#209 Does Wonderman Wow?

About this episode

The episode discusses the new MCU series featuring Trevor Slattery and Simon Williams, evaluating its success amidst recent challenges faced by the franchise.

Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley) is pops up just in time to support struggling actor Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) in this limited MCU series. The MCU has been on a bit of a rough patch the past few years. Does this project find it's footing or sink under the weight of expectations? Listen to the pod to find out what Wesley, Brian, and Savon think.

People in this episode

Hosts: Wesley Nakamura, Savon Jones, Brian Redondo

Topics covered

• Marvel Cinematic Universe
• TV series
• actor struggles
• expectations
• film reviews

Keywords

• Wonderman
• MCU
• Ben Kingsley
• Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
• TV series review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MCU

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