Marvel Studios’ 2026 got off to a fantastic start with Wonder Man. A character study led by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley, the eight-episode series was roundly praised by critics and fans for its change of pace from typical Marvel fare.
The original shows were created as limited series… That made it challenging to make season 2s… But there are shows that were caught in the middle. I’d put Wonder Man on that list where we have to see. Season 2s could be on the table if people watch.
-Brad Winderbaum
According to insider Daniel Richtman, Marvel Studios is “very close” to giving the green light to a second season of Wonder Man.
Richtman’s report comes on the heels of a tease by Brandon Davis who responded to a comment about the potential lack of more Wonder Man in the MCU’s future by saying “Wonder Man will get more 👀.”
Though nothing is official, co-creator Destin Daniel Cretton is a certified idea man who most likely found plenty of potential for future stories while developing and overseeing Season 1: a supply to meet the demand for more. Should the studio decide toove forward, late-2027 would seem the earliest a sophomore season could be expected.
Matt Murdock will resume his fight against Wilson Fisk in Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 but this time, he’ll have some help.
Disney unveiled the first trailer for the sophomore season of the streaming series–along with a March 24th release date–and it featured a surprisingly large dose of Jessica Jones.
In Season 2, Mayor Wilson Fisk crushes New York City underfoot as he hunts down public enemy number one, the Hell’s Kitchen vigilante known as Daredevil. But beneath the horned mask, Matt Murdock will try to fight back from the shadows to tear down the Kingpin’s corrupt empire and redeem his home. Resist. Rebel. Rebuild.
-Official synopsis for Daredevil: Born Again Season 2
Described by Marvel Studios’ Head of TV, Streaming, and Animation, Brad Winderbaum, as a “love letter to Hollywood” and a story “that anyone who came up in Hollywood or in the arts in general can relate to,” Marvel Television’s Wonder Man may indeed be just that…though at times anyone who did not come up in Hollywood might find themselves feeling a bit like a fifth grader on the outside of an inside joke. True to the word of Winderbaum, Wonder Man is entirely unlike anything Marvel has done because, at least in part, it feels as though it was created for the enjoyment of those who create.
A character study at its core, Wonder Man is almost entirely devoid of superhero action, choosing rather to spend its narrative currency peeling back the layers of the psyches of Simon Williams and Trevor Slattery. Like Midnight Cowboy, the film that brings the two together, Wonder Man is indeed, as advertised, a two-hander in which each of the dual protagonists recognizes the other as, perhaps, the first genuine human connection either has ever had. Over the course of seven of the eight episodes (an entire episode of Wonder Man is dedicated to NEITHER Simon nor Trevor), the leads’ personas are stripped bare, with Simon’s history told through fragmented flashbacks that deconstruct the damaged and insecure boy that lives behind the facade of an overconfident man. Simon is ALWAYS acting; however, it’s only when he realizes that he’s acting that he struggles.
As a character study devoted to the genre, Wonder Man stands apart from traditional superhero fare. By the design of co-creators Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest, the stakes of its plot are emotional rather than physical. Despite Simon being perhaps one of the MCU’s most powerful individuals, the series eschews the genre’s classic climax for one that is simply anticlimactic. The earliest marketing for the series gave away the fate of Simon’s pursuit of his dream role, even if it did cleverly conceal the project’s best twist which isn’t a revelation about Simon. As such, Wonder Man follows a couple of actors talking about acting while pursuing acting roles for the vast majority of its runtime, with very little time spent on the unnatural abilities possessed by Simon Williams. By focusing on the mundane aspects of being a powered individual in the film industry (auditions, stunt work, publicists), the show humanizes Simon. While Wonder Man does provide Simon with the occasional opportunity to show off his powers on street-level cannon fodder, there’s more tension present in scenes where he’s trying to crack the backstory of his character in American Horror Story.
Though the time spent with Simon is rewarding, such little time is devoted to his innate ionic powers that the presence of the series de facto antagonists, the Department of Damage Control, feels shoehorned and contrived. Arguably, this is the one area in which Wonder Man taking place within a deeply developed shared universe based on superheroes forces a betrayal of Cretton and Guest‘s intent. Classic character studies rarely involve a conflict with an external aggressor, focusing rather on how the protagonist’s psyche prevents him from achieving his desired purpose. Given that Wonder Man thoroughly and expertly explores that avenue, it seems clear that the DODC’s inclusion was *suggested* by the Marvel Parliament rather than being narratively native. While it seems Marvel’s intent is that the DODC is destined to become the precursor of the MCU’s anti-Mutant division–even though it is not clear if Simon is a mutant in the MCU–their presence is one of the primary perplexities of the series.
