{"id":368078,"date":"2026-04-29T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=417764"},"modified":"2026-04-29T08:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:40:18","slug":"wonder-man-was-born-as-a-joke-during-the-filming-of-shang-chi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wonder-man-was-born-as-a-joke-during-the-filming-of-shang-chi\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonder Man was born as a joke during the filming of Shang-Chi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wonder Man series has established itself as one of Marvel&#8217;s most notable successes in recent years, managing to attract both critics and a wide audience. Despite the creative crisis facing the company, <strong>a second season of the series has been officially confirmed, which is a strong indication of its popularity<\/strong>. This announcement has surprised those who believed that the clever, yet light-hearted approach of the series might not be sustainable in the long run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shang-Chi is the origin of much of the current MCU<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The genesis of Wonder Man is as peculiar as its tone. In a recent conversation, director Destin Daniel Cretton revealed that the initial idea came from an improvised joke during the filming of Shang-Chi. Cretton was inspired by Sir Ben Kingsley&#8217;s portrayal of Trevor Slattery, a character who, although memorable, seemed to have been underutilized in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. <strong>The joke became the spark for a more ambitious project, with the humorous proposal of &#8220;Trevor Goes to Hollywood&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wonder Man | Tr\u00e1iler Oficial en castellano | Marvel Television | Ya disponible en Disney+\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vfGtWRu5rz8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The curious thing is how two distinct concepts intertwined: while Cretton was proposing his idea, it was discovered that there was a parallel development related to Wonder Man, which would explore Marvel&#8217;s Hollywood.<strong> The fusion of both visions led to the creation of the final tone of the series, with writer Andrew Guest piecing it together<\/strong>. This creative process highlights a valuable lesson: sometimes, ideas that seem absurd can turn into unexpected successes in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the arrival of a second season, Wonder Man invites viewers to rediscover originality at a time when the market is saturated with franchises and repetitive products. <strong>This series demonstrates that, even in challenging times, ingenuity and creativity can open new avenues in entertainment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Disney+\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/246b1fd4-6164-4c6f-9318-27e1cb587dc6\/489019137\/disney-plus-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Disney+<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/disney-plus.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/disney-plus.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wonder Man series has established itself as one of Marvel&#8217;s most notable successes in recent years, managing to attract both critics and a wide audience. Despite the creative crisis the company is facing, a second season of the series has been officially confirmed, which is a strong indication of its popularity. This announcement has surprised those who believed that the clever yet light-hearted path of the series might not be sustainable in the long run. Shang-Chi is the origin of a good part of the current MCU The genesis of Wonder Man is so peculiar [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":368083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[25662,25663,25664,17082,25665,25666,25667,25668,25669,25670,17085],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-368078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ben-kingsley-trevor-slattery","tag-chi","tag-creatividad-en-entretenimiento","tag-destin-daniel-cretton","tag-exito-marvel","tag-franquicias-saturadas","tag-humor-marvel","tag-originalidad-en-series","tag-segunda-temporada-wonder-man","tag-shang","tag-wonder-man","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368078"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":368088,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368078\/revisions\/368088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368078"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=368078"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=368078"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=368078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}