The most unexpected Marvel TV series just got renewed for season 2

It's only the third MCU series to get a second season The best thing to happen to Marvel TV in years is going to happen again. Marvel Studios announced on Monday that its 2026 series Wonder Man is getting a second season. That puts the show in a rarefied category of Marvel Cinematic Universe programs. Of the 17 MCU tie-in shows released since WandaVision kicked off the Disney Plus era of MCU TV in 2021, only Loki, What If…?, and Daredevil: Born Again have been renewed for follow-up seasons. Series creators Destin Daniel Cretton (director of the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day) and Andrew Guest (Community) are returning for the second season, along with series stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman) as struggling superpowered actor Simon Williams and Ben Kingsley as disgraced actor Trevor Slattery, aka The Mandarin, a role Kingsley has played across several projects, starting with Iron Man 3. Even though Wonder Man's first season wrapped on an open-ended note, this is still surprising news for several reasons. First, most MCU shows don't get follow-up seasons because their stories continue via other projects, for instance with WandaVision's sole season setting up Doctor Strange in