Another is why Simon William is the protagonist of Wonder Man at all. Though it’s hardly the first time it has done so, Marvel Studios significantly reinvents Simon Williams–and those around him–for the MCU. And strangely, given the series’ designation as a Marvel Spotlight project–there’s no guarantee the decision to do so will eventually be paid off or explained. Yes, this Simon is prone to bouts of self-doubt, works in Hollywood and has incredible ionic powers; however, the decision to make Simon a mutant rather than a mutate strips him of the agency that made him such a polarizing character in his early adventures in the pages of Marvel Comics. An interesting choice to be sure and one that may never be liquidated. From his background to his family connections to the source of his powers, the MCU’s Simon has surprisingly little in common with his comic book counterpart…but nearly none of that matters when a star the caliber of Yahya Abul-Mateen II is involved.
In Wonder Man, Cretton and Guest created the equivalent of an HBO prestige streaming series. Rather than fill the runtime with superhero moments, Wonder Man lingers on the mundane, revealing the true natures of Simon and Trevor in a strangely slow burn for a series with such short runtimes. In the case of Simon, Wonder Man introduces an insecure man seeking validation. But brilliantly, the series uses Trevor as a dark mirror to Simon. If Wonder Man presents Simon as a study of a man trying to find himself through fame, Trevor is a study of a man who has completely lost himself to the performance. Trevor’s character study is built on the tragedy of a failed artist who finally found his greatest role by accident.
Whether he’s in a high-security prison or a warlord’s compound, Trevor’s constant performing ensures people find him too entertaining to kill. This reveals a deep instinct for self-preservation: Trevor doesn’t know how to be authentic because, in his world, being yourself gets you hurt. Strip away the accents and the anecdotes about “the stage” and his “mum” and you meet a man with a fundamental void of identity. Trevor is a character study in codependency. He needs an audience to tell him he exists. Without someone watching him, Slattery effectively vanishes. Using Trevor as a secondary character study reveals a man who uses acting as a survival mechanism and a psychological shield, serving as a near-perfect foil to Simon Williams’s worldview. And in Simon, he meets his co-dependent.
Where Trevor’s patience and experience provide him the relief of being the consummate actor, Simon holds the power of a god but the temperament of a struggling artist, creating a fish-out-of-water dynamic that makes Wonder Man such a particularly clever choice for a character study. While most superhero projects focus on the hero’s journey, Wonder Man is designed as a satirical character study, peeling back the layers of a man who is literally and figuratively performing for a living.
Tonally, Wonder Man balances comedy with a sense of isolation. Tragicomical character studies often use humor to mask a character’s deep-seated loneliness and Wonder Man is no different here, other than that it is led by Yahya Abdul-Matteen II, whose filmography reveals a generational talent.
Despite the series’ shortcomings in terms of its utility as another entry in the MCU’s shared narrative tapestry (it’s only in its last 15 minutes that Wonder Man feels like it belongs in the MCU), the series is undoubtedly one of Marvel Television’s best and, despite some other heavy competition, is carried by the studio’s strongest cast. At the end of the day, the only question that remains is why is was developed as a superhero study at all.
Four years after its debut, Hawkeye remains one of Marvel Studios’ strongest streaming series. The Christmas setting and dynamic between Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld‘s Hawkeyes made the street-level story a hit with fans and the finale seemed to set up a bright future for many of the show’s characters and some hope for a second season.
In an interview with the direct, Hawkeye writer Andrew Guest explained that while there “was talk about” a second season of the series, “the timing didn’t work out.”
There was talk at a certain point about… we did explore creatively what Season 2 of Hawkeye might be if we were able to do it. Unfortunately, the timing didn’t work out in terms of Marvel and all the various pieces that need to come together, but I loved working on ‘Hawkeye.’ I think [Jeremy] Renner and Hailee Steinfeld are so terrific together, and I would love to see more of those two.
