Ironheart star Dominique Thorne explains how the impact of Tony Stark’s death will be felt in the upcoming MCU TV series. Speaking with SFX magazine, Thorne opened up about the character dynamics at the heart of the show, as her Riri Williams will cross paths with a new antagonist in the form of The Hood. The actress explained that coming off the events of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Riri is in a unique position to figure out a way to use her abilities to help the world. Understanding her shortcomings, the prospect of working with the Hood becomes very intriguing for Riri.

“We know that The Hood couldn’t be farther apart from Riri in terms of her being a very logical ‘show me the facts and run me the numbers’ person,” Thorne said. “Coming off the heels of this super vulnerable experience, with her having been imprisoned, that vulnerability presents a very tender opportunity for Riri to make a real and impactful decision about how her genius will impact the world around her. How will it affect the people that she loves? How can it affect her own goals and ambitions?”

She continued, “There’s a clear understanding that she’s not Tony Stark. She does not have a billion dollars at her disposal. She does not have the resources… she doesn’t have the mentorship, or the guidance. And so what does it look like for someone like The Hood to enter her sphere now, where she is vulnerable and reflecting? It does set the stage for a very interesting journey ahead to see the people who pop up as she’s working to get those answers and what the scale of their influence can be, if any?”

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Executive produced by Ryan Coogler, Ironheart is set to have a three-episode premiere in late June. The miniseries runs for six episodes. It marks Riri Williams’ second appearance in the franchise, following the character’s debut in Wakanda Forever. That movie established Riri’s penchant for designing Iron Man-style suits, basing her work off of old Stark blueprints.

With a little over a month to go until Ironheart arrives, Marvel Studios finally unveiled a trailer earlier this month, setting up the general outline of the story. The footage underlines Riri’s desire to create something “iconic,” with The Hood offering her the resources necessary to accomplish that goal. Based on the preview, Ironheart will deal with moral ambiguity as people close to Riri start to question The Hood’s true intentions.

In the comics, Tony Stark is the one who helps Riri on her journey to becoming a superhero. While Thorne has Robert Downey Jr.’s endorsement, her version of Riri won’t be fortunate enough to get an assist from Iron Man himself. By the time Ironheart picks up, Stark has been dead for many years, so Riri is essentially trying to wing it on her own as she follows Stark’s footsteps. It’s easy to see why she’d be susceptible to The Hood’s methods. Without having Stark there as a mentor figure to guide her, Riri would willingly partner up with anyone offering to make her dreams a reality. It seems like The Hood sees Riri as an easy target to exploit given her vulnerable state of mind and desire to serve the greater good.

By the time Ironheart ends, Riri will likely realize the error of her ways and look to stop The Hood, but it should still be interesting to watch the story play out, setting Riri on the course to become the hero she’s destined to be. Perhaps the show will lay the foundation for her return at a later point in the MCU. Thorne is not one of the many actors confirmed for Avengers: Doomsday so far, but Marvel is planning to reveal more casting announcements at a later date. Maybe once Ironheart is properly established in the franchise, the studio will be open about how she fits into the Multiverse Saga moving forward.

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UPDATE: A Marvel Studios spokesperson tells ComicBook that Deodato’s payment was pending and that an agreement has been reached. The original story continues below.

“Every dream has a cost,” reads the tagline on the new poster for Ironheart, which Marvel Studios debuted alongside the trailer for the Disney+ series. But that cost doesn’t include compensation owed to artist and Ironheart co-creator Mike Deodato, who introduced the character with writer Brian Michael Bendis in the Invincible Iron Man comic run in 2016. In response to the Ironheart trailer uploaded by Marvel, Deodato expressed dissatisfaction in regards to creator royalties and suggested he hasn’t been fairly compensated for the Ryan Coogler-executive produced series.

“As a comic book artist, there are few feelings more satisfying than seeing a character you helped create come to life on the big screen,” Deodato wrote on Instagram, adding he’s “thrilled” with the inclusion of “a moment I originally brought to life on the comics page,” referencing a sequence in which Riri Williams — wearing her Ironheart Armor Model 1 — stops a speeding truck in the pages of Invincible Iron Man #11.

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“Riri Williams, a character I co-created with the amazing Brian Michael Bendis, is finally taking flight, and the result is stunning. It’s a powerful reminder of the magic that happens when imagination meets real-world production,” Deodato continued. “But as much as I celebrate this moment, there’s a bitter edge to it. You see, while Marvel has built an empire worth billions on the backs of its creators, the compensation model hasn’t kept pace with the success. I’m in a good place, one of the best-paid creators in the industry, and I truly appreciate that. But it’s not about me.”

“It’s about the principle. When a character you poured your heart into helps fuel the engine of a multi-billion-dollar machine, a small share of that success feels only fair,” he added of the character who made her live-action debut in 2022’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which grossed $859 million at the global box office. “Creators don’t ask for billions or even millions. Just a nod, a bit of recognition, and a share that reflects the contribution they’ve made. It’s not just good ethics — it’s good business.”

The former Marvel’s New Avengers and Dark Avengers artist went on to note that such pay discrepancies cause creators to “naturally drift toward projects where they retain control, where their work can lead to lasting financial security. That’s why more and more of us are focusing on creator-owned projects, where we can truly share in the success of our creations.”

In 2020, Deodato and writer J. Michael Straczynski (Amazing Spider-Man) launched The Resistance, a creator-owned title for the independent comic book publisher AWA Studios (named for “Artists, Writers & Artisans”).

“I’m not bitter, just realistic. I’m proud to see Riri come to life, and I’ll always appreciate the fans who make that possible,” Deodato concluded. “But I hope one day, the companies that thrive on our imaginations will truly recognize the value we bring to the table. Marvel, you can do better. And I genuinely hope you will, for the sake of the characters we love and the creators who bring them to life.”

Deodato is the latest artist to publicly speak out about Marvel’s compensation rates. In 2021, Captain America comic writer Ed Brubaker, who resurrected Bucky Barnes as the Winter Soldier, said he “made more on SAG residuals” from his cameo in 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier movie than he “made on creating the character” who co-led The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series on Disney+. In 2022, America Chavez co-creator Joe Casey said he was offered, and rejected, a “pittance” for the character’s MCU debut in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

That same year, Devin Grayson — the co-creator of the Yelena Belova Black Widow, who appeared in the Black Widow movie and the Hawkeye series before leading this year’s Thunderbolts* — told The Hollywood Reporter that she signed a “Special Character Agreement” contract in 2007 entitling her to $25,000 for a theatrical film appearance. Grayson ultimately received $5,000, and learned that the document contained language giving Marvel “broad discretion to dramatically lower payments,” with THR reporting that the initial $25,000 was to be split between writer and artist (J.G. Jones), and that the initial sum was whittled down to share with other creators under Special Character Agreements.

Ironheart — which stars Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams/Ironheart and Anthony Ramos as the New Avengers villain Parker Robbins/the Hood, with Lyric Ross, Alden Ehrenreich, Regan Aliyah, Manny Montana, Matthew Elam and Anji White — debuts on Disney+ with a three-episode series premiere on June 24.

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We’re only halfway through the month of May, but Disney+ is already looking ahead to the start June. On Thursday, Disney+ revealed its monthly newsletter, announcing June’s slate of new movies, TV shows, and specials. Surprisingly, we’re in for a very light month ahead on Disney+ when it comes to the number of new additions, with just a handful of titles set to arrive over the course of four weeks.

The biggest of these new arrivals is Marvel Studios’ Ironheart, the standalone series about Riri Williams that spins out of the events of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. That series is set to debut on June 24th with a three-episode premiere.

Also arriving on Disney+ in June are brand new episodes of Phineas and Ferb, as well as a taping of the Frozen musical on Broadway. You can check out the full lineup of Disney’s June streaming titles below.

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Wednesday, June 4th

Pupstruction (S2, 6 episodes)

Friday, June 6th

Phineas and Ferb (Season 5) – First 10 Episodes
The new season of Disney Branded Television’s Phineas and Ferb will follow the inventive stepbrothers as they tackle another 104 days of summer. Candace is more determined than ever to finally bust her little brothers while their pet platypus, Perry, continues to lead a double life as the suave Agent P — whose sole mission is to thwart Dr. Doofenshmirtz from taking over the Tristate area.

Sunday, June 8th

Ocean with David Attenborough – Premiere
David Attenborough draws on a lifetime of experience to reveal Earth’s most spectacular underwater habitats, showing that we’re in the greatest age of Ocean discovery and highlighting its vital importance. While exposing the Ocean’s biggest challenges, Attenborough’s message is one of hope: the opportunity for marine life recovery on an unprecedented scale is within reach.

Tuesday, June 17th

SALLY – Premiere
Sally Ride became the first American woman to blast off into space, but beneath her unflappable composure, she carried a secret. Revealing the romance and sacrifices of their 27 years together, Sally’s life partner, Tam O’Shaughnessy, tells the full story of this complicated and iconic astronaut for the first time. SALLY is directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Cristina Costantini.

Friday, June 20th

Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical – Premiere
When Queen Elsa’s hidden powers plunge Arendelle into an eternal winter, her sister Anna sets out to find her and save the kingdom. As the storm rages on, both sisters must learn only an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart. This is the story you know and love as you’ve never seen it before.

Tuesday, June 24th

Ironheart – Three Episode Premiere at 6pm PT
Set after the events of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Marvel Television’s Ironheart pits technology against magic when Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne)—a young, genius inventor determined to make her mark on the world—returns to her hometown of Chicago. Her unique take on building iron suits is brilliant, but in pursuit of her ambitions, she finds herself wrapped up with the mysterious yet charming Parker Robbins aka “The Hood” (Anthony Ramos). First three episodes launch exclusively on Disney+ on June 24, 2025.

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After much delay, Marvel has finally released the first trailer for Ironheart. The delay we’re referring to is the small amount of time between the release of Ironheart‘s trailer and when Ironheart debuts on Disney+. Marvel typically likes to reveal trailers months before a project is released, but this time we only have a little over a month from trailer to Ironheart‘s three-episode premiere. Nevertheless, Ironheart is coming down the pike on June 24th, and its trailer provides a sneak peek at what fans have to look forward to from the Dominique Thorne project.

The big surprise to come out of the Ironheart trailer is our official look at Anthony Ramos as Parker Robbins, aka The Hood. The character will seemingly be the central villain in Ironheart, pitting the technology-minded Riri Williams against a supernatural threat. In the comics, The Hood gains mystical powers after obtaining a possessed cloak. The contrast between science and magic will be on display, as well as Ironheart working to establish herself as a hero.

Dominique Thorne made her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as Riri Williams in 2022’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Created by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato Jr., Riri Williams is an MIT student who assembles her own Iron Man armor in her dorm room. She eventually meets Tony Stark, who becomes a mentor to Riri. After suiting up as Iron Man, Riri eventually takes on a mantle of her own as Ironheart.

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Ironheart will be the second live-action Marvel show to premiere on Disney+ this year, following Daredevil: Born Again. Joining Ironheart later this year will be Wonder Man, starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Simon Williams/Wonder Man. Ironheart was developed before Marvel Studios decided to scale back its output, so it will be interesting to see what the reception to the series will be from critics and the general audience.

Footage from Ironheart has revealed some of the various armors that Riri Williams will wear. Ironheart’s comics origin involves reverse-engineering her own Iron Man armor. Keep in mind she did all this in her tiny dorm room on the campus of M.I.T. After several iterations and tinkering with her suit, Ironheart eventually settles on a slimmed-down version of armor similar to Iron Man. She even moves from the trademark red-and-gold color scheme to something of her own choosing. Something we’ve noticed from Ironheart’s armors in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is how they’ve kept their bulkier frame. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. But there will be some evolution taking place.

Ironheart premieres with a three-episode premiere June 24th on Disney+.

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“Anyone who’s ever accomplished anything iconic in life has had to do some questionable things to get it done.” So said Anthony Ramos‘ Parker Robbins in a Marvel Studios sizzle reel revealing a glimpse at the Transformers and Twisters star as the red-clad Hood, villain of the upcoming Ironheart. After a six-month wait, Marvel released a new look at the Ryan Coogler-executive produced Disney+ series, which pits Dominique Thorne‘s Riri Williams and her tech against the Hood’s magic.

“I want to build something undeniable,” Thorne’s Riri says in the video, below. “Something iconic.” Enter Robbins. “Riri, I see you,” Robbins tells the genius inventor from beneath his iconic red hood, “waiting to be acknowledged for your greatness.”

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Set after the events of 2022’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ironheart follows the titular young genius as she returns to her hometown of Chicago determined to make her mark on the world — the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Her unique take on building iron suits is brilliant, but in pursuit of her ambitions, she finds herself wrapped up with the mysterious yet charming Parker Robbins, a.k.a. “the Hood.”

Co-created by writer Brian K. Vaughn (Marvel’s Runaways) and artist Kyle Hotz, Robbins debuted in 2002’s The Hood #1. The explicit-rated Marvel MAX series introduced Robbins as an underachieving, small-time hood who gained magic abilities from the cloak he stole off the corpse of the demonic Nisanti.

As the supernatural supervillain the Hood, Robbins battled the likes of the New Avengers and Doctor Strange as he took over the costumed criminal underworld as the Kingpin of Crime. During Dark Reign, Hood joined H.A.M.M.E.R. Director Norman Osborn’s Cabal, which included Namor, Emma Frost, Loki, and Doctor Doom.

The Hood was a recurring foe in the back half of Brian Michael Bendis’ New Avengers run that assembled a more street-level Avengers team, particularly in the Dark Reign arc that ran through New Avengers #50-55.

“A lot of people think that [Riri] is a successor to the Iron Man legacy, but in the comic book, Riri and Tony [Stark] had a friendship,” Coogler says in the featurette, referring to her debut in the Bendis-penned Invincible Iron Man run in 2016. “He was advising her, and eventually, she got her own identity as Ironheart. It was really exciting for me bringing that character into the MCU in Wakanda Forever.”

Adds executive producer Brad Winderbaum, Head of Streaming, Television and Animation at Marvel Studios, “The story of Ironheart is not a story about the mantle of Iron Man getting passed. If anything, it’s the opposite.” According to executive producer Zoie Nagelhout, Ironheart is “really about her proving herself and achieving her own legacy.”

