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Wonder Man star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has responded to the shock cancellation of his critically-acclaimed Disney+ series, just months after the show was renewed.
Writing on Instagram, Abdul-Mateen confirmed earlier reports that Marvel had reversed course on the series’ continuation, though offered no further clue as to why this decision had been made.
Launched back in January to rave reviews and a subsequent Emmy nomination for Abdul-Mateen’s performance, the series followed Abdul-Mateen’s struggling actor Simon and Ben Kingsley’s beloved Marvel character Trevor Slattery, the veteran thespian. A brilliantly-written buddy comedy, the series revealed that both characters held a secret from the other as they warmed to each other and navigated the ups and downs of life in Hollywood — something that now seems cruelly ironic.
Marvel officially renewed Wonder Man for a second season in March. The news came as a welcome surprise to fans after some concern the show had not found a huge audience, though the suggestion was that it had been a relatively inexpensive undertaking compared to other Marvel TV fare. Now, just four months later, and with Abdul-Mateen still waiting to pick up his potential Emmy, Wonder Man Season 2 is no longer happening — though Marvel and Disney have made no comment as to why.
“Word just dropped that Wonder Man won’t be coming back for Season 2,” Abdul-Mateen wrote. “(And if you don’t knowww, now ya know! 😬) That’s life, right? Everything will shake out.
“I wanted to say thank you to everybody who WATCHED the show, ENJOYED the show, and SHARED that they enjoyed the show in some way or other,” he continued. “The show worked. And that’s my favorite thing about it. I could see it on the faces of the YouTube Reactors (because I watched along with y’all this time. Shoutout to y’all) and I can see in the messages I get saying how the show reminded some of you not to give up, and I feel it in the genuine love shared when I bump into some of you all during the day. So, thinking of you all today.
“I’m glad we got to be a part of something cool,” he concluded. “Thank you for watching… And uhh… See you at the EMMYS. 🫡✌🏾”
Last night, Wonder Man showrunner Andrew Guest also commented on the shock cancellation, though gave no more detail on why it had happened.
“Marvel has cancelled Wonder Man,” Guest wrote. “So proud of the show we made. So grateful to have worked with Destin Daniel Cretton, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Sir Ben Kingsley. Want to thank everyone who watched and all the critics who supported us.”
While it’s still unclear what has happened to prompt this surprising cancellation, the decision comes amid wider cutbacks on Disney+ spending. Other than Vision Quest and Daredevil: Born Again Season 3, both of which are already in post-production, Marvel has no further live-action TV series announced as greenlit. The same is also true of Disney’s Star Wars wing, which also has no confirmed further series in the pipeline now it has finished filming Ahsoka Season 2.
Tom Phillips is IGN’s News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky@tomphillipseg.bsky.social
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