-Andrew Guest
As has been the standard for the Multiverse Saga, one of Hawkeye‘s leads, Hailee Steinfeld, has made only one incredibly brief cameo appearance in the four years since the series hit D+. And as the Saga speeds to an end, it’s not entirely clear when she might appear again.
Marvel Television’s Wonder Man will hit Disney Plus one week from today, introducing fans to Simon Williams and providing a look at what goes on behind the scenes in Hollywood. Described as a “two-hander” featuring the “odd couple of Simon Williams and Trevor Slattery,” the 8-episode series will follow Yahya Abdul-Mateen II‘s Williams as he attempts to land the role of a lifetime in a remake of his favorite childhood film.
Developed for Disney Plus by Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton and Hawkeye and Brooklyn Nine-Nine writer Andrew Guest, Wonder Man kicks off Marvel’s 2026 slate and, in a rare move, the studio has decided to release the entire series on day one. Now, as the marketing for the series continues, they’ve revealed the titles for each episode and one is certainly eye-catching.
Episode 4, titled “Doorman”, certainly stands out on the image released by the studio both because it’s written in red and because it’s the name of an incredibly interesting character who will be played by comedian Byron Bowers. It’s also been well-established via marketing that super-powered individuals aren’t welcome in Hollywood projects and all potential actors must sign off on the “Doorman Clause,” confirming they are not enhanced.
Doorman, real name DeMarr Davis, made his debut back in West Coast Avengers #46 (1989). A John Byrne creation who, on the surface, seemed like a joke waiting to happen, DeMarr is a mutant, but not one who could level a city block or fly at Mach 5. His initial power? He could turn his body into a portal that connects two parts of the same room, essentially letting people pass through him to get to the other side of a solid object.
Naming an entire episode for a character usually associated with low-brow comedy certainly stands out and it appears Doorman will get more than just a passing reference in the series.
Ahead of New York Comic Con 2025, evidence began to mount that Colter might be stepping back into the role, something the star heavily implied during a panel during Edmonton Expo in September. “I don’t know why people keep asking me this. There’s no signs. It’s not like they’ve just recently revived one of the Marvel Netflix shows,” teased Colter when asked if he was set to return for as Cage in Daredevil: Born Again.
Though there was plenty of speculation his appearance at NYCC might come with confirmation that Cage would join Murdock’s vigilante army in the sophomore season of Disney’s Daredevil revival, that never came to pass. But now, as the studio gears up for production on Season 3, Colter has begun the game anew.
In a new interview with On That Note, Colter seemed to give the clearer indication yet that his return to the role of Luke Cage was imminent.
“I’ve had conversations,” Colter told host Shawn Stockman, though he did not clarify that those conversations were with anyone currently working at Marvel Studios.
I talked to Cheo [Hodari Coker] about it, [the] showrunner. I think Daredevil’s back… Jessica’s back… we’re in a better position to see this come into fruition faster then we think. Yeah, so, we’ll see.
-Mike Colter on his potential return as Luke Cage
“I love the fans and I love that world. And so it’s been years now. So now like, I’m doing other projects, but now I think to myself, ‘I have some unfinished business there’,” said Colter. As for Cage –who was last seen taking ownership over Harlem’s Paradise–there’s certainly unfinished business and plenty more room for the character to grow into the MCU, especially if the studio is intent on making the Netflix series’ revivals its cornerstone content.
It’s official. DC Studios’ co-chair James Gunn confirmed that the upcoming animated series, Mister Miracle, which will introduce Scott Free and the mythology of The New Gods, will be set within the shared narrative of the all-new DCU.
The animated adventure was written by Tom King as an adaptation of his own award-winning 12-issue Mister Miracle comic book and seemed to have quickly come together under the radar. In September, Nexus Point News reported that casting for the project was underway and that it was indeed set to include Jack Kirby’s Fourth World characters such as Funky Flashman, Highfather, Lightray and Orion and, most interestingly, the tyrannical ruler of Apokolips, Darkseid.
Since then, the series hasn’t often been in the headlines but an update from King has changed that. In a new interview, King revealed that episodes of the series are already being edited and that the studio has already cast actors in many key roles.