Ironheart — also starring Lyric Ross, Alden Ehrenreich, Regan Aliyah, Manny Montana, Matthew Elam, and Anji White — arrives on Disney+ with a three-episode premiere on June 24. The six-episode season will then drop another three episodes on July 1.

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The general mentality that has been surrounding the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the past few years is that it’s possibly run its course. At the very least, at this point, it’s retaining fans more than it’s attracting new ones. As Sinners has proved, audiences are currently hungry for more original fare, as opposed to an adaptation of existing material that is also part of an ever-expanding cinematic universe where you often need to watch at least one TV show and one other movie to understand what’s happening in this movie. Thunderbolts*, while solid overall and a lot of fun, is an example of this.

When it comes to Thunderbolts*, you need to have seen The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Black Widow, and that’s not even all. It’s tough to attract new people when not only is that the case, but also the general aura surrounding the IP as a whole has been dwindling. But was Phase 5 (which concludes with the Disney+ series Ironheart) an improvement over Phase 4, when this negative reputation started to build? Let’s dive in.

Phase 4 Highlights and Lowlights

Phase 4 was weaker than the three that preceded it, without a doubt. The main issue was blindingly clear: the MCU was stretching itself too thin. Eight series, two specials, and seven movies from January 2021 to November 2022? That’s simply too much.

Even the devoted were bound to either miss a project or deem it not quite worth watching. Without a doubt, they were bound to not find watching all of these things on day one necessary. Something can’t feel like an event if there’s no space in between projects to build up anticipation for the audience.

But, of those 17 total projects, which were worthwhile additions to the universe that contains 2008’s Iron Man, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Avengers: Endgame? Let’s break it up into three categories of quality for the sake of simplicity: success, middling, and failure. Mind you, this is in terms of how audiences as a whole tended to feel about the projects, not so much how we feel about them.

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Let’s kick off covering the success column and start with the Disney+ series. WandaVision is without a doubt in the success column. The same applies to Loki Season 1 and Hawkeye (low-key one of the best MCU projects to date). Also in the success columns are the films Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Now let’s look at the middling column. Most would agree that both specials, Werewolf by Night and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, fit there. They’re fun, but not exactly integral to appreciating the MCU as a whole. The Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Marvel’s What If…? Season 1, Moon Knight, and Ms. Marvel also fit there as do the movies Black Widow and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

That means that the failure column consists of the Disney+ show She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and the movies Eternals and Thor: Love and Thunder. Now, let’s attribute everything a points value. Successes are three, middling projects are two, and failures are one. In total that’s 37 points. Divide that by 17 (again, the total number of projects in the Phase) and you get 2.18. Now let’s move on to Phase 5.

Phase 5 Highlights and Lowlights

Phase 5 paced things out a bit better, but still with not quite enough space between movies or shows to make them feel like events. From February 2023 (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania) to May 2025 (Thunderbolts*), there have been 14 MCU projects. As of right now, Ironheart has not hit TVs yet, so we’ll call Phase 5 at 14 projects, as opposed to the 15 it will soon be.

When it comes to the success column, several Disney+ shows once again made the cut. There was Loki‘s second season and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, and some might argue Agatha All Along was a success, but it was still a step down from WandaVision. As for movies, there was Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Deadpool & Wolverine.

In the middling category, we have Season 2 and Season 3 of Marvel’s What If…?, Echo, the aforementioned Agatha All Along, and Season 1 of Daredevil: Born Again. This is where we also find Thunderbolts*.

As for outright failures, we have Secret Invasion and the movies Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (which set the wheels in motion for something that would never happen), The Marvels, and Captain America: Brave New World. This gives Phase 5 a total of 28 points. Divide that by 14 and you get a score of 2.0.

Naturally, everything’s subjective. Some people like She-Hulk: Attorney at Law the same way some people didn’t care for Deadpool & Wolverine. But, if you’re looking at things in terms of average perception, Phase 5 was actually a small step down from Phase 4.

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The latest official look at Dominique Thorne suited up in her advanced armor for the upcoming Disney+ series, Ironheart, has been unveiled by Empire magazine, giving fans a glimpse of Riri Williams’ formidable creation. This reveal offers a close-up image of the new suit Riri will don in her solo outing, showcasing a sleek and robust design that builds upon her initial introduction in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Alongside this exciting visual, Thorne has revealed she has received the personal endorsement of Tony Stark himself, Robert Downey Jr. This blessing from the original Iron Man actor carries significant weight, signaling a passing of the torch of sorts and offering a decisive vote of confidence for the MCU’s next armored Avenger as she prepares to step into the spotlight.

“Robert Downey Jr. and I spoke just after we wrapped, and he shared some very lovely words about my journey,” Thorne remembered. “He told me how excited he was and that he’s rooting for it, too. I literally got two thumbs up. It’s really reassuring to know you’re not embarrassing Iron Man.” This stamp of approval from Downey Jr. is a symbolic anointment for a character who, in many ways, is set to carry forward the legacy of technological heroism that Iron Man established.

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Thorne also elaborated on the fundamental differences between Riri Williams and her predecessor, highlighting Riri’s distinct path to becoming a hero. “She’s dumpster-diving, whereas Tony Stark [was] this bajillionaire,” Thorne explained. Unlike Stark, who had virtually limitless resources, Riri’s genius is often fueled by necessity and her ability to innovate with whatever materials she can find. According to Thorne, Riri’s experiences in Wakanda have also clearly left a lasting mark. After being sought out for her genius and witnessing the advanced technology of the hidden nation, Riri’s potential has only expanded. “What she’s able to accomplish is remarkable,” Thorne teased, hinting at the level of innovation viewers can expect from Riri in the upcoming series.

Everything We Know About Marvel’s Ironheart Series

Marvel Studios’ Ironheart is set to delve deeper into the story of Riri Williams, the brilliant young inventor who audiences first met in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The series will follow Riri as she returns from MIT to her hometown of Chicago, where her unique approach to building iron suits and her relentless pursuit of innovation will lead her into a dangerous confrontation that pits advanced technology against dark magic. The official synopsis reveals Riri will become entangled with the enigmatic Parker Robbins, also known as The Hood (Anthony Ramos), a character who, in the comics, gains mystical abilities from a demonic cloak and boots. This central conflict suggests Ironheart will explore uncharted territory for an armor-based hero, forcing Riri to adapt her scientific understanding to face threats that defy conventional explanation.

The series boasts an impressive cast alongside Thorne and Ramos. Lyric Ross (This Is Us) plays Natalie Washington, Riri’s best friend. Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story) is cast as Joe McGillicuddy, with Manny Montana (Good Girls) as Cousin John, and Anji White as Riri’s mother, Ronnie Williams. Other cast members include Matthew Elam as Xavier Washington, Shea Couleé (reportedly as the villain Slug), Zoe Terakes, Regan Aliyah, Shakira Barrera, Rashida “Sheedz” Olayiwola, Sonia Denis, Paul Calderón, and Cree Summer. In a fun nod to wider MCU continuity, Jim Rash will reprise his role as the MIT Dean he first played in Captain America: Civil War. The series is expected to explore themes of legacy, genius, and the responsibility that comes with power, all while Riri forges her own identity as Ironheart.

Ironheart comes to Disney+ on June 24th.

What are you most excited to see in the Ironheart series? Let us know in the comments!

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New images from Marvel Studios’ upcoming TV series Ironheart showcases Riri Williams’ upgraded Iron Man suit in action. Though there isn’t much context, it looks like these photos could be from a sequence where Riri tests her new armor. In the first image, she appears to have a somewhat nervous expression, almost as if she’s unsure how things are going to go. Later on in the gallery, Riri takes off and is seen flying through the air. In the final image, she is soaring above cars positioned along the street.

Aesthetically, Riri’s armor is different from the suit she used in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. When one looks closely, there are traces of blue and red paint, but it does not appear to be as colorful overall as that previous version. Check out the images in the space below:

Ironheart is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ in June. The story follows Riri as she returns to her hometown of Chicago; star Dominique Thorne has said the show explores Riri’s roots and sees her figure out how she’s going to use her knowledge and skills to help her community. The cast also features Anthony Ramos as Parker Robbins/The Hood, whose backstory has been changed for Ironheart. In the comics, Parker is from New York, but in the show he’s from Chicago like Riri.

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While Marvel hasn’t fully kicked off a proper Ironheart marketing campaign yet, it has provided fans with glimpses over the past several months. Looks at Riri suited up have been featured in special trailers teasing Marvel’s 2025 output and Disney+’s slate for this year.

Similar to those earlier looks in the Disney+ trailers, these images don’t reveal much, but it’s still exciting to get another taste of Riri’s update in action. Giving a character a new costume isn’t anything new for comic book adaptations (it’s an easy merchandising opportunity), but it seems like there are storytelling reasons for Riri’s upgrade. In the limited Ironheart footage that’s been revealed, Riri says she wants to “build something undeniable.” In her pursuit of that goal, she likely feels it’s necessary to design a new suit of armor, forging her own path while using Iron Man and War Machine as a template to build off of.

With only a few months left until the show’s premiere, Marvel should give audiences a proper look at Ironheart in the near future. Daredevil: Born Again is in full swing, so the studio may opt to wait until that show is over (the finale airs in mid-April) before drawing more attention to Ironheart, highlighting what’s coming next for Marvel fans to enjoy on Disney+. Whenever that first official trailer is released, Riri’s updated armor will likely be a main focus. It’ll be interesting to see how long it takes in the show for Riri to don this suit. The miniseries is set to run only six episodes, so viewers hopefully don’t have to wait too long before they get to see it in all its glory. Perhaps Riri builds it early on and it plays a role in her overall arc; it would be a shame if the amor’s screen time was limited.

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The television landscape boasts an incredible lineup for 2025, with returning hits and exciting new series set to air over the next 12 months. Fans of TV will at last experience the long-awaited conclusion of Stranger Things; watch brand new shows from popular franchises like the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Game of Thrones; and view sophomore seasons of highly successful Star Wars and DC TV series. So many notable shows are coming to networks and streaming platforms in 2025, and more than 20 titles rank among our most anticipated.

Only Murders in the Building Season 5

Premiere Date: January 2

Where to Watch: Hulu

Only Murders in the Building returns at the start of 2025. Hulu’s murder mystery comedy series has won seven Emmys since its debut in 2021. In Only Murders in the Building season 5, the show’s main trio of Charles Haden-Savage (Steve Martin), Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), and Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez) will attempt to solve the murder of Lester (Teddy Coluca). Michael Cyril Creighton’s Howard, Jackie Hoffman’s Uma and Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s Detective Donna Williams are also expected to return.

Harley Quinn Season 5

Premiere Date: January 16

Where to Watch: Max

Harley Quinn will kick off its fifth season at the start of 2025. The DC animated series has been running since 2019 with Kaley Cuoco voicing the titular character. Season 5 was originally supposed to premiere toward the end of 2024, but was delayed to January 2025. The show’s upcoming episodes will see Harley and Poison Ivy (Lake Bell) relocate to Metropolis and Bane (James Adomian) begin a job at the Daily Planet. Other characters slated to feature in Harley Quinn season 5 include Superman (James Wolf), Lena Luthor (Aisha Tyler), and Brainiac (Stephen Fry).

Severance Season 2

Premiere Date: January 17

Where to Watch: Apple TV+

Three years after Severance‘s outstanding first season, the Apple TV+ show will premiere season 2. The suspenseful sci-fi drama, starring Adam Scott, Britt Lower, John Turturro, Tramell Tillman, Zach Cherry, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Walken, and more, revolves around a group of office employees whose memories between their work and personal lives. Severance season 2 will introduce Gwendoline Christie, Alia Shawkat, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Merritt Weaver, John Noble, Robby Benson, Bob Balaban, Sarah Bock, and Stefano Carannante to its cast.

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The Night Agent Season 2

Premiere Date: January 23

Where to Watch: Netflix

Netflix’s The Night Agent will continue the story of Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso), as he embarks on a dangerous new mission outside of the United States. Luciane Buchanan will return as Rose Larkin in The Night Agent season 2, while Fola Evans-Akingbola will reprise her role as Chelsea Arrington. Joining the series are Brittany Snow, Arienne Mandi, Louis Herthum, Teddy Sears, Amanda Warren, Berto Colon, Michael Malarkey, Keon Alexander, Rob Heaps, and Navid Negahban.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

Premiere Date: January 29

Where to Watch: Disney+

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man transports comic book fans to an alternate Spider-Man timeline separate from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The animated Disney+ series follows a version of Peter Parker who Is mentored by Norman Osborn instead of Tony Stark. The first trailer for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man just released, and it showcases a fresh take on the famed superhero. Peter will be voiced by Hudson Thames in the show, while Colman Domingo will co-star as the voice of Norman. Eugene Byrd, Grace Song, Zeno Robinson, Hugh Dancy, and Charlie Cox are also part of the cast.

Cobra Kai Season 6, Part 2

Premiere Date: February 13

Where to Watch: Netflix

The last five episodes of Cobra Kai‘s final season will arrive on Netflix in February. The Karate Kid spinoff series has been running since 2018, picking up nine Emmy nominations along the way. Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Martin Kove, Xolo Maridueña, Jacob Bertrand, Mary Mouser, Tanner Buchanan, Peyton List, and more stars are slated to return in the final batch of Cobra Kai episodes.

Yellowjackets Season 3

Premiere Date: February 14

Where to Watch: Paramount+

Nearly two years after airing its second season, Yellowjackets will premiere season 3. The Emmy-nominated series chronicles the past and present journey of a high school girls’ soccer team who survives a plane crash in the wilderness. The cast of Yellowjackets season 3 includes the returns of Tawny Cypress as adult Taissa, Melanie Lynskey as adult Shauna, Christina Ricci as adult Misty, Jasmin Savoy Brown as young Taissa, Sophie Nélisse as young Shauna, Samantha Hanratty as young Misty, Simone Kessell as adult Lottie, Courtney Eaton as young Lottie, Lauren Ambrose as adult Van, Liv Hewson as young Van, Kevin Alves as young Travis, and Steven Kreuger as Coach Ben. Juliette Lewis will not appear in Yellowjackets season 3, as her character Natalie met her demise in season 2. Sophie Thatcher, who plays young Natalie, will return.

