US EditionSCIENCE & TECH: Why is Wonder Man being released in full on Disney+? The new Marvel TV show’s head writer has his say
- On January 27/28, Wonder Man will premiere in full on Disney+ with all eight episodes dropping at launch, making it only the second MCU TV series to debut this way.
- Speaking to TechRadar, Andrew Guest said he wasn't included in the format decision and noted there was `no plan one way or the other`, hoping the full drop is the `right choice`.
- With episodic runtimes of 20 to 30 minutes, the show fits a sitcom model, prioritizing character-led stories with leads Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley, shaped by Andrew Guest's work on 30 Rock, Community, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
- Past Marvel TV releases ranged from single-episode premieres to full-season drops; Marvel Studios' varied formats, like Ironheart's two-part and Echo's full five-episode release, show no one size fits all.
- The show, billed as the MCU's first 2026 production, positions Marvel's TV slate for the year and Guest's influences from Dan Harmon, Greg Daniels, and Mike Schur suggest tonal shifts in future Originals.
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‘Wonder Man’ shows, again, why the MCU is superior on TV with a grounded Hollywood story
By Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Don’t stop me if you’ve heard this one before, since I’m admittedly something of a broken record on the subject, but I very much prefer Marvel’s television series, which tend to be fleet, original and unpredictable, to its movies, which tend not to be. “Loki,” “Ms. Marvel,” “Moon Knight,” “Echo,” “WandaVision” and its spinoff “Agatha All Along” — all (among others) are worth watching, even the one…
Review: 'Wonder Man' shows, again, why the MCU is superior on TV with a grounded Hollywood story
Marvel's latest TV series, starring Yahya Adbul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley, is a disarming tale of actors in Hollywood that doesn't require viewers to be MCU experts to be appreciated.
Marvel's Wonder Man release date, trailer cast and latest news
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is taking one of its biggest gambles in years with Wonder Man, which will drop all episodes on Disney Plus this week.The series appears to be most closely comparable to earlier experiments WandaVision and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, taking a low-stakes comedic spin through the sprawling comic book world.We'll meet Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), a struggling actor trying to make it in Hollywood, as he joins f…
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