The superhero fatigue call is coming from inside the house in Marvel's Wonder Man teaser

It is, if nothing else, kind of audacious, as the teaser for the limited series centers on a video interview with fictional director Van Kovak, a respected and reclusive auteur who has, for some reason, signed on for an inevitable franchise revival of an old superhero movie called Wonder Man. Actually directed by Shang-Chi‘s Destin Daniel Cretton, the trailer includes a lot of phrases that we assume make Kevin Feige cling tightly to his fun little ballcaps, including, “Why one more superhero film?” “Why go see them in the cinema?” and “Everyone is tired of superheroes.” Featuring a quick glimpse at Ben Kingsley’s washed-up-actor-turned-supervillain-hostage Trevor Slattery—as well as a really odd (Vision-free) vision board in Kovac’s office—the trailer gives the impression that we’re going to get something that’s as much The Franchise as a more traditional hero story.

And, again, it’s not entirely clear whether you can do those kinds of calls for satirical poking from inside the house (of ideas), but it will, at the very least, be kind of interesting to see them try. Wonder Man is expected to land on Disney+ some time in early 2026.