{"id":1904415,"date":"2026-04-26T23:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1904415"},"modified":"2026-04-26T23:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:46:12","slug":"wonder-man-started-as-an-elaborate-joke-pitch-at-marvel-before-it-found-success-on-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1904415","title":{"rendered":"Wonder Man Started as an Elaborate ‘Joke Pitch’ at Marvel Before it Found Success on Disney+"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Comic book filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton originally sold Wonder Man<\/u><\/a> as a “joke pitch” before it became one of the more successful Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) shows on Disney+.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Spider-Man: Brand New Day director spoke about the early days of the latest MCU spinoff show during a panel at Deadline Contenders TV<\/u><\/a>. Before becoming a director, writer, and executive producer for Wonder Man, he says he helped sell the project \u2013 even if the original pitch wasn\u2019t intended to actually turn into anything.<\/p>\n

The idea was born from Cretton\u2019s love for Trevor Slattery, the actor-turned-terrorist played by Ben Kingsley, who appeared in both Iron Man 3 and Shang-Chi. He’s mostly served to deliver a quick gag for MCU watchers in the past, and that\u2019s exactly how his much larger role in Wonder Man came to be.<\/p>\n

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“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,” Cretton said. “So I did a joke pitch to my producer Jonathan Schwartz and said ‘We should do Trevor Goes To Hollywood.'”<\/p>\n

He added: “The joke pitch kind of escalated because [Schwartz], as a joke, made a poster with our art department of Trevor Goes to Hollywood with Trevor Slattery in a convertible and it looked 1980s. And I thought we have to do this show! So that\u2019s how it began.”<\/p>\n

While the weight the Marvel Disney+ shows have in the MCU is up for debate, they typically serve as a springboard for more recognizable names from across the wide comic book universe. Past entries, for example, have offered an expanded look at characters like Loki and Hawkeye, while others have introduced heroes like Moon Knight, She-Hulk, and Ms. Marvel.<\/p>\n

Wonder Man, however, mostly puts superpowers in the back seat to tell a story of Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) and Trevor as they try to make it as actors in Hollywood. Despite the change of pace, Wonder Man managed to secure a Season 2 greenlight<\/u><\/a> on Disney+ just last month, making it one of only three MCU shows to run past one season.<\/p>\n