Marvel’s Upcoming Series Featuring Amber Heard’s Aquaman 2 Co-Star is Reportedly a Lot Like She-Hulk – Episode Count and Runtime Revealed
Jason Momoa and Amber Heard-led Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom is gradually gearing up for its theatrical release in December 2023. Along with The Conjuring actor Patrick Wilson, the Aquaman 2 also features American actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta.
Amber Heard’s Aquaman 2 co-star would be playing the character of Wonder Man in Marvel’s much-anticipated project. In 2022, the superhero franchise made the announcement with actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen in the titular role.
Amber Heard’s Aquaman 2 Co-star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II led Wonder Man’s Runtime Revealed
Marvel’s Wonder Man’s origin story revolves around the character of Simon Williams, son of an industrialist named Sanford Williams. Created by Stan Lee and artists Jack Kirby and Don Heck, the character first appeared in 1964’s The Avengers episode 9. He ends up developing superpowers after being inoculated with ionic energy which includes invulnerability, electromagnetic manipulation, and superstrength.
Recently a Marvel-based website named Marvel Updates provided an important update on Wonder Man’s running time and episode count. The Marvel Update page mentioned on X, previously known as Twitter-
The #WonderMan series is about a superhero trying to make it in Hollywood The series is a lot like She-Hulk: Attorney At Law just a straight comedy. 9-10 episodes half an hour each There are a lots of cameos #MarvelStudios
The #WonderMan series is about a superhero trying to make it in Hollywood
The series is a lot like She-Hulk: Attorney At Law just a straight comedy. 9-10 episodes half an hour each
There are a lots of cameos#MarvelStudios pic.twitter.com/Om3RBBi15f
— Marvel Updates (@marvel_updat3s) September 21, 2023
However, it has been speculated that the Wonder Man series would be similar to She-Hulk. The development of the live-action Wonder Man series was first announced in June 2022. Aquaman actor Yahya Abdul Mateen II will be seen in the titular role in the upcoming series.
Everything You Need To Know About Marvel’s Wonder Man Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
American actor Yahya Abdul Mateen II is best known for playing the antagonist character Black Manta in Amber Heard-led DC franchise Aquaman. He rose to fame with the HBO series Watchmen, which even earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor. The actor was associated with the leading superhero franchise DC with Aquaman in 2018.
He has been a significant part of reputed movies like Keanu Reeves’ The Matrix Resurrections as Agent Smith, and Oscar-nominated drama The Trial of the Chicago 7, and a long list of other critically acclaimed shows.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II On Playing Black Manta In The Aquaman Franchise
During an interview with the media outlet Deadline in 2022, Yahya Abdul Mateen II spoke about his DCEU project Aquaman and even mentioned the costume of the Black Manta. He said-
“The actor’s job is maybe 30 percent of making it cool and that means that I get in my best shape so I could wear the costume. It’s pretty heavy. So it means I can do the things that I can do, so I can bring the attitude to the costume. But really, I think that the success of the Manta costume really lies in the design team. They were courageous enough to not back away from the large helmet and a lot of the comic book elements of the costume. They really wanted something that the fans could relate to.”
He was asked if he had ever read the Aquaman comics to prepare for the role of Black Manta, and he replied
“I’ve never read any of the Aquaman comic books or any comic books for that matter. This was presented to me as an exciting opportunity to go do something that was different and large scale. That was my point of entry. It was really about expanding my imagination and then I got to talk to the fans online to take their recommendations. So once I got the job that, that was the moment that I had an interest in comic books. And once I started to turn the page, then I began to be sort of an enthusiast.”
Amber Heard and Jason Momoa’s Aquaman And The Lost World is set to hit the theatres on December 20, 2023.
