Ben Kingsley to Reprise Trevor Slattery For MCU Disney+ Series ‘Wonder Man’
It’ll be a reunion with ‘Shang Chi’ director Destin Daniel Cretton, who is one of the producers of the new show.
Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery in 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.' Photo courtesy of Marvel.com.
Guy Pearce) to pose as the Mandarin and lead a terrorist group, some were upset at the twist.
Yet Slattery has since been more favorably embraced, especially after he popped up in a Marvel One-Shot called ‘Drew Pearce.
And then came last year’s ‘Simu Liu), Trevor escaped and helped in the fight against Wenwu.
Now, Wonder Man’.
It’ll see him working again with Hawkeye’.
Wonder Man, for those who haven’t heard of him, was created by Jack Kirby, and first arrived on Marvel’s pages in ‘Avengers #9’, which was published in 1964. The character’s real name is Simon Williams, son of a rich industrialist whose company runs into trouble after competition from Tony Stark.
Marvel Comics' Wonder Man. Photo Courtesy of Marvel.com.
Angered by how Stark has affected his family, Williams accepts an offer from Baron Zemo that grants him super strength and durability. He battles the Avengers several times, before ing them.
His comics runs have also included stunts as a stunt man and actor, so Slattery’s addition to the show points towards something that could spoof Hollywood.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ (in a series of film festival posters featuring Williams’ work) but that scene ultimately didn’t make the final cut of the movie.
Marvel, naturally, is not commenting on the Slattery news, but we’re happy to see Kingsley will have the chance to bring the character back once more. Will ‘Shang-Chi’s Morris have a cameo? Only time will tell.
Kingsley will next crop up in ‘Dalíland’ and The School for Good and Evil’.
As for Cretton, the ‘Wonder Man’ show is just one project he has cooking away under his deal with Marvel. He’s also on to direct a ‘Avengers: The Kang Dynasty’.
Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery in 'Iron Man 3.'
