'Wonder Man' premieres to rave reviews: What to know about Marvel's new series
"Wonder Man" is getting rave reviews from fans and critics alike in its premiere week.
The eight-episode Marvel series has an average 89% critic rating and a 90% audience rating on the popular review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, and The New York Times calls it "consistently charming."
Here's everything to know about one of Marvel's first series of 2026.
What is 'Wonder Man' about?
"Wonder Man" takes the audience behind the scenes of the entertainment industry and centers on a struggling actor named Simon Williams, who is trying to secure his big break.
Williams meets veteran actor Trevor Slattery by chance and finds out that a director named Von Kovak is attempting to remake the superhero movie "Wonder Man." Williams aims to get cast as the lead superhero.
Who stars in 'Wonder Man'?
The new Marvel series stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Simon and Ben Kingsley in his returning role as Trevor, whom fans may remember from "Iron Man 3," "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings," and the short film "All Hail the King."
X Mayo (as Janelle Jackson), Zlatko Burić (as Von Kovak) and Arian Moayed (as Agent P. Cleary) round out the supporting cast of "Wonder Man."
Kingsley sat down with "Good Morning America" earlier this month and described "Wonder Man" as a smart mixture of various genres.
"It's a satire, comedy, thriller, drama -- it's everything," Kingsley said at the time. "But I think that Marvel [has] been very, very brave in saying, 'Let's take a tongue-in-cheek, hard look at the business,' and I think it's an homage, it's delightful, and also asks some pretty serious questions about friendship, loyalty and about the business."
Kingsley also previously told ABC News that audiences will see in this series a new side of Trevor, whom he has portrayed since 2013.
"He's been 13 years sober, which I think is quite a giant step for Trevor. And it reveals a side of him that actually he'd forgotten … he's a very kind man," Kingsley said. "I think he has the opportunity to talk to Simon, a fellow actor, in a very caring way."
Abdul-Mateen also joined "GMA" earlier in January and agreed with Kingsley, saying what makes "Wonder Man" unique is its meta exploration of the inner workings of Hollywood.
"What I love about this show is we have this opportunity to show what it's like to be an actor, what it's like to be in those shoes, and then to have the lights come on and then to have all that stuff disappear," Abdul-Mateen said of the "amazing process."
"I'm excited to bring a new flavor to this Marvel thing," Abdul-Mateen added. "And I think it's going to be a good time."
"Wonder Man" was released Jan. 27 and is available to stream exclusively on Disney+.
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