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S T O R Y B O A R D I N G W O N D E R M A N | P E R S P E C T I V E 5 3 Simon Williams/Wonder Man joins phase six of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in a new 8-episode miniseries, now streaming on Disney+. Created by Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest, Wonder Man tells the story of struggling Hollywood actor Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), who, along with veteran actor Trevor Slattery (Sir Ben Kingsley), try to earn roles in a remake of the 1980 superhero film Wonder Man. Coming out of retirement to direct the remake is acclaimed filmmaker Von Kovak (Zlatko Burić). Complicating matters, Simon is harboring a secret at a time when actors with superpowers are banned from movie sets, and Trevor may not be as altruistic as he seems. Marvel Studios brings with this show a meta commentary on the superhero genre, superhero movie fatigue and a grounded look inside the world of Hollywood actors. In my opinion, there's nothing quite like a Hollywood satire, and Marvel's marketing team has been promoting the series by blurring the line between the show universe and real-world Hollywood. In the spring of 2023, Director James Ponsoldt (who I first worked with on Daisy Jones and The Six) reached out to me and said he was gearing up for a new Marvel show and knew he was going to want shooting storyboards for key sequences. Storyboarding a Marvel Studios show was a goal I had been chasing for my entire professional career. The first "how M a r v e l G o e s F u l l M e t a S T O R Y B O A R D I N G W O N D E R M A N B Y T I M L O N G O , S T O R Y B O A R D A R T I S T