Wonder Man has been canceled at Disney+. The news comes after Disney announced Season 2 renewal back in March, two months after it debuted.
A writers’ room for Season 2 was never opened and the show’s writers have been released to pursue other projects.
Yahya Abdul Mateen II and Ben Kingsley starred in the series as Simon Williams and Trevor Slattery.
The Season 1 cast also included X Mayo, Demetrius Grosse, Zlatko Burić, Arian Moayed and Olivia Thirlby. It was created by Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest, with Cretton also directing the first two episodes. Guest served as showrunner.
Disney did not release any viewership data for the show, though it did make a single appearance in the Nielsen streaming top 10 charts the week of its release. The show managed to crack the number eight position on the streaming top 10 originals chart for the week of Jan. 26-Feb. 1, but fell off the chart the following week.
The official logline stated, “Aspiring Hollywood actor Simon Williams (Abdul Mateen) is struggling to get his career off the ground. During a chance meeting with Trevor Slattery (Kingsley), an actor whose biggest roles may be well behind him, Simon learns legendary director Von Kovak (Burić) is remaking the superhero film ‘Wonder Man.’ These two actors at opposite ends of their careers doggedly pursue life-changing roles in this film as audiences get a peek behind the curtain of the entertainment industry.”
The renewal for “Wonder Man” was anomaly for Marvel, as all the live-action series they have launched on Disney+ have been single seasons. Those include shows like “WandaVision,” “The Falcon and The Winter Soldier,” “Hawkeye,” and “Moon Knight.” “Loki” starring Tom Hiddleston did air for two seasons, while the “WandaVision” spinoff “Vision Quest” is currently in the works. “WandaVision” also spawned the spinoff “Agatha All Along” starring Kathryn Hahn. Disney+ also relaunched the Marvel-Netflix series “Daredevil” under the title “Daredevil: Born Again” in March 2025, with the second season of that show debuting on March 24. A third season is slated to debut in 2027.