The White Lotus Season 3

Premiere Date: February 16

Where to Watch: Max

HBO and Max’s The White Lotus is finally back after a two-year hiatus. Having previously taken place in Hawaii and Italy in its first two seasons, the series will take viewers to Thailand with an almost entirely new group of characters. Natasha Rothwell will reprise her role as Belinda Lindsey, while Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sam Nivola, Aimee Lou Wood, Leslie Bibb, Michelle Monaghan, Carrie Coon, Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, Scott Glenn, Charlotte Le Bon, Blackpink’s Lisa, Julian Kostov, Arnas Fedaravicius, Christian Friedel, Morgana O’Reilly, Shalini Peiris, Nicholas Duvernay, Dom Hetrakul, Tayme Thapthimthong, and Patravadi Medjudhon make up the newcomers. The White Lotus, created by Mike White, has racked up 15 Emmy wins thus far, and will undoubtedly be in contention again after season 3.

Reacher Season 3

Premiere Date: February 20

Where to Watch: Prime Video

Alan Ritchson’s Jack Reacher returns to carry out more justice in Prime Video’s Reacher season 3, premiering at the end of February. Based on Lee Child’s novels the show takes its main character, a former military policeman, through various trials and tribulations as he solves crime. Jack Reacher season 3 is based on the seventh book in the series, Persuader, as Jack’s next objective is to rescue an undercover DEA informant. Accompanying Ritchson in the new season are Marie Sten as Frances Neagley, Oliver Ritchers as Paulie, Anthony Michael Hall as Zachary Beck, Sonya Cassidy as Susan Duffy, Johnny Berchtold as Richard Beck, Brian Tee as Quinn, and Robert Montesinos as Guillermo Villanueva.

1923 Season 2

Premiere Date: February 23

Where to Watch: Paramount+

The Yellowstone prequel series 1923 is on the verge of releasing season 2. Starring Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton and Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton, the show follows the Dutton family on their Montana ranch in the early 20th century. Now that Yellowstone has concluded, fans of the franchise can turn their full attention to 1923 in less than two months. Brandon Sklenar’s Spencer Dutton, Darren Mann’s Jack Dutton, Julia Schlaepfer’s Alexandra Dutton, Brian Geraghty’s Zane Davis, Aminah Nieves’ Teonna Rainwater, and Michelle Randolph’s Elizabeth Strafford are all expected to return in season 2.

Daredevil: Born Again

Premiere Date: March 4

Where to Watch: Disney+

Daredevil: Born Again will spotlight Charlie Cox’s lawyer by day and vigilante by night Matt Murdock. Following Netflix’s Daredevil series, which ran for three seasons from 2015 to 2018, the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen finally has a show in the MCU. Other characters from the Netflix series featuring in Disney+’s Daredevil: Born Again include Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk, Elden Henson’s Foggy Nelson, Deborah Ann Woll’s Karen Page, Wilson Bethel’s Benjamin Poindexter, and Jon Bernthal’s Punisher.

The Wheel of Time Season 3

Premiere Date: March 13

Where to Watch: Prime Video

The Wheel of Time season 3 is just a couple of months away. The high fantasy series based on the novels written by Robert Jordan aired its second season in 2023. Anchored by Rosamund Pike’s Moiraine Damodred, The Wheel of Time season 3 will adapt the fourth book, The Shadow Rising. Returning to the show alongside Pike are Daniel Henney’s Lan Mandragoran, Zöe Robins’ Nynaeve al’Meara, Joshua Stradowski’s Rand al’Thor, and many more. New cast members in season 3 include Olivia Williams, Luke Fetherston, Callum Kerr, Nuno Lopes, and Shohreh Aghdashloo.

The Studio

Premiere Date: March 26

Where to Watch: Apple TV+

The Studio is one of several new original TV shows coming to Apple TV+ in 2025. The comedy series was co-created by Seth Rogan, who also stars as a newly appointed movie studio head tasked with bringing about success while managing his unruly team of executives and dealing with corporate powers. The Studio also features Kathryn Hahn, Bryan Cranston, Chase Sui Wonders, Catherine O’Hara, Ike Barinholtz, Zac Efron, Paul Dano, and Usher.

Andor Season 2

Premiere Date: April 22

Where to Watch: Disney+

Andor‘s incredibly well-received first season aired in 2022, and season 2 is on it’s way soon. The Rogue One prequel series turns toward a full-scale rebellion in its second and final season, as Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor transforms from a hardened spy into a galactic hero. Returning characters include Adria Arjona’s Bix Caleen, Kyle Soller’s Syril Karn, Stellan Skarsgård’s Luthen Rael, Genevieve O’Reilly’s Mon Mothma, and Fiona Shaw’s Maarva Andor.

The Bear Season 4

Premiere Date: June

Where to Watch: Hulu

The Bear is set to premiere its fourth season in 2025, just one year after airing season 3. The Emmy-winning Hulu series centers on a band of restaurateurs who transform a Chicago sandwich shop into a fine dining establishment. Season 3 took time to delve into the main character’s backstories, and season 4 promises more flashbacks, as well as current events at the restaurant. Jeremy Allen White’s Carmen, Ayo Edebiri’s Sydney, Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s Richie, Liza Colón Zayas’ Tina, Lionel Boyce’s Marcus, Matty Matheson’s Neil, and Jamie Lee Curtis’ Donna will return in The Bear season 4.

Ironheart

Premiere Date: June 24

Where to Watch: Disney+

The second of the MCU’s trio of live-action shows in 2025 is none other than Ironheart, starring Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams almost three years after making her debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Ironheart takes place following the events of the aforementioned film. Anthony Ramos, Alden Ehrenreich, Zoe Terakes, Manny Montana, and Lyric Ross are also part of the cast.

Eyes of Wakanda

Premiere Date: August 6

Where to Watch: Disney+

Marvel will reintroduce viewers to the world of Black Panther with the animated miniseries Eyes of Wakanda, which will chronicle different Wakandan warriors thoughout history. Developed by Ryan Coogler, the show will consist of four episodes. Eyes of Wakanda‘s voice cast features Danai Gurira, Winnie Harlow, Cress Williams, Patricia Belcher, Larry Herron, Adam Gold, Lynn Whitfield, Jacques Colimon, Jona Xiao, Isaac Robinson-Smith, Gary Anthony Williams, Zeke Alton, Steve Toussaint, and Anika Noni Rose.

Marvel Zombies

Premiere Date: October 3

Where to Watch: Disney+

Based on the Marvel Comics series of the same title, Marvel Zombies takes place in an alternate universe in which MCU heroes have turned into zombies. Characters that will appear in the show include Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch, Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, Hailee Steinfeld’s Kate Bishop, Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi, David Harbour’s Red Guardian, Iman Vellani’s Ms. Marvel, and Dominique Thorne’s Ironheart.

Wonder Man

Premiere Date: December

Where to Watch: Disney+

The MCU’s third and final live-action series of 2025 will arrive on Disney+ at the very end of the year. Wonder Man stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Simon Williams, a Hollywood actor who auditions to play the lead character in a superhero TV show. Ben Kingsley will reprise his role as Trevor Slattery — who he last portrayed in 2021’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Wonder Man‘s cast also includes Ed Harris, Demetrius Grosse, Lauren Glazier, Byron Bowers, and Emmanuel McCord.

Stranger Things Season 5

Premiere Date: TBA

Where to Watch: Netflix

Stranger Things season 5 has been a long time coming. Netflix’s wildly popular horror series dropped its fourth season in 2022, leading to the release of its fifth and final chapter in 2025. While an exact release date has not been announced yet, it’s worth noting that three out of Stranger Things‘ four seasons aired during the summer months. Season 5 will bring back Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, David Harbour as Jim Hopper, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers, Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield, and Noah Schnapp as Will Byers. Coming off their showdown with Vecna at the end of season 4, the group will look to solve the mystery of the Upside Down and defeat the supernatural forces attacking their hometown of Hawkins, Indiana once and for all.

The Last of Us Season 2

Premiere Date: TBA

Where to Watch: Max

Season 2 of HBO and Max’s The Last of Us will adapt the story of the hit survival horror video game The Last of Us Part II. Like the games, the TV series takes place after a zombie pandemic has ravaged civilization, prompting survivors to divide and protect themselves and their loved ones under strenuous circumstances. The main duo of Bella Ramsey’s Ellie Williams and Pedro Pascal’s Joel Miller will again exist at the forefront of The Last of Us in the second season, and they will be joined by some new faces. Isabela Merced is set to portray Ellie’s love interest Dina, while Kaitlyn Dever will play Abby Anderson. Other new castings include Tati Gabrielle as Nora, Young Mazino as Jesse, Danny Ramirez as Manny, Jeffrey Wright as Isaac, Spencer Lord as Owen, Finn McCager as Caleb, and Ariela Barer as Mel. Catherine O’Hara will also join The Last of Us season 2 in a role believed to be that of Joel’s therapist.

It: Welcome to Derry

Premiere Date: TBA

Where to Watch: Max

The It movies, based on the terrifying Stephen King novel, have given way to a new prequel series. It: Welcome to Derry will travel back to the 1960s in Derry, Maine and explore the origins of Pennywise the Clown. Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, Taylour Paige, James Remar, and Stephen Rider will star in Welcome to Derry, while Bill Skarsgård will reprise his role as Pennywise.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight

Premiere Date: TBA

Where to Watch: Max

Game of Thrones fans despairing over the long wait for House of the Dragon season 3 are in luck, as the franchise has a new spinoff coming to Max this year. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight adapts George R.R. Martin’s Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas as part of his A Song of Ice and Fire book series. Peter Claffey will star as Ser Duncan the Tall aka Dunk, a hedge knight. Dexter Sol Ansell will play Prince Aegon Targaryen aka Egg, who is Dunk’s squire. The rest of the main cast consists of Finn Bennett as Prince Aerion “Brightflame” Targaryen, Bertie Carvel as Prince Baelor “Breakspear” Targaryen, Tanzyn Crawford as Tanselle, Daniel Ings as Ser Lyonel Baratheon, and Sam Spruell as Prince Maekar Targaryen.

For All Mankind Season 5

Premiere Date: TBA

Where to Watch: Apple TV+

For All Mankind will resume its alternate history narrative in 2025, immersing viewers in the 2010s following its near-decade-long time jump. Season 5 will likely focus on asteroid mining and the continued development of civilization on Mars. Returning characters include Joel Kinnaman’s Ed Baldwin, Cynthy Wu’s Kelly Baldwin, Coral Peña’s Aleida Rosales, Edi Gathegi’s Dev Ayessa, Toby Kebbell’s Miles Dale, Tyner Rushing’s Samantha Massey, Daniel Stern’s Eli Hobson, Svetlana Efremova’s Irina Morozova, and more. Joining the cast of For All Mankind in season 5 are Costa Ronin, Mireille Enos, Tyler Labine, Sean Kaufman, Ruby Cruz, Ines Asserson, and Barrett Carnahan.

Foundation Season 3

Premiere Date: TBA

Where to Watch: Apple TV+

Apple TV+’s array of impressive sci-fi shows wouldn’t be complete without Foundation. Inspired by Isaac Asimov’s novels, the series chronicles a vast sci-fi fantasy universe in which a genetic dynasty rules. Lee Pace’s Brother Day and Jared Harris’ Hari Seldon lead season 5’s recurring characters. Troy Kotsur, Alexander Siddig, Cherry Jones, Synnøve Karlsen, Cody Fern, Tómas Lemarquis, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, and Leo Bill will join Foundation season 3 as series regulars. Additionally, Pilou Asbæk will take over the role of Warlord aka the Mule, previously portrayed by Mikael Persbrandt.

Peacemaker Season 2

Premiere Date: TBA

Where to Watch: Max

DC is primed to have a big year in 2025, and Peacemaker figures in the comic book franchise’s exciting lineup. The Suicide Squad spinoff show’s sophomore season will continue the story of John Cena’s Peacemaker with Danielle Brooks’ Leota Adebayo, Steve Agee’s John Economos, Jennifer Holland’s Emilia Harcourt, and Freddie Stroma’s Vigilante also expected to appear. Written and directed by James Gunn, Peacemaker is poised to thrill fans again following its critically claimed first season in 2022.

The Sandman Season 2

Premiere Date: TBA

Where to Watch: Netflix

The Sandman will return to Netflix at some point in 2025. Starring Tom Sturridge as the popular DC Comics character Lord Morpheus aka Dream, the series follows its central figure as he seeks to reclaim his lost powerful materials after spending decades imprisoned in a glass bottle by a wizard. Among the returnees in season 2 are Kirby Howell-Baptiste’s Death, Gwendoline Christie’s Lucifer, and Vivienne Acheampong’s Lucienne. New castings include Laurence O’Fuarain as Thor, Freddie Fox as Loki, Clive Russell as Odin, Indya Moore as Wanda, Ruairi O’Connor as Orpheus, Steve Coogan as Barnabas, Ann Skelly as Nuala, Barry Sloane as Destruction, Adrian Lester as Destiny, Douglas Booth as Cluracan, Esme Creed-Miles as Delirium, and Jack Gleeson as Puck.

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2025 is going to be a big year for Marvel Studios, especially their shows on Disney+. The MCU on Disney+ has been a mixed bag for fans. While shows like WandaVision and Loki were praised by fans and critics, She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, and others weren’t nearly as popular or important to the overall MCU. After the success of Deadpool & Wolverine, the MCU seemingly has new life and the upcoming slate of Marvel shows has a lot riding on it. Marvel has released some new images from Ironheart, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Wonder Man, Marvel Zombies, and Eyes of Wakanda, showing off some new looks for some well-known characters.

