A New ‘Surprise Man’ Trailer Rings In Marvel’s 2026

The New Yr is right here, and in a couple 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 massive stakes.

Plot-wise, we’ve recognized Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is trying to guide the title function in a superhero reboot of the outdated pulp film Surprise Man. Because the trailer says, he’s received an issue: he’s received superpowers, and he’s attempting to cover them in order that they don’t damage his possibilities 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 like issues go properly!…Proper up till the purpose we see Harm Management out in LA and agent Cleary (Arian Moayed) calling Simon an “extraordinary menace.”

Earlier trailers have played coy about what Simon can do, and this new one offers a deeper have a look at his energy set, specifically his tremendous power and a tease of his ionic powers. (How a lot of a deal with he’s received on them, and the way he received them, stays to be seen.) It additionally needs you to look at the present due to its massive award-winning solid: together with namechecking Mateen II’s Emmy win and Kingsley’s Academy award, 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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