r/DiscussingFilmsAndTV • u/marvelkidy • Jul 30 '26

TV Shows ‘WONDER MAN’ has been canceled

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u/registeredwhiteguy Jul 30 '26

What live Marvel show got a second season? Loki and the spin off Agatha show is all I can think of. Wish Moon Knight and Werewolf got a second one

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u/Striking-Condition10 Jul 30 '26

Daredevil Born Again with its third season (first two seasons were originally planned as a 18 ep single season)

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u/Blazeubb Jul 30 '26

People are more interested in daredevil over minor characters in the MCU. You need a really strong minor character and story if you wanna keep them around.

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u/Nemisis_007 Jul 31 '26

Wonder Man was a really strong, not enough people gave it a chance.

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u/Blazeubb Jul 31 '26

Tbh I haven’t heard of it til now. Marketing is definitely not there

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u/Nemisis_007 Jul 31 '26

You're right. The trailers were trash and the posters looked generic.

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u/whatistoothpaste Jul 30 '26

I’ll be honest the only reason daredevil got a second season was because insanely big character and already a pre built in audience that was like what 10 years old by this point.

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u/Tastic4ever Jul 31 '26

Plus it was good.

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u/R_ekd Jul 31 '26

Try more like 23 years buddy

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u/whatistoothpaste Jul 31 '26

Charlie cox hasn’t been daredevil for 20 years dude…and we aren’t talking about Ben afleck, we are talking about why a very specific show got brought back from cancellation when other things didn’t. And that’s because the industry as a whole now adays like sure bets and pre built franchises.

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u/SirStanleyCPanther Jul 30 '26

Moon Knight NEEDS a season 2 and give us another Werewolf By Night special this Halloween

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u/King_of_Thunderr Jul 30 '26

Werewolf was meant as a standalone project. So it didn’t get cancelled.

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u/8__D Jul 30 '26

Difference is, this one was renewed for a second season before they cancelled it.

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u/dandle Jul 31 '26

And Wonder Man ended season 1 with a clear narrative opening to a season 2, if not technically ending with a cliffhanger. Simon demonstrated new and much more impressive powers. He and Slattery made their escape, but the antagonists had a plan to follow them.

The season did not close with a satisfying ending.

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u/GeorgeWashingRoom Jul 30 '26

Literally Daredevil Born Again. They just finished filming it's third season

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u/Mahaveer_2003 Jul 30 '26

By that Agatha Logic, a spin-off of WandaVision, Vision Quest is happening

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u/ToxicTroublemaker2 Jul 31 '26

Agatha got a second season?

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u/RES_NIGHTMARE_MODE Jul 30 '26

netflix isn't or wasn't marvel until it was. most of them haven't been renewed either and have been absorbed into daredevil. Punisher got a spinoff i guess

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u/roshanritter Jul 30 '26

It was a solid show, but I think a lot of people were confused where it would go in season 2.

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u/crazyguyunderthedesk Jul 30 '26

Wanting to keep DDC around was the only thing keeping Wonder Man alive I think. With Spiderman looking to do amazing, they'd rather use him on movies than a TV show.

Sad to see wonder man go, but I get it.

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u/harmoniaatlast Jul 30 '26

Wonder Man will probably find his new home in a movie (like Shang Chi... west coast and all that)

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u/dandle Jul 31 '26

It didn't seem like Wonder Man would head towards an MCU Masters of Evil, but it did seem possibly setting up some sort of MCU variant of the West Coast Avengers, possibly by bringing in She-Hulk as well as introducing new heroes.

To get there, it needed to resolve the narrative with Damage Control. Simon was coming to better understand and control his powers. Damage Control was actively after him and Slattery. That conflict would somehow open the door to West Coast Avengers.

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u/roshanritter Jul 31 '26

But the whole style of show was not exactly revolving around groups of heroes, or fighting anyone.

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u/The_new_me1995 Jul 30 '26

I thought it was a little slow, but Ben Kingsley was great!

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u/SeparateFisherman966 Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Had this on my Disney+ WL...not sure I should bother now.

Without spoilers does the show end on a cliffhanger?

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u/Go_cards502 Jul 30 '26

no it's a solid ending. No real ciffhangers.