“It is a DCU show. That has huge implications for our show and the DCU at large, obviously,” said King, quoting Gunn’s revelation that Mister Miracle was set within the new continuity.
“The big announcement like who the cast and where everything that hasn’t come yet and it’s going to come and I can’t wait to do it,” King revealed. “We got to cast Darkseid. We got to cast Orion. Obviously Scott and Barda were the big ones.”
Tom King talks about MISTER MIRACLE animated show
“It will have larger implications on DCU as a whole…. we get to cast Darkseid, Orion, Scott and Barda” pic.twitter.com/rrRonVTn8r
The “huge implications” King mentioned might include the possibility that the yet-to-be-revealed voice talent cast in the aforementioned roles will also portray the characters in live-action. Gunn has stated that in most cases, the voice actors behind animated characters will also play the live-action versions of the characters, as was the case with Frank Grillo, who played Rick Flag Sr in Creature Commandos, Superman and Peacemaker Season 2. Should that be the case with Mister Miracle, it would mean that an actor has been the Justice League’s greatest villain and that Darkseid is…
While Season 1 of Marvel Zombies wasn’t perfect, it delivered some absolutely phenomenal fun, including “a truly all-time great zombie apocalypse moment that sits right there with 28 Days Later and World War Z.” And while the finale teed up a second season, Marvel’s streaming skipper, Brad Winderbaum, said that the studio would be looking at viewership numbers before unleashing a second season. It appears the studio likes what they discovered.
Frenetic, savage and gadgety-on-the-brink-of-gimmicky, Marvel Zombies ends up a bit less than the sum of its parts while still managing to deliver a sinewy supernatural survivor story.
Though Winderbaum made it clear that the new season has not been greenlit for production yet, the series generated significant hype, becoming a surprise hit for studio at the end of 2025 and all but ensuring more zombie stories would be told.
Though the Season 1 finale certainly seemed to tee up a very specific direction for a sophomore season, there are plenty of other tales to be told on the alternate Earth where the Dead Queen rules.
Marvel’s 2026 slate kicks off on January 27th with the eight-episode streaming series Wonder Man. Revealed to be in development in the summer of 2022, Wonder Man was shrouded so heavily in mystery that some fans questioned its existence. Developed for Disney Plus by Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton and Hawkeye and Brooklyn Nine-Nine writer Andrew Guest, the series will see Yaha Abdul-Mateen II step into the role of Simon Williams, a longtime Avenger in the pages of Marvel Comics whose jump to the MCU took a little longer than expected after Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon divulged he could never “figure out what he was for.”
You know it’s a two-hander between two amazing characters. There’s this odd couple of Simon Williams and Trevor Slattery and you get a little bit of glimpse of that in the trailer. I don’t wanna go too much into story details, it’s very fun to see people speculating about what the plot will be.
With Whedon long-since out of the loop, the Marvel Parliament determined that the best way to use Simon Williams was to satirize Hollywood. Marvel Television top dog Brad Winderbaum has said that the Marvel Spotlight series “is a love letter to Hollywood in a lot of ways,” including providing the audience with “a peek behind the curtain of the entertainment industry.”
As the viral and meta marketing for the project has revealed, the series will follow Williams as he attempts to land the role of a lifetime as the lead in a remake of the classic, in-universe superhero film Wonder Man. However, with super-powered folks not allowed to work in the industry, Simon will be forced to try to hide his powers from not only those in Hollywood but also the Department of Damage Control, the organization first seen on screen in Spider-Man: Homecoming and the de facto villains of the series
That is part of the fun of it. If you’re a fan of West Coast Avengers and know a little bit about Simon Williams you’re going to be… I mean, I hope if you’re anything like me, you’re going to be very excited to see how much homage to the source material there is.
Unlike Ironheart, which followed up on Riri Williams after her MCU debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Wonder Man marks the first MCU appearance of the character but that doesn’t mean there’s not a little homework to do before checking out the Marvel Spotlight series. And so we bring you the Ultimate List of What to Watch Before Wonder Man!
Iron Man 3 (2013)
🍅 79%
Though Simon Williams is making his MCU debut in Wonder Man, the other half of the show’s odd couple, Trevor Slattery, has had plenty of screentime over the last decade and change.
