Marvel Rings In 2026 With a ‘Surprise Man’ Trailer

The New 12 months is right here, and in a number of weeks, so will Wonder Man. Marvel’s next TV series left its December 2025 for later this month, and a brand new trailer reminds you it’s not that far off, and eventually establishes some large stakes.

Plot-wise, we’ve identified Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is trying to e-book the title position in a superhero reboot of the outdated pulp film Surprise Man. Because the trailer says, he’s bought an issue: he’s bought superpowers, and he’s making an attempt to cover them in order that they don’t harm his probabilities of turning into a big-shot actor. His efforts to cover his secret leads him to former Mandarin Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley), and it looks as if issues go effectively!…Proper up till the purpose we see Harm Management out in LA and agent Cleary (Arian Moayed) calling Simon an “extraordinary risk.”

Earlier trailers have played coy about what Simon can do, and this new one provides a deeper take a look at his energy set, particularly his tremendous energy and a tease of his ionic powers. (How a lot of a deal with he’s bought on them, and the way he bought them, stays to be seen.) It additionally needs you to look at the present due to its large award-winning solid: together with namechecking Mateen II’s Emmy win and Kingsley’s Academy awards, the trailer highlights Guldbagge Award winner Zlatko Burić, beforehand seen in Superman and right here enjoying Von Kovak, director of the in-universe Surprise Man remake.

All episodes of Surprise Man will drop January 27 on Disney+.

#WonderMan, an 8-episode Marvel Tv sequence, premieres January 27 at 6PM PT solely on @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/hC2sgROWnE

— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) January 1, 2026

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