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

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

Marvel is aware of followers are looking forward to extra Surprise 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 Eighties Surprise Man characteristic—the idea for the movie being made within the Surprise Man collection. Don’t modify the monitoring in your VCR; simply take in these scrumptious cornball vibes.

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The glimpse of the merch on the finish can 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, a long time later, he’d be so decided to change into a part of the remake. You can too see why this nostalgia-drenched, in-universe Surprise Man was the proper fodder for the collection’ witty exploration of Hollywood’s superhero-industrial advanced.

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

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

— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) February 13, 2026

Created by Cretton and Andrew Visitor, Surprise Man‘s eight-episode first (and hopefully not final) season is streaming on Disney+. Together with Abdul-Mateen and Kingsley, the forged consists of 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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