Wonder Man is a joke, or at least it was literally positioned as one before it actually went on to become one of the best things to ever happen to Marvel Studios and Disney+ streaming. The eventual smash hit starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman, Watchmen, Man on Fire) had a rough go in the months leading up to its release in January as the first live-action Phase Six MCU project of 2026, and the lack of top-shelf marketing might be due to its original pitch.When Wonder Man was brought up as a possible live-action series to Marvel by executive producer Destin Daniel Cretton — director of Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day) — it wasn’t entirely a serious pitch, he admitted recently to Deadline.“The genesis of the idea actually sprouted when we were on the set of Shang Chi and I just loved working with Sir Ben [Kingsley, as Trevor Slattery] and I really loved his character and I really feel like in every movie Trevor Slattery has been such a standout and under utilized,” said Cretton. So I did a joke pitch to my producer Jonathan Schwartz and said, ‘We should do Trevor Goes To Hollywood.’”
Wonder Man is a joke, or at least it was literally positioned as one before it actually went on to become one of the best things to ever happen to Marvel Studios and Disney+ streaming. The eventual smash hit starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman, Watchmen, Man on Fire) had a rough go in the months leading up to its release in January as the first live-action Phase Six MCU project of 2026, and the lack of top-shelf marketing might be due to its original pitch.
When Wonder Man was brought up as a possible live-action series to Marvel by executive producer Destin Daniel Cretton — director of Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day) — it wasn’t entirely a serious pitch, he admitted recently to Deadline.
“The genesis of the idea actually sprouted when we were on the set of Shang Chi and I just loved working with Sir Ben [Kingsley, as Trevor Slattery] and I really loved his character and I really feel like in every movie Trevor Slattery has been such a standout and under utilized,” said Cretton. So I did a joke pitch to my producer Jonathan Schwartz and said, ‘We should do Trevor Goes To Hollywood.’”
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