- Wonder Man's co-creator has revealed if it sets up some of Spider-Man 4's story
- Andrew Guest worked on the Disney+ show alongside Destin Daniel Cretton
- Cretton is the director of Spider-Man's next big-screen adventure
Wonder Man's showrunner has addressed whether the new Marvel TV series sets up events to come in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
Before Wonder Man premiered on Disney+, I sat down with Andrew Guest to discuss the comic book giant's latest TV offering. And, given Guest co-created the show alongside Destin Daniel Cretton, who's also the director of Spider-Man's next big-screen adventure, I had to find out if Wonder Man sets up story threads that are part of Brand New Day's overarching narrative.
Full spoilers immediately follow for Wonder Man. Possible spoilers are also discussed for Spider-Man 4.
Considering Spidey can't appear in live-action shows set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) without rightsholders Sony's say-so, it was nigh-on impossible that he'd make an unexpected cameo in Wonder Man. And, with all eight episodes of Marvel TV show dropping in full on launch day (January 27/28), we can confirm Tom Holland's wallcrawler does not show up in Wonder Man.
Nevertheless, there are signs that the MCU projects share some connective tissue, with the main tie binding the Marvel Phase 6 TV show and Spider-Man 4 together being the Department of Damage Control (DoDC).
Remember, the DoDC first appeared in an MCU production in 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming. The group were briefly in 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home, too, with Agent Cleary, who also appears in Wonder Man, interrogating Parker and his friends following that ending to 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home.
The DoDC doesn't appear to be done monitoring Spider-Man, either. Leaked videos of Spider-Man 4 being filmed in late 2025 appear to show the titular hero evading DoDC agents during a chase sequence and, later, Spider-Man fleeing from gun-toting DoDC agents on a rooftop.
With Wonder Man continuing the US agency's pursuit and/or imprisonment of enhanced beings that it considers to be a threat to public safety, it's clear that these projects are closely linked due to the DoDC's involvement in their respective stories. However, while Guest seemed to suggest that could be the case, he didn't outright confirm that events depicted in Wonder Man will impact the story told in Brand New Day.
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"I mean, that's a possibility," Guest responded when I asked if the two Cretton-developed projects were connected. "I haven't seen any material for Spider Man 4 [but] I know that Destin was a fan of the work we did on Wonder Man, so it's natural to think that some of those ideas might have been in his head as he and the writer started working on the script for Spider Man 4.
"I think it's a distinct possibility that the DoDC could find their way into it," he continued. "You know, they were also in Spider Man 3, so it makes sense, but we'll have to wait and see [how connected these productions might be]."
For more Wonder Man post-release coverage, check out my Wonder Man ending explained piece and see why Guest "didn't feel the need" to provide answers to Wonder Man's biggest mystery. Then, find out everything we know so far about Spider-Man: Brand New Day ahead of its July 31, 2026 release.
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