A hero (and villain!) from DC is crossing over to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
It seems just like the reported (however not formally introduced) Marvel TV sequence based mostly on the long-running Avenger character Wonder Man has discovered its lead actor. Variety stories that Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has been chosen to play Simon Williams, the person who turns into the Marvel hero often called Wonder Man.
The character has a considerably difficult backstory in Marvel Comics, so it stays to be seen how a lot or how little of his established continuity will get utilized within the sequence. In the pages of The Avengers, Williams first appeared as a villain who blames Tony Stark for his going to jail after a enterprise scheme gone unsuitable. He is given tremendous powers by Baron Zemo and joins the Avengers as a spy on Zemo’s behalf, however then decides to make use of his powers to assist the workforce and dies a hero.
Years later, Wonder Man was resurrected and have become a long-standing member of the Avengers and West Coast Avengers groups; he regularly fought together with his brother, who turned the super-villain often called the Grim Reaper. In one in every of Wonder Man’s extra well-known intervals, he makes use of his powers of power and invulnerability to grow to be a profitable Hollywood stuntman. Variety claims it “does seem likely” that this would be the model of the character within the TV present “as Ben Kingsley is set to return as failed-actor-turned-reformed-villain Trevor Slattery, which he originated in 2013’s Iron Man 3 and reprised in Shang-Chi.”
Abdul-Mateen beforehand appeared as Doctor Manhattan within the HBO miniseries model of Watchmen. He additionally performs the villainous Black Manta in Aquaman and its upcoming sequel, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Of course, Abdul-Mateen can be removed from the primary actor to play each Marvel and DC superheroes (or supervillains).
The Wonder Man sequence is being developed at Marvel by author Andrew Guest and director Destin Daniel Cretton, who beforehand made Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and can be anticipated to direct the upcoming Avengers sequel, The Kang Dynasty.
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