The images for Ironheart show off new armor for the heroine, and new aspects of her personality have been revealed, saying that she’ll be just as arrogant as Tony Stark. The image for Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man shows off the hero in a very different Spider-Man costume from what fans have seen. The Wonder Man images show off the main character, played by Yahya Abdul Mateen II, in two separate looks, one with him at night and the other with him talking with the returning Trevor Slattery, played by Ben Kingsley. The image from Marvel Zombies shows a zombie Thanos with the Infinity Gauntlet in the show’s signature art style. Finally, the image from Eyes Of Wakanda showcases a group of mysterious characters led by the Lion walking away from a burning village.

These images don’t give up much about each show, but will definitely serve to keep the hype train running for Marvel Studios in 2025. Marvel has already released trailers for these projects and these new images will definitely be pored over by fans to figure out more about what is going on in each of these shows. Marvel Studios’ slate of live-action and animated TV projects have a little something for every fan of the MCU, expanding on characters like Ironheart, who didn’t get a lot of chance to shine, giving fans a new animated Spider-Man series, expanding on the MCU Marvel Zombies mythos, introducing Wonder Man to the MCU, and digging into the lore of Wakanda. 2024 re-ignited fan interest in the MCU, with Agatha All Along bringing the goods on Disney+.

2025 should be a great time for MCU fans on Disney+, giving them a diverse slate of projects that will take advantage of the new interest and bring the MCU back to dominance. This is very important, as James Gunn’s DCU will dropping the double whammy of Peacemaker Season 2 and Superman: Legacy.

It all begins with Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man on January 29, 2025. Ironheart debuts on June 24, 2025. Eyes of Wakanda is set for August 6, 2025. Marvel Zombies will start stalking viewers in time for Halloween 2025, and Wonder Man will premiere in December 2025, all on Disney+.

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A new trailer for Disney+’s 2025 output offers new looks at a slew of shows, including Daredevil: Born Again, Star Wars: Andor, and Ironheart. While Disney has already laid out what Marvel fans can look forward to over the next 13 months, there is still plenty to get excited for from other properties. Also keep in mind that Disney+ subscribers also have access to Hulu for a wider range of choices. From returning series to brand-new shows, Marvel and Star Wars fans will be eating good come 2025. Disney+’s new trailer is provides a look at the new and returning favorites.

One of the first shows featured in the Disney+ 2025 trailer is Ironheart starring Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams / Ironheart, reprising her role from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Next up is Season 4 of the Hulu original The Bear and Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, premiering in December. As far as other big franchises go, we have Goosebumps: The Vanishing premiering January 2025 on Disney+, Alien: Earth on Hulu/Disney+, the return of Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio in Daredevil: Born Again, Glen Powell as a disgraced college quarterback in Chad Powers, Season 2 of Andor, the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu/Disney+, and Season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

[RELATED: Marvel TV Head Compares Daredevil: Born Again to X-Men ’97, Teases “New Direction”]

All of the Marvel shows premiering on Disney+ in 2025

On the small screen, there’s What If.. ? Season 3 on December 22nd, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man on January 29, 2025; Daredevil: Born Again on March 4, 2025, Ironheart on June 24th, Eyes of Wakanda on August 6, 2025; Marvel Zombies in October 2025, and Wonder Man in December 2025. Four of these are animated series, with the other three live-action. There’s also the Disney+ debut of Deadpool & Wolverine on November 12th.

Marvel previously said it was scaling back the amount of content it was putting out in theaters and on Disney+, but 2025 looks to be a departure from that mandate. We are back to three Marvel movies landing in theaters in 2025: Captain America: Brave New World on February 14, 2025; Thunderbolts* on May 2, 2025; and The Fantastic Four: First Steps on July 25, 2025.

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When Riri Williams returns in Marvel’s Ironheart series, she’ll be sporting some new armor. Fans got to meet Dominique Thorne’s Ironheart for the first time in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The young genius helped Shuri and the nation of Wakanda in their battle against Namor and Talokan, aka Atlantis. We’ve known Ironheart would star in her own Disney+ series for awhile, and we finally know when Ironheart will debut. Thanks to a new Marvel trailer highlighting all of the Disney+ content coming in 2025, we got a sneak peek at Ironheart, along with the armor Riri will be donning. And from the early look of it, it’s a major improvement from the armors Ironheart has worn in the comics.

Ironheart’s comics origin involves reverse-engineering her own Iron Man armor. Keep in mind she did all this in her tiny dorm room on the campus of M.I.T. After several iterations and tinkering with her suit, Ironheart eventually settles on a slimmed-down version of armor similar to Iron Man. She even moves from the trademark red-and-gold color scheme to something of her own choosing. Something we’ve noticed from Ironheart’s armors in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and the Marvel sizzle reel of her upcoming series is how they’ve kept their bulkier frame. And in our opinion, that’s a good thing.

Ironheart’s MCU armor distinguishes her from Iron Man

Let’s take a look back at the different armors we’ve seen from Ironheart during her short tenure in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Similar to her comic origin, Riri Williams has built an Iron Man-esque armor while at school. However, she uses the advanced technology of Wakanda to create the armor we see Ironheart use in the climax of Wakanda Forever. It’s much bulkier and larger than the armor used by Iron Man and War Machine, but in a way that should be expected. Riri should want to have as much protection as possible if she’s going into battle, and she’s less concerned with flexibility and agility.

An example of how quickly Iron Man can soar through the air is the Battle of New York from 2012’s The Avengers. Iron Man zips through the New York City skyline while being chased by Chitauri, and is able to navigate through the wormhole open in the sky. That’s something Ironheart probably isn’t able to do in her current state, but we’re pretty confident in saying Ironheart’s armor could withstand a blast from a Chitauri soldier.

The Marvel trailer reveals Ironheart sticks with the bulkier design, even smashing a car with it in the middle of the street. The choice to go with this armor doesn’t pigeonhole Ironheart as a copy of Iron Man or War Machine. Ironheart isn’t here to replace Tony Stark, but rather be a hero in her own right. Plus, it doesn’t mean that Ironheart is going to stop tinkering and modifying the armor she uses. There could come a point where Ironheart adopts a comics-accurate suit of armor, but for now we like what she’s wearing.

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After years of being in the works and very brief glimpses of footage, Marvel’s Ironheart series is set to finally head to Disney+ next year. The show will not only explore the solo story of Riri Williams / Ironheart (Dominique Thorne), but will introduce fan-favorite villain Parker Robbins / The Hood, who is confirmed to be played by Twisters and In the Heights star Anthony Ramos. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Ramos dove a bit more into how The Hood’s powers will manifest onscreen in Ironheart, and the emotional toll is it going to have on Parker as a character.

“I get to play this villain, The Hood, and Parker Robbins in the comics, he gets this hood, and it’s too powerful for him,” Ramos explained. “It’s overwhelming, and it starts to damage his body. You can see it on the outside, and you can see how it’s even affecting him on the inside and his personality and how it’s actually, literally, physically and mentally and emotionally breaking him, but it’s giving him so much power that he’s addicted. He’s like, ‘I can’t let it go.'”

“It becomes this weapon to seek vengeance, and for him, he’s starting off small, and he’s stealing in the comics, and then gradually it grows,” Ramos continued. “It grows and grows and grows, and just like his power, I think, it becomes a little overwhelming for him, but I’m excited. I’m excited for y’all to see what we did with this character and just the art department, and our visual effects team and special effects makeup, too. Jonah [Levy] and his whole team, they were amazing with the tattoos and the scars. They really did a crazy job.”

What Is Ironheart About?

Ironheart stars Thorne as Riri Williams, a genius inventor who creates the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man. Ironheart also stars Lyric Ross, Shea Couleé, Zoe Terakes, Alden Ehrenreich, Manny Montana, Shakira Barrera, and Harper Anthony cast in currently-unknown roles.

The Ironheart Disney+ series was first confirmed during 2020’s Disney Investor Day presentation. Snowpiercer writer, playwright, poet, and educator Chinaka Hodge will be serving as the series’ head writer, with Sam Bailey and Angela Barnes directing, and Ryan Coogler’s Proximity among the producers on the series. Coogler, Hodge, Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian serve as executive producers alongside Marvel Studios‘ Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, and Zoie Nagelhout.

Ironheart is expected to debut on Disney+ in 2025. If you haven’t signed up for Disney+ yet, you can try it out here.

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Marvel Studios has put forth a lot of renewed effort this year, trying to assure its fanbase (and Disney shareholders) that the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise still has promising years ahead of it. Numerous reports broke alleging widespread trouble behind the scenes of the MCU after Avengers: Endgame, while fans and insiders both seemed to agree that the franchise had begun putting out too much quantity, at the high cost of quality. Then there have been real-life events like celebrity scandals (Jonathan Majors) and Hollywood politics (Actors and Writers strikes), which have forced Marvel to make big pivots with production timetables and the overarching story of the current MCU Multiverse Saga.

But now, big changes have been made. Disney CEO Bob Iger stepped back in; the entire content strategy for franchises like the MCU or Star Wars is changing back to ‘quality over quantity’. Marvel Studios has started to have major PR successes with its previews for upcoming 2025 projects like Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, or Daredevil: Born Again, but there still so many unanswered questions facing the franchise, moving forward. One of the biggest questions is, without a doubt: Can the MCU Multiverse Saga land this nose-diving plane? 

The End Is Nigh

Let’s take a look at how much runway we have left: 

Phase Five of the MCU will conclude next year, following the releases of Agatha All Along, Captain America: Brave New World, Daredevil: Born Again, Thunderbolts* and Ironheart (in that order). 

Phase Six of the MCU will end the Multiverse Saga, and is currently scheduled to run 2026-2027. Confirmed projects in that phase include Fantastic Four: First Steps and Blade (in 2025); Avengers: Doomsday and the Vision Quest Disney+ series (in 2026), and Avengers: Secret Wars in 2027. 

There is room in that schedule for other projects to be added, like the Wonder Man Disney+ series already in development, or any number of Marvel Special Presentation features. However, there’s not a lot of runway between now (Fall 2024 at the time of writing this) and the summer of 2027, when the Multiverse Saga will end. Given how many characters and storylines will have been introduced in MCU Phases 4 – 6, it feels nearly impossible that this Multiverse Saga can pull off a massive, well-earned climax like Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame did; or that the franchise can even find a way to make the Multiverse Saga feel like a tight, interconnected story like the Infinity Saga (mostly) was.

Why The Multiverse Saga Ending Will Be A FAIL

It’s hard to see how the Multiverse Saga can do little more than pull together many of the characters that were introduced in Phases 4 – 6, but that will (in many cases) be only the second (third, tops) time we see those characters operating in the MCU. We haven’t had multiple projects featuring Shang-Chi, Shuri/Black Panther II, or The Eternals; meanwhile, veteran franchises like Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, and Spider-Man have seen massive status quo shifts that haven’t been addressed, while the Fantastic Four will be a very new set of characters and mythos in the MCU. 

Equally unsure are the relevance and importance of the Disney+ series and their characters. Tom Hiddleston’s Loki and Anthony Mackie’s Captain America are obvious sure bets for the climatic Secret Wars event – but Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight, Hawkeye, and Kate Bishop, She-Hulk, Peggy Carter or even Daredevil are far less certain to make an appearance. Even if they do, again, it will be only the second time dedicated fans see many of those characters onscreen – and it will be a first introduction for all those fans who only watch movies and skip the TV shows. 

…That’s not even counting Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom and the work needed to re-introduce the Multiverse Saga’s main antagonist and replace Jonathan Majors’ Kang. 

Can Marvel Studios bring the Multiverse Saga to an end by Summer 2027? Certainly. And frankly, the sooner the franchise moves past this quagmire of character variants and alternate timelines, the better. But the ending is most likely going to feel rushed and the larger interconnect story will likely still look riddled with plot holes, logical inconsistencies, and dangling plot threads for individual franchises that are not sufficiently answered – and a soft reboot into Phase 7 will look more like an escape hatch, rather than another hard-earned win. 

The next MCU release will be the Agatha All Along Disney+ series on September 19th. 

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Marvel Studios’s retooling is already paying dividends for one hero. Last week, the company celebrated 85 years with a fresh look at Daredevil: Born Again, Thunderbolts* and Ironheart. That last hero’s new clip showed off a very impressive costume upgrade for Riri Williams. In the Marvel Studios 85 teaser, Dominique Thorne’s young Avenger flew through traffic in a fresh suit. After the response to Ironheart’s design in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Marvel has opted to lean into realism a little more for the character’s Disney+ debut. That swap shows that taking a bit more time to refine VFX is already paying dividends one year in. Check out the teaser up above.

The changes over at Disney+ and Marvel Studios have been no real secret. To start out Phase 4, there were numerous series and movies that populated those first two years back in theaters after 2020. Due to numerous factors, Marvel made the choice to pull back and focus on what’s already on its plate. You can see some of that from how the Studio approached San Diego Comic-Con and D23. ComicBook’s Phase Zero podcast spoke to Marvel TV head Brad Winderbaum about the change in pace back in March and his comments kind of sum things up.

“I mean, frankly, in all honesty, there was a mandate to kind of create as much as we could for Disney+ as quickly as we could,” Winderbaum said in the interview. “And then there was a shift. And all of a sudden, we have to start spreading our release dates out. So, that really accounts for a lot of the delays.” “Now, we’re using that time. We’re not sitting idle. So, it’s like it stays in the oven. You can bake certain things a little more. It’s actually, I think, ultimately, it’s only going to make things better. But, most of it is just frankly shrapnel from the business.” 

Ironheart Gets A Bunch Of New Looks 

All these different Ironheart armors share more than just color schemes with Tony Stark’s iconic looks. I spoke with Dominique Thorne for ComicBook and asked about the physical design of some of the suits we’re set to see in the Disney+ series. The Riri Williams actress actually told me that the costumes were designed by Legacy Studios. They worked on the Iron Man armor and some other film favorite franchises. It seems like there might be some more links to Tony Stark. But, for now, fans are left to wonder until more information about Ironheart drops early next year.

“The Legacy folks, that suit is built by Legacy Studios,” Thorne told me during our interview. “The same folks that built the Iron Man suit, they built a bunch of the Star Wars pieces. They are literal geniuses. The same folks that built the Mark I suit were brought over to Ironheart to build the practical versions of those suits as well.” 

