Marvel's Wonder Man Is Canceled, Won't Return for Season 2

Marvel's Wonder Man TV bid has been canceled and volition not instrumentality for its planned 2nd season.

Variety has reported that Marvel has pulled the plug connected Wonder Man contempt renewing the amusement for a 2nd play earlier this year. The Disney+ bid was hailed arsenic a refreshing caller instrumentality connected the superhero genre erstwhile it premiered earlier this twelvemonth and each signs suggested it would person a agleam aboriginal astatine Disney's streamer. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Variety reports that the writers for the amusement person been released and are present escaped to find different projects. Despite the renewal, a writer's country for play 2 was ne'er officially formed.

A root told Variety that characters from Wonder Man, however, could look successful different Marvel projects successful the future. The reasons for the cancellation are unclear, but it surely comes arsenic a shock. Series co-creator Destin Daniel Cretton conscionable helmed Spider-Man: Brand New Day which is connected way to beryllium a container bureau titan and has been showered successful praise from fans and critics alike. He besides helmed the well-respected Shang Chi movie and was tapped to nonstop Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, earlier it was scrapped successful favour of Avengers: Doomsday.

He's a beardown endowment and it is astonishing Marvel would marque this determination amidst celebrations for his latest project. Cretton is expected to nonstop a Naruto movie successful the adjacent aboriginal and Marvel whitethorn besides privation him backmost for much Spider-Man films, truthful helium whitethorn not person had the accidental to enactment connected Wonder Man Season 2, but it doesn't mean his colleagues can't proceed connected without him.

Despite its captious praise, Wonder Man didn't precisely predominate the streaming charts with precocious viewership. But it besides was a overmuch smaller standard and grounded amusement that apt didn't outgo galore hundreds of millions of dollars to produce. It's imaginable Wonder Man is simply a casualty of Disney trying to chopped costs, but nevertheless, it's unfortunate that the amusement won't proceed on.

Cade Onder is simply a freelancer for IGN's quality team. He covers each things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You tin find him connected Twitter @Cade_Onder.