When we look back at the Infinity Saga, few moments caused quite the seismic divide in the fandom as the “Mandarin Twist” in Shane Black’s Iron Man 3. At the center of that controversy? A washed-up, drug-addled British actor named Trevor Slattery. To understand Slattery’s role, you have to separate the marketing from the movie, because that was the genius—and for some, the betrayal—of the character.
It kind of has this trilogy feeling. After ‘Wonder Man’ Season 1 you can map out…
-Brad Winderbaum
For the first half of the film, Slattery (played to perfection by Sir Ben Kingsley) was presented as The Mandarin. He was the ultimate boogeyman, a classic warlord broadcasting lessons of terror to the United States. Then came the scene in the Miami stronghold. Tony infiltrates the headquarters, expecting a final showdown with a mastermind. Instead, he finds Slattery fresh out of the bathroom, popping open a beer, and rambling about his drug supply in a thick Liverpudlian accent.
Slattery wasn’t a warlord. He was a struggling stage actor with a substance abuse problem and a history of failed pilots. Aldrich Killian, the film’s real villain, hired Slattery to be the face of his Extremis experiments. Killian needed a terrorist narrative to cover up the volatile explosions caused by his unstable super-soldiers.
Despite the hate, Slattery’s role was crucial for Tony Stark’s character arc. It forced Tony to stop chasing ghosts and face the reality that his demons were of his own making, not some foreign mystic.
All Hail the King (2014)
If Iron Man 3 was the movie that divided the fanbase, All Hail the King was the olive branch Kevin Feige and crew extended to bring us all back together. Released with Thor: The Dark World‘s home media, this 14-minute short film is arguably one of the most important pieces of canon in the Infinity Saga, fundamentally retconning the MCU to make room for the real Mandarin.
We pick up with Trevor Slattery living his absolute best life inside Seagate Prison. He’s not being treated like a terrorist; he’s being treated like a celebrity. He has his own “butler,” a fan club, and he’s still completely oblivious to the gravity of the crimes in which he was complicit.
The narrative frame is a documentary being filmed by a journalist named Jackson Norriss, played by Scoot McNairy. Norriss is digging into Trevor’s past, looking at his failed pilots and his childhood. Trevor thinks this is just another puff piece to stroke his ego. He’s rambling about his acting method, completely unaware that the vibe in the room is shifting. Norriss isn’t there to celebrate Trevor; he’s there to bury him. In the final act, Norriss drops the act. He pulls a gun, kills the guards, and reveals his true allegiance. He isn’t a journalist. He is a member of the Ten Rings.
The Ten Rings are furious that a drug-addled British actor made a mockery of their leader’s name. Norriss isn’t there to kill Trevor in prison. He’s breaking him out to take him to the boss. As Norriss puts it, the boss “wants his name back.”
By revealing that Killian merely co-opted the iconography of a real ancient warlord, they satisfied the comic purists without invalidating the events of Iron Man 3. It was a brilliant bit of retroactive continuity that kept Trevor Slattery on the board as a comedic pawn while setting the stage for Wenwu’s eventual debut in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
🍅 92%
While everyone was busy watching Tom Holland stick the landing as the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man in Homecoming, what appears to have been a massive piece of world-building was also taking place with the introduction of the Department of Damage Control (DODC).
A construction company that cleans up after superhero battles, in the comics, Homecoming rebranded them as a federal executive department that’s part of a joint venture between the U.S. Government and Stark Industries. After the Battle of New York in 2012, the city originally hired Michael Keaton‘s Adrian Toomes for the cleanup. But then, in swooped Anne Marie Hoag and the DODC, flashing federal badges and ultimately forcing Toomes and his crew into the choice to become weapons dealers.
It’s a brilliant narrative flip for the MCU where organizations like S.H.I.E.L.D. or the Avengers are meant to be the “good guys.” Here, the DODC represents the cold, corporate side of heroism. They locked down the alien tech not just to keep people safe, but to hoard it.
The DODC’s debut in Homecoming set a dark precedent. They started as a cleanup crew, but as seen No Way Home and Ms. Marvel, they’ve evolved into a much more aggressive, enforcement-heavy agency.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2022)
🍅 92%
After being dragged out of Seagate Prison by the Ten Rings, presumably to face a gruesome execution at the hands of the real Mandarin, Slattery disappeared from the MCU for nearly a decade. Rather than killing him, Wenwu kept Trevor as a sort of “court jester” to perform Shakespeare recitals whenever the warlord needed entertainment. In a hilarious twist, the terrifying terrorist from Iron Man 3 saved his own skin solely by doing acting improvisations of Macbeth and Planet of the Apes.