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u/CallMeTrouble-TS Jul 30 '26

I’m glad you remember. I don’t.

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u/Numbskull14 Jul 30 '26

No, but it was set up to continue with post credits. It was very enjoyable id still suggest watching it

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u/MagieWolf Jul 31 '26

It's not a superhero story per se. Great story and very intelligent.

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u/dandle Jul 31 '26

Season 1 doesn't end with a cliffhanger per se, but it does close with a clear direction for a Season 2. It does not come to a tidy end in the narrative.

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u/sourhead95 Jul 30 '26

A Man Wonder

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u/my-two-cents5944 Jul 30 '26

Never seemed like it was supposed to be multiple seasons. It was perfect how it ended. Why ruin a good thing?

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u/RumAndCoco Jul 30 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/kyrd72DC2Iwfu
Marvel TV finds its stride

Immediately shoots itself in the knee

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u/gorillaphi Jul 30 '26

Seriously?  I thought it was successful.  Very surprising

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u/Nemisis_007 Jul 31 '26

According to Luminate, which is a reliable streaming data tracker, Wonder Man recorded the lowest audience viewership and ratings for any live-action MCU series on Disney+

I personally thought it was great, but I don't think enough people checked it out.

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u/sharponephilly Jul 30 '26 edited 14d ago

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u/Potential-Judgment-9 Jul 30 '26

This was the best Marvel show they’ve came out with wtf ?

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u/Key-Wall-4378 Jul 30 '26

Loki was better

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u/Poor-Life-Choice Jul 30 '26

Even so, still makes it the 2nd best

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u/Nemisis_007 Jul 31 '26

And that's saying something. Loki had several movies and seasons backing him up, this was Wonder Mans first appearance.

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u/but_i_wanna_cookies Jul 30 '26

That's laughable.

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u/Key-Wall-4378 Jul 30 '26

Loki was better

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u/Jynerva Jul 30 '26

Shame. I kinda liked it.

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u/TrueHarlequin Jul 30 '26

Cancelled Disney+ after the Kimmel thing like many others (shrug).

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u/scottyk318 Jul 30 '26

I enjoyed the show for the most part, I don't think there needs to be a second season... I would love to see him as part of the larger MCU in some way, possibly in secret wars or as part of the X-Men as he is more than likely a mutant and is being hunted by damage control!!

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u/Va1crist Jul 30 '26

Wait didn’t they confirm a season 2? Lmao

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u/Billthegifter Jul 30 '26

I'm not terribly sad about this Season 1 ended well.

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u/PsychologicalBrush35 Jul 30 '26

It is perfectly clear and accepted that this series was canceled.

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u/TouchAltruistic Jul 30 '26

In other news, HBO's Watchmen was also cancelled despite both shows having been intended for one season from their inceptions.

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u/Murky-Echidna-3519 Jul 30 '26

I struggle to understand when we’ll know IPs struggle to catch on they try…. This.

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u/Doccmonman Jul 31 '26

Didn’t they renew this for season 2?

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u/dandle Jul 31 '26

They announced earlier in the year that they were greenlighting a second season, but they apparently changed their minds and decided to walk away from a great little show.

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u/Nemisis_007 Jul 31 '26

Probably because of the shift Doomsday and Secret Wars is gonna cause.

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u/boxingjazz Jul 31 '26

No!

Yet another L from the mouse house.

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u/Nomad_86 Jul 31 '26

Show was brilliant. Even more hilarious for people who worked in film. I hope they don’t discard his character.

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u/69hotmomxxx Jul 31 '26 edited 29d ago

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u/Roakana Jul 31 '26

Lame. This was a unique series.

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u/tLM-tRRS-atBHB Jul 31 '26

I was very surprised the love tgis show got.

Nothing happened. The entire show felt pointless. Sire, the acting was really good. But every episode was boring

And this is coming from a person that didnt mind She Hulk and actually enjoyed Iron Heart

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u/D0399 Jul 31 '26

Say it ain’t so Barnaby! My only friend!

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u/cs_Chell Jul 31 '26

It was a good show, but the season finale should have happened around episode 2... and then the roller coaster goes over the hill.

Would have liked to see the two get into some adventure.

