This Retro ‘Marvel Man’ Trailer Is So Enjoyable, We Want It Was a Actual Film

Wonder Man was a triumph—simply one in every of Marvel Studios’ most entertaining Disney+ sequence thus far. One among very few things we didn’t like about it was that we didn’t get sufficient of the in-universe Marvel Man film that adjustments the lives of the characters performed by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley.

Marvel is aware of followers are longing for extra Marvel Man, and whereas we wait to see if season two becomes a reality, the studio has launched a really enjoyable, completely retro trailer from the fake Nineteen Eighties Marvel Man characteristic—the idea for the movie being made within the Marvel Man sequence. Don’t regulate the monitoring in your VCR; simply absorb these scrumptious cornball vibes.

He’s not only a hero—he’s a surprise!

The glimpse of the merch on the finish can also be note-perfect: the lunchbox, the thermos, the luridly shiny promo artwork. (What, no formally licensed tie-in sun shades?) You’ll be able to see why this was a childhood favourite of Simon Williams (Abdul-Mateen’s character) and why, many years later, he’d be so decided to grow to be a part of the remake. You can even see why this nostalgia-drenched, in-universe Marvel Man was the proper fodder for the sequence’ witty exploration of Hollywood’s superhero-industrial complicated.

Marvel additionally shared a short making-of on X that’s simply as enjoyable because the trailer itself (“I truthfully don’t suppose I’ve been this glad on set ever,” admits Marvel Man co-creator Destin Daniel Cretton).

From the Archives: Relive the motion and go behind the scenes of the Nineteen Eighties Marvel Man movie. pic.twitter.com/qikuwSgSal

— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) February 13, 2026

Created by Cretton and Andrew Visitor, Marvel Man‘s eight-episode first (and hopefully not final) season is streaming on Disney+. Together with Abdul-Mateen and Kingsley, the forged contains X Mayo, Zlatko Burić, Arian Moayed, Byron Bowers, and—taking part in themselves, or a minimum of variations of themselves—Joe Pantoliano and Josh Gad.

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