He manages to escape from the real Mandarin and from Shang-Chi land, and he flies back into Hollywood to give his career a second chance and to prove to his dear mother Dorothy, who always had faith in him and his talents, that he was truly the actor his mom always hoped he would be and that he always aspired to be.
-Ben Kingsley on Trevor Slattery’s role in Wonder Man
Slattery’s inclusion here isn’t just comic relief; it’s narrative utility. He is the only person who can communicate with Morris, the mythological Dijiang, who knows the safe path through the dangerous bamboo forest to reach Ta Lo. During the final battle against the Soul Eaters, Trevor pulls off his greatest performance yet: playing dead. He survives the chaos by pretending to be a corpse, a meta-commentary on his cowardly nature that somehow ends up saving him.
Trevor sees in Simon a friend, a colleague, but he also sees Simon as someone he can absolutely exploit for his own ends,” Kingsley teases. “It’s quite a classic, basic human condition story. You are associated with somebody and you have an affinity with that person, but at the same time, you know that you’re going to have to exploit that person to get to where you need to be.
-Ben Kingsley
Director Destin Daniel Cretton pulled off a magic trick. He took a character that half the fanbase hated because of the “Mandarin Twist” and made him undeniably lovable. By pairing him with Morris and stripping away the drug-addled malice of Iron Man 3, Slattery became a sympathetic, wholesome uncle figure, setting him up for his role in Wonder Man, which Cretton co-created.
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
🍅 93%
Though Spider-Man: Homecoming introduced the DODC as a bureaucratic nuisance, Spider-Man: No Way Home took the gloves off. In No Way Home, the DODC stopped being the janitors and started being the cops. The moment Mysterio outed Peter Parker’s identity, the DODC was on the scene—and not to help. The DODC, led by Arian Moayed’s Agent Cleary, took lead on the investigation, seized Stark Industries’ assets, putting Happy Hogan in legal limbo, and dragged Peter, MJ, Ned, and May into interrogation rooms.
Beginning with No Way Home, the DODC has absorbed massive legal authority regarding “enhanced individuals.” They aren’t just managing the tech anymore; they are managing the people connected to it. The DODC is no longer the “Stark Joint Venture” trying to do good. With Tony gone, the checks and balances seem to have evaporated. They are now a government entity with access to the most dangerous tech on Earth and a mandate to police superheroes without oversight. If you are looking for the bad guys in the post-Endgame world, look no further than the windbreaker-wearing DODC.
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)
🍅 80%
While She-Hulk was lighter in tone, the implications for the DODC were arguably the most dystopian yet. They aren’t just investigating “enhanced” individuals anymore; they are now the primary jailers of the MCU.
She-Hulk gave us our best look yet at the DODC Supermax Prison. This facility, located in the middle of nowhere, is where they were holding Emil Blonsky. This is a massive shift in power dynamics. A long way from cleaning up rubble, the DODC now manages long-term incarceration for high-threat assets.
Taking it a step further, She-Hulk showed the weaponization of bureaucracy via the inhibitor chip. When Jennifer Walters “hulked out” at the Gala, thanks to Intelligencia’s provocation, the DODC was on the scene instantly to detain her. But they didn’t just lock her up; they forced a plea deal that required her to wear an inhibitor device preventing her transformation.
This is a game-changer for the MCU: the DODC now possesses the legal and technical ability to strip a superhero of their identity. They aren’t just arresting villains; they are regulating heroes. They turned She-Hulk into a monitored civilian with the stroke of a pen.
Ms. Marvel (2022)
🍅 98%
No Way Home and She-Hulk acted as a bridge for the DODC’s portrayal in Ms. Marvel. The aggressive tactics we saw Cleary use against a teenager (Peter) were dialed up to eleven when they went after Kamala Khan. In Ms. Marvel, the DODC officially crossed the line from antagonists to straight-up villains and the Jersey City incident wasn’t just an investigation; it was a witch hunt.
