's biggest hitter. Bendis really did him dirty in the comics. Fantastic team behind it, too.
They were talking about Nathan Fillion, who was cast as Simon in GotG Vol. 2, not Destin or Andrew.
If they recast I'd recommend someone like Ken Marino, who will be familiar to Andrew Guest via B99.
If they're going for superhero comedy show they have to keep Nathan Fillion please please please it would be so good
also can we not have unmarked Dr Strange 2 spoilers please, the movie is out on Disney+ in less than a week we're so close ):
also can we not have unmarked Dr Strange 2 spoilers please, the movie is out on Disney+ in less than a week we're so close ):
Basically. He's a film actor and stuntman who moonlights as a hero.
He must take incredibly good care of himself. I never would've guessed he was 53, but the more I think about it the more sense it makes - the State was ages ago. He was popping up in Reno 911 episodes almost two decades ago.
I love Nathan Fillion but he clearly isn't the right part for this. Steven Yeun getting ripped to play a Marvel hero that is also a Hollywood star and hangs out with Kingo, Wanda and She-Hulk though? Now we are talking.
Nah, there's just no basis for this. There are volumes of precedent in comics for characters doing awful shit, getting a redemption arc and being heroes again. There are numerous examples for this one character, hell there are multiple examples for the specific scenario of her being separated from her children. She remains one of the most popular MCU characters and I think it's far more likely than not that they will do this as long as Elizabeth Olsen wants to do it. There will be "but what about Westview" and "but what about Kamar-Taj" gripes which they will calmly lampshade while her millions of fans cackle all the way to the theater to see the team movie with Wanda multiple times.
Depends on the version they're going with, as Fillion fits right in with the "superhero past his prime and now working as a Hollywood actor" version lol. But the point was, if they were to go with Fillion again, he'd be too old to pair with Wanda, but that's also if they paired them up. Two big ifs, basically.
I'd love to see Steven Yeun in the MCU, but I can't see him as Simon tbh. I'm actually having a hard time picturing anyone at all for now.