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe will soon include Ironheart, a new Disney+ exclusive series revolving around Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘s Riri Williams / Ironheart (Dominique Thorne). The series, which is expected to debut on Disney+ next year, just screened its latest footage at the 2024 D23 Expo, which showcased a bit of Riri’s adventures as a superheroine and a young adult in her hometown of Chicago, Illinois. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Thorne and Parker Robbins / The Hood star Anthony Ramos teased the significance that Chicago has in the Ironheart series.

“It’s an invitation to explore her roots and her upbringing,” Thorne explained. “We’re taking it back to her hometown of Chicago, and a bit of a battle ensues as she’s debating between or considering how she wants to use what she realizes is a powerful wealth of knowledge, realizing just how much genius she has in her, deciding what she’s going to do with that. We see that play out in the environment when she gets back home as well — she has these options. Who and how am I going to use these things that I now know about myself?”

“Parker Robbins in the comics is from New York, but being able to flip his story and making him from Chicago, we made him from Humboldt Park, which has, obviously, a large Puerto Rican population,” Ramos revealed. “We created this whole backstory with his mom being from the Young Lords and raising him that way. Chicago plays a huge part in the identity of all of our characters and the identity of this show, so I’m really excited for people to experience that. It was just a gift to be able to shoot there. It’s an amazing city, one of the greatest cities in the world.”

What Is Ironheart About?

Ironheart stars Thorne as Riri Williams, a genius inventor who creates the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man. Ironheart also stars Lyric Ross, Shea Couleé, Zoe Terakes, Alden Ehrenreich, Manny Montana, Shakira Barrera, and Harper Anthony cast in currently-unknown roles.

The Ironheart Disney+ series was first confirmed during 2020’s Disney Investor Day presentation. Snowpiercer writer, playwright, poet, and educator Chinaka Hodge will be serving as the series’ head writer, with Sam Bailey and Angela Barnes directing, and Ryan Coogler’s Proximity among the producers on the series. Coogler, Hodge, Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian serve as executive producers alongside Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, and Zoie Nagelhout.

Ironheart is expected to debut on Disney+ in 2025. If you haven’t signed up for Disney+ yet, you can try it out here.

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Marvel Studios is coming to San Diego Comic-Con 2024 with something to prove. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been stumbling since Avengers: Endgame ended the Infinity Saga in 2019 – and honestly, the MCU presentations in SDCC’s famous Hall H have stumbled along with the franchise. 

However, Marvel Studios has made some very public re-orientation moves to get the franchise back to its former great heights, and for many fans, Marvel’s Hall H Presentation at SDCC 2024 will be the place to prove those changes are working. 

With those kinds of stakes on the table, Marvel needs to put out a lot of PR fires, on a lot of fronts. Let’s break down what they need to show fans during the Hall H presentation, in order to do it: 

Deadpool & Wolverine

San Diego Comic-Con 2024 takes place from Thursday, July 25th – Sunday, July 28th, with Marvel typically doing Hall H on Saturday night. Deadpool & Wolverine will be released in theaters on Friday, July 26th; if you think these two events will not be related, you’re crazy. 

Expect Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and the Deadpool & Wolverine team to be working the crowds at SDCC – culminating in some kind of major fan-screening event, which is a proud Comic-Con tradition. Since Deadpool 3 will be out, and its MCU changes will be flooding the Internet, Marvel Studios could come to Hall H with some very important announcements for a new MCU franchise… 

Captain America: Brave New World

Captain America: Brave New World will supposedly be a game-changing chapter of the MCU – a la Captain America: The Winter Soldier. With the movie largely in the can by now, and the fact that footage was already shown at CinemaCon 2024, we can pretty much bank on the fact that Captain America 4 will be a big part of Marvel’s Hall H presentation. 

A new trailer + SDCC-exclusive sizzle reel footage are the traditional offerings for fans – and we can probably expect the all-star ensemble cast (which includes Anthony Mackie, Carl Lumbly, Tim Blake Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, wrestler Seth Rollins, and Harrison Ford) to attend and entertain the Hall H crowd. 

Official first looks at Mackie’s new Captain America costume; Nelson’s design as Marvel villain “The Leader,” or teases of Ford’s Thunderbolt Ross becoming Red Hulk would all go viral. 

Thunderbolts*

Thunderbolts* will hit theaters in the summer of 2025, and will reportedly serve as a companion piece to Captain America: Brave New World. Thunderbolts* is also currently finished production, making a Hall H trailer and/or sizzle reel a sure bet. 

With its eclectic ensemble of characters (Val, Ghost, Red Guardian, Black Widow II, Winter Soldier, US Agent, and Taskmaster), played by a fun collection of actors (Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hannah John-Kamen, David Harbour, Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, and Olga Kurylenko), a Thunderbolts* panel with all of the principal cast seems like a no-brainer for Marvel Studios. Like Fantastic Four, the real selling point of Thunderbolts* will be seeing this oddball team of characters interacting – a concept the cast can demonstrate first-hand to a Hall H crowd. 

BONUS POINTS if Harrison Ford does some kind of bit about his transition between the Captain America 4 and Thunderbolts* panels, since he appears in both films. 

Fantastic Four

The saga of the MCU Fantastic Four is going to be worth a whole book when all is said and done. One of the first big comic book movies of the 2000s has been on a long, hard, road to winning fan approval and box office success. 

Marvel Studios needs to turn all the bad stigma about the Fantastic Four around – and Hall H is the place to start doing it. F4 hasn’t started filming yet, so no footage is expected; however, early concept art (See above) has gotten fans buzzing, so more reveals of Fantastic Four’s 1960s period piece setting, characters, and story arc would be a big deal. More importantly: introducing the core cast of the film and having fans enjoy seeing them banter together onstage would be a big PR win for Marvel Studios. 

Fantastic Four could also cause major uproar and generate headlines if director Matt Shakman and Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige reveal the actor who will play the MCU Doctor Doom on the Hall H stage during the panel. 

Blade

The other MCU project that has a lot of negative stigma attached to it is the MCU reboot of Blade. The project has red-hot stars like multi-Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali and horror queen Mia Goth (X, Pearl, Maxxxine) attached – and yet, reports of wild story concepts, multiple writer/script changes, and multiple directors walking away from the project have made the vampire-action film feel truly cursed. 

If Marvel Studios can get its act together by the time of Comic-Con, having Ali, Goth, and a locked-in creative team (writer, director) all appear on stage together would be a shot of confidence the project sorely needs. 

X-Men

If Marvel Studios wants to easily bring down the house at Comic-Con 2024, the X-Men are their best weapon to deploy. 

Fans are currently foaming at the mouth for any kind of indication about what the MCU X-Men reboot will be – and who will be playing the characters. With Deadpool & Wolverine potentially establishing a foundation for the MCU X-Men reboot, and X-Men comics getting a reboot, Hall H could be the place where fans first get their first introduction to the new generation of X-Men movie and TV show actors. Marvel fans remember the milestone event in 2010 when Kevin Feige first brought the Avengers cast onstage together in Hall H – could it be the X-Men’s turn? 

Daredevil: Born Again

Daredevil: Born Again is the Marvel TV series reboot that has been filming for months now, so there’s enough material in the can for Marvel Studios to pull off a full-fledged Hall H panel for the show. 

Series stars Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock/Daredevil) and Vincent D’Onofrio (Wilson Fisk/Kingpin) are pros at doing convention panels, and the returning stars of the Marvel Netflix Daredevil series (Elden Henson, Deborah Ann Woll, Wilson Bethel, Jon Bernthal) will probably be bringing the enthusiasm, as well. 

Rolling out a first trailer for Daredevil: Born Again during the Hall H presentation seems like a no-brainer, followed by a cast and crew Q&A. It would also be a great place to finally clear up what’s happening with other Marvel Netflix Defenders characters, like Krysten Ritter’s Jessica Jones, or Mike Colter’s Luke Cage. Surprise pop-outs from either of those two actors would be major. 

Agatha All Along

We now know it’s officially titled Agatha All Along; we know production on the miniseries is complete, and its release date in September comes right after Comic-Con. So, expect Agatha and the gang to be in Hall H. 

Agatha All Along’s cast is stacked with talent, including series star Kathryn Hahn, Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus), Joe Locke (Heartstopper), Patti LuPone (American Horror Story), Sasheer Zamata (SNL), Debra Jo Rupp (That ’90s Show) and others. Bringing the ladies out as an ensemble would be a show-stopper worthy of Hall H – and one funny panel, to boot. Sprinkle in an Agatha trailer that reveals connections to the larger MCU and this minor dark horse project could generate major buzz heading into its premiere date. 

Ironheart

It was confirmed earlier this summer that Marvel’s Ironheart series is still set for release in 2025. That show was in production in 2023, but then it dropped off the map when Disney+ didn’t put it on the release slate for 2024. 

Ironheart will not only continue events started in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, but it will also introduce a pivotal new Marvel villain in The Hood (Anthony Ramos). An Ironheart teaser trailer giving fans a first look at the series – plus an appearance by the cast to answer questions about the release delay – would be timely  

Wonder Man

Marvel and Disney recently confirmed that the Wonder Man Disney+ miniseries is also still happening – and if Daredevil and Ironheart get to be part of Hall H at SDCC 2024, it only makes sense for Wonder Man to be part of it too. Since the show will also be representing the “Marvel Spotlight” lane of the MCU (alongside Werewolf by Night and Echo), it will be somewhat important to include it in the portfolio of new MCU content. 

Wonder Man is already in production, so a sizzle reel of footage – teasing the show’s “extremely different” tone – is easily doable. Getting stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (HBO’s Watchmen), Demetrius Grosse, Ben Kingsley, Ed Harris, and Josh Gad together onstage will be impressive. A crew member died while filming Wonder Man, so a moment of recognition for that tragedy would be appropriate. 

Marvel Animation

Marvel Studios has officially brought back the Marvel Animation brand, and while it may seem like second-tier content for a Hall H panel, the fact that it’s Marvel Studios content warrants it. Marvel animation would be a great way to open the panel and warm up the crowd, with new reveals from several series in the pipeline: 

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man – The Spider-Man animated series will examine an alt-universe origin story for the MCU Peter Parker/Spider-Man, where Norman Osborn became his mentor instead of Tony Stark. The show will feature MCU crossovers like Charlie Cox’s Daredevil, but returning Peter Parker to high school in his formative days as Spider-Man is a choice that fans need to be sold on. 

Eyes of Wakanda – The animated series chronicling stories of  Wakanda’s “War Dog” operatives around the globe is still apparently on track for a 2024 release. Letting the world know the Wakanda animated show exists sounds like a job for Hall H. 

X-Men ’97 – If Comic-Con 2024 isn’t the place where the MCU’s live-action X-Men gets announced, there’s also the X-Men ’97 animated series to lean on, as the show became a major breakout hit this year. Fans will be thrilled about any big reveals for X-Men ’97 Season 2 – from storyline info to new (or returning) characters. Any kind of panel with the voice actors of the show would also please the Hall H crowd. 

What If…? Season 3 – Marvel teased What If…? Season 3 as soon as Season 2 ended. No reason to think a sizzle reel for the third season would be left out of a Hall H presentation. And if indeed there is a What If…?/X-Men ’97 crossover on the way, Comic-Con would be the place to announce it. 

Stay tuned for all the latest ComicBook.com coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2024! 

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It has been over three years since Marvel Studios branched out into the world of television, telling the stories of characters from across the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a new medium. The grand experiment has evolved in some fascinating ways in the time since, resulting in Internet-breaking projects like WandaVision and Loki, as well as the forming of the Marvel Spotlight banner for more standalone projects like Echo. This week, during Disney’s Upfronts presentation, Marvel Studios unveiled new release dates or windows for its next three live-action shows — Agatha All Along, Daredevil: Born Again, and Ironheart. In the process, these announcements revealed the return of the Marvel Television label, which was previously used as the standalone production company behind projects like Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the “Defendersverse” of shows.

While speaking with ComicBook about the recent Season 1 finale of X-Men ’97, Marvel Studios Head of TV, Streaming, and Animation Brad Winderbaum explained the decision to resurrect the Marvel Television label, and how it could help future projects be more accessible to audiences.

“We want to make sure that Marvel stays an open door for people to come in and explore,” Winderbaum revealed. “On the heels of Endgame, I think there was, maybe, a little bit of an obligation to watch absolutely everything in order to watch anything. As you know, as a comics fan, they’re designed to just pop in, find something that you like, and use that to enter you into the universe, and then you can explore and weave around based on your own preferences. So part of the rebranding of Marvel Studios, Marvel Television, Marvel Animation, even Marvel Spotlight is to, I think, try to tell the audience, ‘You can jump in anywhere. They’re interconnected but they’re not. You don’t have to watch A to enjoy B. You can follow your bliss. You can follow your own preferences and find the thing you want within the tapestry of Marvel.'”

What Is the Next Marvel Television Show?

The next live-action Marvel Television project is expected to be Agatha All Along, which will debut on Disney+ with a two-episode premiere on Wednesday, September 18th. In addition to Kathryn Hahn reprising her WandaVision role of Agatha Harkness, the cast of Agatha All Along will include fellow WandaVision alums Deborah Jo Rupp as Sharon Davis and Emma Caulfield Ford as Sarah Proctor. New cast members will include Joe Locke, Aubrey Plaza, Ali Ahn, Maria Dizzia, Sasheer Zamata, and Patti LuPone. Agatha All Along will be directed by head writer Jac Schaeffer, as well as Gandja Monteiro. Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, and Brad Winderbaum serve as executive producers on the series.

“I know a little bit, but I can’t say anything,” Caulfield told ComicBook in a previous interview. “I can’t tell you what to expect, because that would reveal something. I know little, just enough to keep me in the right zone. I think it’s all going to be really fun. I haven’t seen [Kathryn Hahn] yet. I really love her. She’s just the best, effortlessly cool.”

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After some of the recent struggles with Marvel Studios’ output, the company has brought back the defunct Marvel Television. If you can believe it, there was a time when Marvel Television and Marvel Studios were two separate entities with conflicting goals. Marvel Television was run by Jeph Loeb, with Kevin Feige spearheading Marvel Studios. The latter is where the feature films were developed, leaving Marvel Television to concentrate on shows that would air on broadcast television. Marvel Television was shut down in 2019, with Marvel Studios taking on the task of creating shows for Disney+. As Disney looks to streamline its Marvel content, Marvel Television is rising from the ashes like a phoenix.

