YahyaAbdulMateenII (HBO's Watchmen) has been cast as SimonWilliams in MarvelStudios and DisneyPlus' live-action WonderMan series. / MCU Aquaman
\nIt's hard to believe that it's been nearly two months since we last check in to see how things were progressing with filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton & writer-producer Andrew Guest's live-action take on the longtime Marvel character Wonder Man. But it sounds like the wait was worth it, with news that Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will be taking some time off from the DCU to take on the lead role of Simon Williams.
\nImage: HBO\/Marvel Comics\nCreated by writer Stan Lee and artists Don Heck & Jack Kirby, Wonder Man, aka Simon Williams first appeared in The Avengers #9, in October 1964. Originally a supervillain who targeted The Avengers, Wonder Man would end up not just becoming a hero but joining the team he had previously fought. Over the decades, Wonder Man would become a fan-favorite Avengers, in large part for two reasons .
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