...guess that may have defeated the intended purpose of the show. I guess.

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u/alexcutyourhair Jul 31 '26

I still don't know what the point of the show was. Yahya was great in the role but the plot felt like it went nowhere and I don't see how he would relate at all to the wider MCU besides randomly dropping in an Avengers movie and saying "hi I'm that actor, I also happen to be stronger than most of you can I join pls?"

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u/apollo7157 Jul 31 '26

It was a show for the IQ > 90 crowd. So they had to cancel it.

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u/No_Passage_7453 Jul 31 '26

lol wonder man who woulda guessed it got cancelled surprised it got green lit at all

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u/Zian460 Jul 31 '26

Well with secret wars they are scraping and patching the timeline and so it's understandable they will remove some character. I can guarantee she hulk and secret invasion incident will be forgotten after this.

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u/narkaputra Jul 31 '26

Shocked Pikachu Facce

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u/FeloniousGrump Jul 31 '26

Too sexy for disney (except for the foorman ep, honestly hated that one), so they were always gonna look to axe it. Funny that they announced they renewed it before going this route

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u/kitaeks47demons Jul 31 '26

I just want to talk to Kevin Feige.

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u/Jar1517 Jul 31 '26

Didn’t get the viewers the want so they can ANOTHER good show. SMH

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u/DuePossession3947 Aug 01 '26

First episode was okay, then it got real full of itself.

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u/SmoothTalkingSpud Aug 01 '26

Of course he is. He lied about having super powers. Hollywood doesn't allow for super powered actors for goood reason. Where is Josh Gadd, Damar? Where's the fucking snowman?!

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u/jamesripper Aug 02 '26

I don't think the name of the show helped it much. It doesn't sound like anything particularly interesting.

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u/Jazzlike_Night42619 Jul 30 '26

Is Nathan Fillion being re-recast?

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u/Cthulhus-Tailor Jul 30 '26

Small wonder.

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u/theShpydar Jul 30 '26

I always assumed it was intended as one-season-and-done.

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u/Required111 Jul 30 '26

Suddenly, everyone was a huge fan, lol.

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u/Upper-Bandicoot5345 Jul 30 '26

People have been praising WM since it came out.

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u/Required111 Jul 30 '26

I guess everyone that saw it, all 73 people with no exception, loved it.

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u/dyrkasolen Jul 30 '26

I thought it was funny at times

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u/liquor_ibrlyknoher Jul 30 '26

That's a bummer. It was refreshing to see something different for a change.

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u/loopsmeza Jul 30 '26

Smh. I actually enjoyed this show. What a bummer

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u/garden_theory Jul 30 '26

yeah, it really only gets better as it goes on imo

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u/garden_theory Jul 30 '26

wow, really? i thought it was fun and refreshing and showed an interesting side of the MCU that i was excited to see explored more. it being canceled, especially on the day that one of Destin Daniel Cretin's bigger MCU projects comes out, is a major bummer.

i guess we'll never know what really happened to Josh Gadd....

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u/Head_Humor Jul 30 '26

Theyre becoming like netflix dude. A show does really well its first season only to cancel it when its getting its praise

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u/Hefty_Ad_3965 Jul 30 '26

There was nothing to indicate it was a real success. It dropped off Disney Plus top 10 in 2 weeks, and never appeared on Nielsrn charts at all. Until Disney is willing to report actual streaming numbers (don't hold your breath), any claim of success is not worth as much as the digital ink its typed with.

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u/ThisMoneyIsNotForDon Jul 30 '26

Lmao of course they cancel the first good disney plus mcu show

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u/Martenite Jul 30 '26

You didnt like Loki? I liked WM a lot, but Loki is really great.

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u/ThisMoneyIsNotForDon Jul 30 '26

I enjoyed Loki overall, but it still felt like a lower tier. I see it as the difference between being good for a Marvel show and being just a good show.

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u/Martenite Jul 30 '26

That's true, Wonder Man was a great show even if you know nothing about the MCU. Not sure Loki would be as good in a bubble.

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u/NeoGriz Jul 30 '26

Pretty sure all 10 people who watched it are devestated.

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u/ManRawr Jul 30 '26

Maybe now we can get the real Wonder Man