During its upfronts presentation on Tuesday, Disney confirmed release dates and windows for its streaming shows Daredevil: Born Again, the retitled Agatha All Along, and Ironheart. The logo treatment for all three shows featured the Marvel Television banner, rather than Marvel Studios. This presumably means that going forward, all live-action television/streaming projects will fall under Marvel Studios, with Marvel Animation handling animated projects like X-Men ’97 and What If…?, and Marvel Studios continuing with feature films, as Marvel Studios CEO Kevin Feige oversees everything.

Disney CEO speaks on Marvel’s decrease in content

Speaking during Disney’s earnings call, Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed that the House of Mouse is shifting its focus on quality over quantity, and that that strategy is “particularly true with Marvel.”

“We’re slowly going to decrease volume and go to probably about two TV series a year instead of what had become four and reduce our film output from maybe four a year to two, or a maximum of three,” Iger said. “And we’re working hard on what that path is.”

“[Marvel has] a couple of good films in ’25 and then we’re heading to more Avengers which we’re extremely excited about,” Iger added, alluding to blockbuster 2025 projects Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, and The Fantastic Four. “Overall, I feel great about the slate. It’s something, as you know, that I’ve committed to spending more and more time on. The team is one that I have tremendous confidence in and the IP that we’re mining, including all the sequels that we’re doing, is second to none.”

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Ironheart is suiting up next year on Disney+. The Marvel Television series — starring Dominique Thorne as genius inventor Riri Williams, returning after her big screen debut in 2022’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — will officially take flight in 2025, Marvel Studios president and producer Kevin Feige announced Tuesday during Disney’s upfront presentation. The studio also slated its WandaVision spinoff, now titled Agatha All Along, for September 2024 and dated Daredevil: Born Again for March 2025.

Disney also unveiled the updated logo for Ironheart, which you can see below.

Ryan Coogler, who introduced Ironheart in his Black Panther sequel Wakanda Forever, also serves as executive producer on the series via his Proximity Media banner. Chinaka Hodge, a writer on TNT’s Snowpiercer and Netflix’s The Midnight Club, is the head writer and series creator on the series based on the Marvel Comics character created by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato.

“I think what I can say is that it definitely is offering folks a deeper dive into this character that I gather might have maybe piqued some interest [in Wakanda Forever],” Thorne told Deadline at the upfronts. “I think maybe she raised a couple questions, and lots of those could be answered in the show.”

In Ironheart, the teenage super-genius who created the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man “returns from MIT to her hometown of Chicago and beginsto unravel threads that bring danger and adventure right to her doorstep,” per the official synopsis. Anthony Ramos (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts) plays Parker Robbins, a.k.a. the mystical misfit known as The Hood, and Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story) is credited as Joe McGillicuddy, a new character to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The six-episode series filmed in Atlanta and Chicago and wrapped production earlier this year. When ComicBook asked producer Brad Winderbaum for an update on the series (which was announced in 2020), the Marvel Studios executive explained that Disney was parsing out its Marvel television slate.

 “I mean, frankly, in all honesty, there was a mandate to kind ofcreate as much as we could for Disney+ as quickly as we could,”Winderbaum told ComicBook’s Phase Zero. “And then there was a shift. And allof a sudden, we have to start spreading our release dates out. So, thatreally accounts for a lot of the delays.” 

“Now, we’re using that time.We’re not sitting idle,” he continued. “So, it’s like it stays in the oven. You can bakecertain things a little more. It’s actually, I think, ultimately, it’sonly going to make things better. But, most of it is just franklyshrapnel from the business.”

Marvel’s Ironheart premieres sometime in 2025 on Disney+.

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Marvel just gave fans an update on what’s happening with Ironheart. ComicBook.com’s Phase Zero podcast sat down with Marvel head of streaming Brad Winderbaum to talk about X-Men ’97. However, near the end of the conversation, the producer dropped some information about Ironheart and the delays. Dominique Thorne’s hero is still coming. But, there’s going to be a little wait for her appearance on Disney+.

It’s been well-documented that there’s some adjustment going on with the Disney+ MCU release schedule. Winderbaum acknowledges the role of the larger business desires with streaming. Now, with Disney CEO Bob Iger talking about narrowing down projects and the like, Marvel Studios has the luxury of really refining everything coming out.

 “I mean, frankly, in all honesty, there was a mandate to kind of create as much as we could for Disney+ as quickly as we could,” Winderbaum said in the interview. “And then there was a shift. And all of a sudden, we have to start spreading our release dates out. So, that really accounts for a lot of the delays.” “Now, we’re using that time. We’re not sitting idle. So, it’s like it stays in the oven. You can bake certain things a little more. It’s actually, I think, ultimately, it’s only going to make things better. But, most of it is just frankly shrapnel from the business.” 

Nova Coming To The MCU

Winderbaum wasn’t done breaking the Internet it seems. He told ComicBook.com that Marvel Studios is in early development on a Nova project. While things are still in the early stages, there are a lot of comics fans who would love to see any version of the character pop-up. Winderbaum clearly loves Richard Rider and all versions of the concept. (He had to be thrilled with that fun episode of What If…? Season 2.) Still, these things take time, and they’re working to get this one right. 

 “We love Nova. We are in really early development on Nova. We have a new system behind-the-scenes at Marvel Studios,” Winderbaum said. “We’re more like a traditional studio now. We’re developing more than we actually will produce. There are plans to develop Nova. I love Nova, too. I love Rich Rider, too. I hope it gets to the screen. The world is always chaos. There’s always things. You gotta conjure these things to make them happen but I would love to see a Nova show, one day.”

Why Were People Worried About Ironheart?

Fans became even more concerned about Ironheart after Bob Iger’s recent comments at a Morgan Stanley Conference. The Disney CEO admitted that their studios have been secretly cancelling movies. The focus on theatrical strategy was apparent, but with shows getting canceled across the industry left and right, fans were going to be a bit nervous. Still, it looks like a lot of the Marvel stuff is safe for now. Here’s what the executive said back then.

“You have to kill things you no longer believe in, and that’s not easy in this business, because either you’ve gotten started, you have some sunk costs, or it’s a relationship with either your employees or with the creative community,” Iger told the assembled press. “It’s not an easy thing, but you got to make those tough calls. We’ve actually made those tough calls. We’ve not been that public about it, but we’ve killed a few projects already, that we just didn’t feel were strong enough.”

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No more filming is needed on Ironheart, making it another series Marvel Studios currently has in the can. While it has yet to be seen whether or not the cast and crew of the Dominique Thorne-starring series will reunite for additional photography, Thorne herself says filming on the show has concluded.

“Filming has concluded, indeed. I mean, I can say strap in, get ready. It will be a ride, much like they all are. It is an epic journey, and one that I’m very excited to share,” Thorne recently told Deadline.

Thorne is set to return for the role of Riri Williams/Ironheart, joining others such as Anthony Ramos (The Hood) and Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Mysterious Man,” a character expected by many to be the villainous Mephisto.

“I can’t imagine not taking that time to do the dive,” Thorne told Teen Vogue last year when asked about reading Ironheart comics. “But then at the same time… there is nothing to research. There is nothing to know. You either feel it or you don’t. That’s sometimes where the magic happens. But when you know what the ‘rules’ are, it’s easier to break them. [Like if I was] playing someone who is supposed to drown, I want to be the best swimmer in here.”

She added, “I’m very, very, very grateful for this whole journey that Ironheart gave me, because that’s the only reason why I feel now, on the other side of my first step in the MCU, I’m not as fearful about anything [in my career], the way that I was before.”

Marvel’s synopsis for the series reads, “Marvel Studios presents Ironheart in which charming teenage super genius Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) returns from MIT to her hometown of Chicago in her iron suit and begins to unravel threads that bring danger and adventure right to her doorstep. The adventure begins in episode 101 as Riri is introduced to the audience.”

Ironheart has yet to set a release window, though it’s expected to hit Disney+ later this year or early 2025. If you haven’t signed up for Disney+ yet, you can try it out here.

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Ironheart now has a first look at the final suit that Riri Williams will be wearing in the series.. An eBay listing for one of the crew gifts on the Disney+ series shows off a mix of her Black Panther: Wakanda Forever suit and the comics design most commonly associated with the character. A lot of fans will be thrilled to hear that as Riri Williams’ costume is pretty beloved by younger Marvel Comics readers. Those viewers are not going to see Ironheart on Disney+ for a while after that delay. Previous reports have indicated that there will be multiple suits over the course of the series as well. So, it’s not like she’ll just have that look from Wakanda Forever when the going gets tough. 

The socks in question show Ironheart with a red-hued armor like her comics looks. But, the overall effect clearly echoes some of the design choices from the Black Panther sequel. Most prominently on her new suit is the arc reactor at her chest in the shape of a heart. The same heart motif is carried through on her forehead as well.

Riri Williams’ eyes seem to be digital like they were on the Wakanda Forever suit as well. (Another design choice that will be smart for rendering emotions on-screen like Tom Holland’s Spider-Man suit did!) While these are not images of the Ironheart suit in live-action footage, they’ll be a welcome sight for longtime fans of the character.

Ironheart’s New Looks For Disney+

An even more exciting notion for fans is that this suit and others from Ironheart have practical versions that were used for filming parts. ComicBook.com spoke to Riri Williams actress Dominique Thorne about the new suits coming earlier in the year. During our conversation, Thorne mentioned that Legacy Studios built physical editions of the suits in the show. Now, she couldn’t tell us about which suits had made the cut in the Disney+ series. But, it seems like the final suit would make a lot of sense to have a physical version of as well. Check out what she had to say about the looks down below!

“The Legacy folks, that suit is built by Legacy Studios,” Thorne told me. “The same folks that built the Iron Man suit, they built a bunch of the Star Wars pieces. They are literal geniuses. The same folks that built the Mark I suit were brought over to Ironheart to build the practical versions of those suits as well.” 

Marvel Studios Reformatting Disney+ Show Approach

Ironheart has been pushed back by Marvel Studios after some struggles with Daredevil: Born Again. There are sweeping changes coming to Disney+ Marvel shows after a piece from The Hollywood Reporter made the rounds. The company is making sure every show has a showrunner, a departure from how they used to make these MCU series. Also, there will be a marked focus on Season 2s for different shows instead of the focus on character introductions we got during Phase 4.

Marvel’s head of streaming Brad Winderbaum got asked about showrunners. He said, “It’s a term we’ve not only grown comfortable with but also learned to embrace… We need executives that are dedicated to this medium, that are going to focus on streaming, focus on television, because they are two different forms.” 

“We’re trying to marry the Marvel culture with the traditional television culture,” Winderbaum would also mention. “It comes down to, ‘How can we tell stories in television that honor what’s so great about the source material?'”

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Alden Ehrenreich will soon join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Ironheart, playing what appears to be a character new to the brand. According to a new copyright filing, Ehrenreich is set to play Joe McGillicuddy, a character that’s both original to the series and the wider Marvel lore.

That said, it’s possible the name is nothing more than a placeholder so as not to spoil any potential plot details Ehrenreich’s real character name could reveal. After all, Sacha Baron Cohen is also listed in the copyright filing as “Mystery Man,” despite Hollywood trades suggesting the Borat star would be appearing in the series as Mephisto.

Who is Alden Ehrenreich playing in Ironheart?

Much speculation surrounding Ehrenreich’s casting has pointed toward the actor potentially playing one of the suns of Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges), especially considering the show is expected to lead directly into Don Cheadle’s Armor Wars movie. Another thing pointing towards McGillicuddy being a placeholder is the fact Ehrenreich himself has teased a familiar character with a tie to the MCU.

“It’s a great character and there’s a fun element to it that I can’t talk about,” Ehrenreich told UPROXX earlier this year. “It was a really, really fun role. I can’t quite say that, but kind of.”

“I am, too. Yeah, the show is really cool. It’s really an interesting corner of the MCU,” he added. “It’s funny, it’s very touching, and emotional in a lot of ways. And it’s basically about this black girl growing up in Chicago and her experience and it’s really, really interesting.”

Marvel’s synopsis for the series reads, “Marvel Studios presents Ironheart in which charming teenage super genius Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) returns from MIT to her hometown of Chicago in her iron suit and begins to unravel threads that bring danger and adventure right to her doorstep. The adventure begins in episode 101 as Riri is introduced to the audience.”

Ironheart has yet to set a release window, though it’s expected to hit Disney+ later next year or early 2025. If you haven’t signed up for Disney+ yet, you can try it out here.

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Sacha Baron Cohen is definitely going to appear in Ironheart. In a new copyright filing by Marvel Studios, it’s been revealed Cohen will be playing “Mystery Man.” That name, of course, is all but guaranteed to be a placeholder given previous reports pointed toward the Borat star playing the villainous Mephisto.

ComicBook.com’s Brandon Davis previously asked Ironheart star Dominique Thorne about the rumors, with the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever star expertly avoiding any spoiler talk. “Oh man, the series is on its way,” Thorne said in our interview last November. “We just finished filming, actually, on November 2 and I think there’s a lot for fans to sink their teeth into, especially if they enjoyed what they got to see of Riri Williams in a whole other world that was not her own. I think they might be in for a good time, stepping into a world that is her own.”

Is Mephisto actually joining the MCU?

Mephisto became a viral sensation when WandaVision first debuted, with many speculating the character was the big bad of the series. WandaVision head writer Jac Schaeffer, however, previously admitted she hadn’t even heard of the character while writing the series.

“There was never any conscious intention on my part to create any Mephisto red herrings because I didn’t know who Mephisto was until I started doing press,” Schaeffer said in a 2020 interview with Mashable.

“Why did we talk about the devil so much? That’s a real coincidence,” Schaeffer said. “He wasn’t ever part of our storytelling conversations. We were very clear that the big bad is grief. And then the external bad is Agatha. So as a viewer and as a lover of the show and the characters, I didn’t want anything more than that.”

