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Disney+ Renews Wonder Man Season 2 Amid Strike Delays

4/27/2026

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Disney+ greenlit Season 2 of Wonder Man last month, making it one of only three MCU series to receive a renewal.
Production was nearly halfway done when the Hollywood labor strikes began, prompting Marvel to reassess risk and keep the project underground.
Destin Daniel Cretton pitched “Trevor Goes to Hollywood” as a joke to producer Jonathan Schwartz, whose 1980s-style poster of Ben Kingsley’s Trevor Slattery in a convertible spurred development.

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Disney+ greenlit Season 2 of Wonder Man last month, making it one of only three MCU series to receive a renewal.
Production was nearly halfway done when the Hollywood labor strikes began, prompting Marvel to reassess risk and keep the project underground.
Destin Daniel Cretton pitched “Trevor Goes to Hollywood” as a joke to producer Jonathan Schwartz, whose 1980s-style poster of Ben Kingsley’s Trevor Slattery in a convertible spurred development.