Marvel’s “Wonder Man” Renewed For Season 2

In a welcome surprise, Marvel Television has renewed its recently acc;aimed limited series “Wonder Man” for a second season.

THR reports that both actors Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley will return as actors Simon Williams and Trevor Slattery respectively.

In addition, key creative talent behind the camera are also set to return including co-creators Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest.

Cretton returns as director and executive producer while Guest is reprising his role as showrunner and executive producer.

The original series followed Williams, a struggling actor trying to hide his powers as he navigates Hollywood and tries to land the lead in a remake of a superhero movie. He ends up forming a friendship with Slattery, the veteran actor who was briefly a terrorist figurehead in “Iron Man 3”.

The project was very different to most Marvel series – a smaller-focused buddy comedy with minimal visual effects and mostly a commentary on the film business. Acclaim was widespread though with both critics and audiences really liking it.

The series racked up 618 million minutes of watch time in its first week according to Nielsen. Marvel will reportedly conduct an awards campaign for the show in comedy categories.

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