Ironheart has yet to set a release window, though it’s expected to hit Disney+ later next year or early 2025. If you haven’t signed up for Disney+ yet, you can try it out here.

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Marvel Studios has two more projects dropping this year, Loki Season 2 and The Marvels. While some films have been pushed back due to the SAG and WGA strikes, it doesn’t look like Marvel will be changing those releases. However, it was just announced that the Hawkeye spinoff, Echo, will be moving from November to January of 2024, and the rest of the upcoming schedule remains in question. According to a new report from The Hollywood Reporter, a lot of upcoming MCU projects are being shuffled around. The report claims that Ironheart has also been pushed back to 2024, however, the show never had an official release date. 

THR writer Borys Kit says Ironheart “was to have dropped this fall but that is now off the schedule.” According to the report, Ironheart has finished filming, but the show’s overall completion has been slowed down due to the strikes. It appears Kit is going off of the release schedule first announced at San Diego Comic-Con last year. However, almost none of those dates have stuck. For example, Blade is listed as being released this November, but it was pushed back soon after the announcement. 

As for Ironheart, the show’s release date remains in question, but considering filming has been completed, it is likely fans will see the show sometime in 2024. 

Who Stars in Ironheart?

Dominque Throne is returning to play Riri Williams/Ironheart, a role she debuted last year in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Thorne will be joined by Anthony Ramos, Alden Ehrenreich, Manny Montana, Shakira Barrera, Shea Couleé, Anji White, Regan Aliyah, Zoe Terakes, Cree Summer, and Paul Calderón. Not much else is known about the plot of the series, but Sasha Baron Cohen is heavily rumored to appear in Ironheart as the iconic Marvel villain Mephisto.

“I can’t imagine not taking that time to do the dive,” Thorne told Teen Vogue earlier this year when asked about reading Ironheart comics. “But then at the same time… there is nothing to research. There is nothing to know. You either feel it or you don’t. That’s sometimes where the magic happens. But when you know what the ‘rules’ are, it’s easier to break them. [Like if I was] playing someone who is supposed to drown, I want to be the best swimmer in here.”

She added, “I’m very, very, very grateful for this whole journey that Ironheart gave me, because that’s the only reason why I feel now, on the other side of my first step in the MCU, I’m not as fearful about anything [in my career], the way that I was before.”

Stay tuned for more updates about the MCU’s release schedule. 

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Back in June, rumors started circulating that Sacha Baron Cohen was bringing back one of his most famous characters. It was reported that a new Ali G project was currently in the works, and the rumors have officially been confirmed. However, Ali G won’t be coming back to the big screen like Borat. Accoring to Variety, Cohen will be reving the character he first debuted in 1998 in a new stand-up tour. 

According to the report, Cohen’s tour will see him playing Ali G once again, but it sounds like he won’t be solely portraying the beloved character, but rather will “make an appearance” as Ali G while onstage. Variety also says Cohen’s team “strenuously denied a new movie was in development,” and that Cohen was currently taking the WGA and SAG strikes seriously. “As a SAG and WGA member he is supporting the ongoing strike alongside his fellow writers and actors,” the source explained to Variety.

Cohen last played Ali G in 2021 during a sercret show at The Comedy Store in Sydney, Australia. “I just wanted to get on stage and muck around and see what Ali G would be like with a crowd,” Cohen explained at the time. “It was really good fun.”

Is Sacha Baron Cohen Joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

Rumors have been circulating since last year that Sacha Baron Cohen is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Back in October, rumors began to hit the Internet that Cohen had been cast in Ironheart, with some suggesting he’s playing Mephisto. 

“A source close to the production confirmed to Deadline that there has been talk on the set about Cohen being part of Ironheart, possibly playing Mephisto,” Deadline previously reported. 

Ironheart is set to star Dominque Throne as Riri Williams/IIronheart, who made her onscreen debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever last year. The show is also set to star Anthony Ramos, Alden Ehrenreich, Manny Montana, Shakira Barrera, Shea Couleé, Regan Aliyah, Zoe Terakes, Cree Summer, and Paul Calderón. Ironheart was expected to debut on Disney+ sometime later this year after Secret Invasion, Echo, and Loki Season 2, but it’s looking less and less likely with recent announcements from Marvel Studios. Not much else is known about the plot of the series, but stay tuned to ComicBook.com for more updates. 

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Marvel Studios has a whole slew of projects that they are working on, ranging from film to television, and they’re gearing up to release their next big thing. Secret Invasion is next up on Marvel Studios’ slate, and they have just begun ramping up marketing for the film. It was recently revealed that their final two TV projects for the year would be Loki and Echo, with the latter being released all at once so that the audience could binge it. After Marvel Studios made that announcement, fans started to wonder if Ironheart had been delayed. While we don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes of the series, we have just learned an interesting new detail about Ironheart. According to Deadline, Anji White (Fargo) has joined the series, and they believe that she could be playing the titular character’s mother.

The Fargo star joins an already jam-packed cast that includes Dominque Throne as Riri Williams/IIronheart, Anthony Ramos, Alden Ehrenreich, Manny Montana, Shakira Barrera, Shea Couleé, Regan Aliyah, Zoe Terakes, Cree Summer, and Paul Calderón. Not much else is known about the plot of the series, but Sasha Baron Cohen is heavily rumored to appear in Ironheart as the iconic Marvel villain Mephisto. Stay tuned to ComicBook.com for more updates on Ironheart.

Could Ironheart Feature an Iron Man Appearance?

While it hasn’t been confirmed or denied if Robert Downey Jr. will return as the AI version of Tony Stark or a multiversal version of himself, comparable to the comics storyline involving the two characters. Thorne did say, however, that the show is diverting a bit for the story of the source material.

“They definitely are similar, but definitely two independent expressions of this beautiful mind,” Thorne told ComicBook.com last year. “I think the answer to that is best left to the series next year, so that’s where you’ll have to come for the truthful answer to that question.”

“I do think in Riri’s creation of this suit, or pursuing a build like that, I think that there’s an inherent acknowledgment of what Tony Stark did by creating this suit of armor,” Thorne continued. “I think for someone as ambitious as Riri Williams, it’s without a doubt something that draws you in and begs your attention. As you can tell from the movie, that ambition will lead where it will lead and this time it’s led to her being in line with him by creating her very own suit of armor.”

When Will Ironheart be Released?

Thorne’s Riri Williams / Ironheart  first appeared in last year’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Ironheart was expected to debut on Disney+ sometime later this year after Secret Invasion, Echo, and potentially Loki Season 2, but it’s looking less and less likely with recent announcements from Marvel Studios. 

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Just as Captain America: Civil War launched the world of Wakanda, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever helped usher in another new franchise. This past November’s Letitia Wright-led sequel saw the Marvel Cinematic Universe debut of Dominique Thorne’s Riri Williams, a super genius who crafts her own Iron Man suit at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Fans got some snippets of Riri in action in both the streets of Boston as well as on an ocean battle with Namor and the Talokaneans. While she was playing supporting in those scenes, Riri will take center stage in the upcoming Ironheart series, a project that wrapped production back in November 2022.

Beyond being a solo story for Riri, Ironheart will see the MCU debut of actor Anthony Ramos. The Hamilton star had been long-rumored for a number of Marvel Studios productions before he was officially confirmed to be portraying The Hood within Ironheart.

Speaking to ComicBook.co at the Transformers: Rise of the Beasts premiere, Ramos revealed that The Hood was always the only Marvel role he was truly in the running for.

“[The role in] Ironheart was always the role that they had in mind. The other ones were all just rumors, which I was flattered about. I was like, ‘Oh, that’s kind of cool!'” Ramos said. “I was waiting on Marvel to call, but finally they did. The Hood, we had fun. I had fun with that role.”

In the comics, Parker Robbins existed as just a petty thief before his life of crime led him to stealing a cloak and boots from a servant of Dormammu, which turned him into The Hood. His new wardrobe granted him the powers of teleportation, invisibility, and levitation. He also has ties to Kingpin, Daredevil, Elektra, Hawkeye, and Black Cat.

Considering Ironheart has been in post-production for over six months now, precedence indicates that some of the episodes have already been polished. Even if that is the case, Ramos is in the dark regarding their status.

“I haven’t seen anything,” Ramos added. “I haven’t seen anything, so I’m excited to see it, eventually.”

Ironheart is currently listed as having a Fall 2023 premiere date on Disney+, but an official release has yet to be confirmed. For now, Ramos can be seen leading the Autobots when Transformers: Rise of the Beasts hits theaters this Friday, June 9th.

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Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe began one month ago with the release of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, kicking off the next era of storytelling within the superhero franchise. When the circumstances surrounding Phase 5 were first announced at last year’s San Diego Comic-Con, the slate included a number of movies and Disney+ shows, most of which had confirmed release dates or release windows. While some of those films have already been subjected to delays, the release schedule of the Disney+ shows has been much more ambiguous, with reports indicating that Secret Invasion and the sophomore season of Loki might be the only sure bets to premiere in 2023.

A new update adds even more speculation to that, with the official website for Disney+ updating the listings for all of its upcoming Marvel shows, changing their targeted release dates to simply “Coming Soon.” This change had already been noticed on the page for What If…? Season 2, and has since been made to Secret Invasion, Loki Season 2, Echo, Ironheart, Agatha: Coven of Chaos, Daredevil: Born Again, X-Men ’97, and Spider-Man: Freshman Year.

Will Marvel Studios delay its Disney+ shows?

This update to the Disney+ comes after Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige had indicated that the “pace” of the MCU’s shows would change. When asked to clarify if that meant fewer shows a year, or more time in between releases, Feige indicated “Both, I think.”

“I do think one of the powerful aspects of being at Marvel Studios is having these films and shows hit the zeitgeist,” Feige explained. “It is harder to hit the zeitgeist when there’s so much product out there – and so much ‘content,’ as they say, which is a word that I hate. [Laughs] But we want Marvel Studios and the MCU projects to really stand out and stand above. So, people will see that as we get further into Phase 5 and 6. The pace at which we’re putting out the Disney+ shows will change so they can each get a chance to shine.”

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s Dominique Thorne talked about all the preparation she’s done to get ready for her Ironheart Disney+ series. Teen Vogue caught up with the MCU star to talk about her creative journey to this point. Thorne’s school experience at Cornell University was foundational, but she was in for a lot of reading heading into Wakanda Forever. The Ironheart star chose to read everything the character’s ever appeared in ahead of the big debut. She felt like it was absolutely necessary to have that handle on Riri Williams in case she ever needed to seed any of that material into her performance in Marvel’s Black Panther sequel or in her solo outing. Check out what she had to say right here.

“I can’t imagine not taking that time to do the dive,” Thorne shared. “But then at the same time… there is nothing to research. There is nothing to know. You either feel it or you don’t. That’s sometimes where the magic happens. But when you know what the ‘rules’ are, it’s easier to break them. [Like if I was] playing someone who is supposed to drown, I want to be the best swimmer in here.”

She added, “I’m very, very, very grateful for this whole journey that Ironheart gave me, because that’s the only reason why I feel now, on the other side of my first step in the MCU, I’m not as fearful about anything [in my career], the way that I was before.”

More Riri Williams To Come on Disney+

Thorne also spoke to Rolling Stone about Ironheart on Disney+ last year. She says that there are some sides to Riri that fans didn’t get to see during Wakanda Forever that will be explored during her solo outing.

“Oh yeah. Because we also have to remember that the Riri we see in Wakanda Forever is a Riri under duress. She is in this super heightened situation. And she’s…I wouldn’t say silencing herself, but acting however someone would act when they know that they are responsible for causing a war between nations,” Thorne explained. “However someone would act when they’ve just been kidnapped in the middle of their day when they were planning to go to differential equations class in 15 minutes. So it’s a lot of heightened situations, which means we get to see Riri doing her best to perform respect for royalty, to know her role as the person who incited all this pain.”

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Marvel Studios finally released the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The film officially launches Phase 5 of the MCU, all the while introducing us to the Multiverse Saga’s main antagonist, Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors). Among the projects being released in Phase 5 are Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Marvels, Secret Invasion, and even Ironheart. Ironheart will see the return of Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) after her appearance in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The series has also added some pretty familiar faces to the cast with Anthony Ramos (In The Heights, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts) and Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story, Cocaine Bear) joining in unknown roles. Ehrenreich has been doing the press run for Cocaine Bear and had a chat with Uproxx where he teased the upcoming Marvel Studios series.

“It’s a great character and there’s a fun element to it that I can’t talk about,” Ehrenreich revealed before teasing if he’s playing a character we already knew. “It was a really, really fun role. I can’t quite say that, but kind of.”

“I am, too. Yeah, the show is really cool. It’s really an interesting corner of the MCU. It’s funny, it’s very touching, and emotional in a lot of ways. And it’s basically about this black girl growing up in Chicago and her experience and it’s really, really interesting.” The Ironheart star added.

The most recent Marvel Studios project to be released will be Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quatumania. Empire Magazine recently had a chat with director Peyton Reed about how the stakes have risen going into Quantumania. “People felt like, Oh, these are fun little palate cleansers after a gigantic Avengers movie,” Reed told the outlet. “For this third one, I said, ‘I don’t want to be the palate cleanser anymore. I want to be the big Avengers movie.'”

“I grew up a real Marvel comics nerd, and there are a handful of antagonists in the Marvel comics universe who are all-timers,” Reed continued. “Loki, obviously. Doctor Doom from the Fantastic Four. And Kang the Conqueror. In conversations with Kevin Feige and Marvel, it was like, I want to put Ant-Man and Wasp up against a really formidable villain in this movie, and so we’re doing Kang the Conqueror.” 

“In the comics, Kang has dominion over time, he’s a time traveler. His situation is a little bit different in this movie, which I won’t spoil for you, but he’s someone who, [while] we live very linear lives, from childhood to death, Kang doesn’t exist that way,” the director smirked. “It struck me as interesting to take the tiniest Avengers — in some people’s minds maybe the least powerful Avengers — and put them up against the most powerful force in the multiverse.”

The studio describes the film as follows: “In the film, which officially kicks off phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Super-Hero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp. Together, with Hope’s parents Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought was possible. Jonathan Majors joins the adventure as Kang.”

