In July, we got word that Marvel Television had decided not to move forward with a second season of Wonder Man - after the series had already been renewed.
Just a couple of months earlier, excitement was high at the news that stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley were set to reprise their respective lead roles as Simon Williams and Trevor Slattery. The Disney+ show's creative team was also back on board, with Destin Daniel Cretton to return as director and executive producer, and Andrew Guest as showrunner and executive producer.
Though it's probably fair to say that hype for Wonder Man wasn't exactly through the roof in the buildup to the show's premiere, Marvel Television's latest MCU-set series succeeded in winning over a lot of fans. Critics were also very impressed, and the show sits at 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Wonder Man's dialled-back approach to superheroics and focus on character over spectacle proved to be a welcome change for those hoping to see something genuinely different from an MCU project, and viewers were eager to see more of Simon and Trevor following the events of the season finale.
We still don't know exactly why the show was cancelled, but Abdul-Mateen I...