The DODC’s good cop/bad cop bit in Ms. Marvel gave a closer look at the agency’s internal friction. While Agent P. Cleary, represented the bureaucratic, “by the book” side of the agency, Agent Sadie Deever represented the radicalized arm of the DODC—agents who view enhanced individuals not as assets to be managed, but as threats to be neutralized. This dynamic is crucial because it shows the DODC isn’t a monolith; it’s a volatile organization struggling to control its own power.
The most disturbing aspect of the DODC’s role in this series was the targeted harassment of the Muslim community. The DODC is now effectively the MCU’s version of the Sentinel program’s early days—a government body driven by fear and prejudice against the “other” and it’s clear that will be further explored not only in Wonder Man but also in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
About Marvel Television’s Wonder Man:
The eight-episode series is created by Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Spider-Man: Brand New Day) and Andrew Guest (Community, Hawkeye) and stars Emmy Award winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Simon Williams and Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley, who reprises his role as Trevor Slattery following appearances in Iron Man 3, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and All Hail the King.
Aspiring Hollywood actor Simon Williams is struggling to get his career off the ground. During a chance meeting with Trevor Slattery, an actor whose biggest roles may be well behind him, Simon learns legendary director Von Kovak 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.
-Official synopsis for Wonder Man
All eight episodes will stream exclusively on Disney+ at 6pm PT January 27.
As the calendar rolls over to 2026, Marvel Studios prepares to begin production on the final projects of its Multiverse Saga. Both Season 3 of Daredevil: Born Again and Avengers: Secret Wars are expected to kick off principal photography in either the late first quarter or early second quarter of the year, ahead of their 2027 releases. That leaves a lot of time in the second half of the year for the studio to get to work on whatever it is they’re going to call the next saga and while that might be unclear at present, the first several projects of it are far more defined.
What I can say is, it’s just inherently interesting and complex material. The core idea of what X-Men is involves complexity.
Black Panther 3 is also on track for a 2028 release and a sequel to The Fantastic Four: First Steps will likely land there as well. In addition, Thor, Doctor Strange and Shang-Chi sequels could be on the docket in 2028 and beyond, as well as the studio’s long-awaited Blade reboot or the Midnight Sons ensemble film or Ryan Reynolds X-Men team-up film. As ordered as the theatrical side of the slate seems to be, streaming appears a bit more chaotic.
Outside of a potential fourth season of Daredevil: Born Again and third seasons of X-Men ’97 and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Marvel Television’s post-Secret Wars slate is pretty undefined. However, a new report might provide a potential outline for what’s to come over the next several years.
According to Daniel Richtman, Marvel Television is developing a Jessica Jones project and its long-developing Champions project alongside the recently revived Strange Academy for the new saga. Additionally, a Ghost Rider project is said to be underway, though Richtman didn’t indicate which branch of the studio would be working on it.
In the case of Ghost Rider, rumors have ranged from the studio having lined up The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus to portray Johnny Blaze to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. actor Gabriel Luna jumping to the MCU to reprise the role of Robbie Reyes to Nicholas Cage making a cameo appearance as the character in Deadpool & Wolverine. To date, of course, there’s been nary a Ghost Rider to be found but that may change soon if Marvel’s head of streaming, television and animation, Brad Winderbaum, gets his way. “I would wanna do the Danny Ketch era of Ghost Rider,” revealed Winderbaum in 2024 interview. “I think there are a lot of people who would be here for some Ghost Rider.”
There’s a lot of stuff that I’ve felt there was room to explore, and Brad and I talked about it and I am not going to say any of it, because we’re going to be doing it.
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Google Analytics is a powerful tool that tracks and analyzes website traffic for informed marketing decisions.
Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together.
90 days
__utma
ID used to identify users and sessions
2 years after last activity
__utmt
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests
10 minutes
__utmb
Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server.
30 minutes after last activity
__utmc
Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session.
End of session (browser)
__utmz
Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server
6 months after last activity
__utmv
Contains custom information set by the web developer via the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated every time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server.
2 years after last activity
__utmx
Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test.
18 months
_ga
ID used to identify users
2 years
_gali
Used by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked
30 seconds
_ga_
ID used to identify users
2 years
_gid
ID used to identify users for 24 hours after last activity
24 hours
_gat
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager
1 minute
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