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is in theaters now!

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Ironheart star Dominique Thorne revealed which one of the Avengers she would like to team-up with. It turns out, she’s rolling with the new crop of heroes being introduced after The Infinity Saga’s conclusion. The Direct‘s Russ Milheim spoke to the MCU actress about the future as part of Puff’s Power Pals campaign with Children’s Healthcare Atlanta. In their conversation, she’s rolling with Cassie Lang as her pick for most exciting teammate. It’s no secret that Marvel fans have been waiting for the Young Avengers to begin bouncing off of each other. Each project in Phase 4 has nodded toward the future of these legacy heroes. Two science-brained members of the squad could provide some amazing sequences.

“Ooh, this is a good one. Let’s see. I would say maybe Cassie Lang, I’d say. I think the two of them, they’re definitely similar age group, all of that. But Cassie also experienced… We all, obviously, know the loss that Riri has experienced,” the actress said. “Or if we don’t, we’ll come to know… It’s how she came to be. And so, Cassie though, in a way that I’m not sure we really have seen yet. But she also experienced loss in a different form with the Blip and all that that meant.”

Who Is Coming Along For Ironheart?

In an interview with Comicbook.com’s Aaron Perine, the actress talked about which characters she was most excited for fans to meet in the Disney+ series. Thorne couldn’t let any spoilers go. But, she did point toward Riri’s support system and welcomed that new focus in the show.

“Honestly, I’m going to say it’s the whole core ensemble,” Thorne revealed. “It’s really, look at me trying to answer without giving away the story line, but I definitely think the core cast is such, for the same reason that we’ve actually just touched on. I think, of course, I’m excited for folks to see more of Ironheart and to see these other layers that they didn’t get to, they didn’t get to see or capture in Wakanda Forever.”

She continued, “But, in that same vein, there’s so much more color and experience and love being expressed in this show. Like, trust across the spectrum in a way that’s real and authentic. And I thin that could be again, a very good thing and it could be incredibly refreshing for so many people. So, I’m really excited for them to see. For them to see the folks that are leading this show.”

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Like the source material it pulls from, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has started handing down its superhero mantles. Given both Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) have been put out of commission, new heroes are wearing the Captain America and Iron Man mantles. The latter was formally introduced during the events of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Dominique Thorne’s Riri Williams officially debuted. According to the actor, her solo Ironheart series hits the ground running building upon the moments seen in Wakanda Forever.

“[Having Black Panther: Wakanda Forever lead into Ironheart] is pure joy,” Thorne told Variety while at the red carpet premiere for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. “It’s pure, unfiltered excitement and readiness to really carry that momentum and carry the mantle. To pass it off and add to the greatness that Wakanda Forever has done such an exceptional job of laying the foundation for and building upon it. Now the only thing left to do is run with it.”

What other characters will appear in Ironheart?

While Thorne wouldn’t tell us exact details, she did mention to ComicBook.com earlier this month fans should get excited to see her character interact with the others in the show’s “core ensemble.”

“Honestly, I’m going to say it’s the whole core ensemble,” Thorne admitted. “It’s really, look at me trying to answer without giving away the story line, but I definitely think the core cast is such, for the same reason that we’ve actually just touched on. I think, of course, I’m excited for folks to see more of Ironheart and to see these other layers that they didn’t get to, they didn’t get to see or capture in Wakanda Forever.

She added, “But, in that same vein, there’s so much more color and experience and love being expressed in this show. Like, trust across the spectrum in a way that’s real and authentic. And I thin that could be again, a very good thing and it could be incredibly refreshing for so many people. So, I’m really excited for them to see. For them to see the folks that are leading this show.”

When will Ironheart be released?

Thorne’s Riri Williams can first be seen in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, now streaming on Disney+. Ironheart is expected to debut on service sometime later this year after Secret Invasion, Echo, and potentially Loki Season 2 barring any new delays. If you haven’t signed up for Disney+ yet, you can try it out here.

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘s Dominique Thorne addressed some of the speculation that Shuri could appear in Ironheart. Supporting a visit she made to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta with Puffs, the actress talked about her MCU character’s impact overall. Comicbook.com’s Aaron Perine asked about how that promise from Wakanda Forever could come into play on Disney+. She joked, “I don’t know man, that’s just something that you’re going to have to tune in and find out about.” But, fans do want to know what’s going to happen to Okoye, Letitia Wright’s hero, and little T’Challa moving forward. Answers are probably on the way this summer. The MCU continues to expand outward, but sometimes you can make an educated guess about where the next turn will grow. Hopefully, viewers can look forward to hearing more as the series gets closer to airing.

Who Else Will Be In Ironheart?

While we don’t have confirmation about the next time we’ll see the Black Panther, it does seem like we have an idea about some of the actors appearing in Ironheart. During our conversation, Thorne previewed what fans can be excited for on Disney+.

“Honestly, I’m going to say it’s the whole core ensemble,” Thorne admitted. “It’s really, look at me trying to answer without giving away the story line, but I definitely think the core cast is such, for the same reason that we’ve actually just touched on. I think, of course, I’m excited for folks to see more of Ironheart and to see these other layers that they didn’t get to, they didn’t get to see or capture in Wakanda Forever.

She added, “But, in that same vein, there’s so much more color and experience and love being expressed in this show. Like, trust across the spectrum in a way that’s real and authentic. And I thin that could be again, a very good thing and it could be incredibly refreshing for so many people. So, I’m really excited for them to see. For them to see the folks that are leading this show.”

If you’re looking for more Ironheart and don’t want to wait, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is currently streaming on Disney+.

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘s Dominique Thorne reveals the impact that Ironheart had with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. As a part of a partnership with Puffs, the Marvel star got to visit some of the patients and give them all comic book covers and tissue boxes. During her visit, Thorne spoke to Comicbook.com’s Aaron Perine about the ways you could see the inspiration and resilience on the faces of these kids. Some of them might not be totally into superheroes, but they did see themselves in Riri Williams as builders, mechanics, or scientists. That is worth so much to the young actress. Being able to give a little bit of inspiration along with the company brightened everyone’s day.

She began, “It was such a beautiful experience. It’s really just like almost like a necceary moment of connection. Yes, like representation. And, yes, being able to talk about this incredible moment that Marvel is having shifting the faces that are really leading the charge in the movies and all of the things we mentioned, like the Oscar buzz.”

“All of these things are so spectacular and incredible and they’re markers for such greats success. But, at the same time, I think something that’s equally as necessary to shed light on, or to focus on, is the real focus of these stories. Like the true target audience of these stories. That, to me, has always been the children,” Thorne elaborated. “I have two younger brothers, the youngest of which is seven and he was a big convincing factor for me even accepting this role because of the joy and the excitement that I saw from him.”

The Impact of Representation in Wakanda Forever

“So, to think then, about how a young Black girl might feel? Seeing a superhero like that? Then, to think about all other young kids who maybe they don’t know,  but they kind of have a suspicion that they’re into mechanics or cars,” the Wakanda Forever actress continued. “Or science, or math, or whatever it is? To get to play a character that represents those things, it was just additional validation. I guess, or confirmation that this is and could be a good thing.”

“So, when I was contacted by Puffs, who’s obviously at least to me and my family has been sort of a staple of comfort in times of sickness and distress. I kid you not. My mom was also here today and she herself was reminiscing about how Puffs was really the only tissue that we used because as Puffs say themselves, ‘No one is safe from a sore runny nose,'” she laughed.

“To be in a space where all of these kids are. They’re not only children who are excited for the superhero and all that,” The Marvel star noted. “But, they’re also in real life battling with very real things and struggling in ways that maybe they don’t even have the words for. I think it was just the other side of how this can continue to be a good thing. Continue to have a little bit more of a real world impact.”

Hope For The Future With The Next Generation

Thorne concluded, “However I can, if there’s a chance that somebody will see that girl who plays IronHeart and feel that they’ll get that boost of, ‘Yeah, I can be super, I can be strong!’ Absolutely, let’s do it… You saw that today in the room with all of those children. So, it was an incredible time!”

“The success of the MCU and the growing ways it seeks to accurately represent us all; across creed and circumstance, is something I am very proud to be a part of. ” Dominique offered. “So when Puffs asked me to join them and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, in celebrating these kids —all of whom have and continue to be real life superheroes in the face of adversity— it was an easy ‘yes!'”.

Did you love Ironheart in Wakanda Forever? Let us know in the comments down below!

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Ironheart star Dominique Thorne revealed who she’s most excited for fans to meet in the Disney+ series. Comicbook.com’s Aaron Perine chatted with her as she went to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta with Puffs to surprise some of the patients. The Black Panther: Wakanda Forever actress joked that Kevin Feige could be out there waiting for any slip-ups. But, she did manage to lay out an effective vision for what fans can expect from Ironheart on Disney+ this summer. In totality, Thorne is very quick to shout out all of her castmates in the “core ensemble.” One could imagine that would be Riri Williams’ friend group. A number of talented actors have been reported as joining the Disney+ show.

Some of these names include Shakira Barrera, Regan Aliyah, Zoe Terakes, Shea Couleé, Rashida Olayiwola, Lyric Ross and more. So, there’s a ton of potential there. Here’s what the series’ headliner had to say about the cast.

“Honestly, I’m going to say it’s the whole core ensemble,” Thorne admitted. “It’s really, look at me trying to answer without giving away the story line, but I definitely think the core cast is such, for the same reason that we’ve actually just touched on. I think, of course, I’m excited for folks to see more of Ironheart and to see these other layers that they didn’t get to, they didn’t get to see or capture in Wakanda Forever.

She added, “But, in that same vein, there’s so much more color and experience and love being expressed in this show. Like, trust across the spectrum in a way that’s real and authentic. And I thin that could be again, a very good thing and it could be incredibly refreshing for so many people. So, I’m really excited for them to see. For them to see the folks that are leading this show.”

As it stands, some of the younger viewers out there already got a taste of Ironheart in the Black Panther sequel. The first movie in that franchise was absolutely a landmark moment for both representation and the MCU as a whole. Thorne actually talked about partnering with Puffs to celebrate determination with those children down in Atlanta.

“The success of the MCU and the growing ways it seeks to accurately represent us all; across creed and circumstance, is something I am very proud to be a part of. ” Dominique offered. “So when Puffs asked me to join them and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, in celebrating these kids —all of whom have and continue to be real life superheroes in the face of adversity— it was an easy ‘yes!'”.

Who else do you think will show up in Ironheart? Let us know in the comments down below!

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Ironheart star Dominique Thorne reveals a special link between Iron Man and her character. Comicbook.com’s Aaron Perine managed to speak with the Riri Williams actress about her work with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Puffs.  During the conversation, the question of the armor for her upcoming Disney+ series came up and the star revealed that the same people that made the Mark I armor worked on her suits as well. Legacy Studios had a major part in making the practical effects back in the early days of the MCU. That first armor is absolutely iconic, so it’s cool to see Marvel bring back the same people for a hero that a lot of people are going to associate with Tony Stark. So, expect to see some of the same design language whenever Ironheart takes to the skies on Disney+.

“The Legacy folks, that suit is built by Legacy Studios,” Thorne shared. “The same folks that built the Iron Man suit, they built a bunch of the Star Wars pieces. They are literal geniuses. The same folks that built the Mark I suit were brought over to Ironheart to build the practical versions of those suits as well.” 

In another interview with Rolling Stone, the Ironheart actress mentioned that the practical suit that she used in Black Panther:  Wakanda Forever was 50 pounds. I had to ask about that total because it must be hard to carry around that kind of weight while trying to film those scenes or make the movements seem real up on a wire. Thorne was able to confirm that number and how exactly she was able to get the final details out of Legacy Studios.

“I asked several times throughout this journey, ‘How much is this?’ And no one wanted to tell me,” she laughed. “I think they intentionally didn’t, but they waited until a few weeks, maybe like a month or so into shooting Ironheart the TV series… I finally got the information out of them when, shout out to Toy, he knew I would ask them. They weighed everything except for the laptop, the Toughbook, that Riri gets from her garage. He weighed all the pieces and it was 52 and 1/2 pounds.”

Check out what else Thorne had to say about the partnership right here: “The success of the MCU and the growing ways it seeks to accurately represent us all; across creed and circumstance, is something I am very proud to be a part of. ” says Dominique. “So when Puffs asked me to join them and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, in celebrating these kids —all of whom have and continue to be real life superheroes in the face of adversity— it was an easy ‘yes!'”.

Are you hoping for more Stark Easter eggs in the show? Let us know in the comments down below!

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Ironheart is one of the several television shows being released this year from Marvel Studios, featuring Dominique Thorne as the eponymous hero following her breakout role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Joining Thorne is an ensemble cast that includes the likes of Anthony Ramos, who’s playing the mystical The Hood, and Alden Ehrenreich, who is playing a character yet to be named.

That’s not stopping the Solo star from breaking his silence on the project, confirming his involvement Sunday in a media appearance at Sundance. “Ironheart is big, but it also feels very personal. And so I really appreciated that about it, and it was fun. It was nice to go back and do a big one like that,” Ehrenreich told DiscussingFilm at the film festival.

Will Ironheart from an Iron Man cameo?

It has yet to be seen if Downey will return as the AI version of Tony Stark, comparable to the comics storyline involving the two characters. Thorne did say, however, that the show is diverting a bit for the story of the source material.

“They definitely are similar, but definitely two independent expressions of this beautiful mind,” Thorne told us last November. “I think the answer to that is best left to the series next year, so that’s where you’ll have to come for the truthful answer to that question.”

“I do think in Riri’s creation of this suit, or pursuing a build like that, I think that there’s an inherent acknowledgment of what Tony Stark did by creating this suit of armor,” Thorne added. “I think for someone as ambitious as Riri Williams, it’s without a doubt something that draws you in and begs your attention. As you can tell from the movie, that ambition will lead where it will lead and this time it’s led to her being in line with him by creating her very own suit of armor.”

When will Ironheart be released?

Thorne’s Riri Williams can first be seen in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, now in theaters. Ironheart is expected to debut on Disney+ sometime later this year after Secret Invasion, Echo, and potentially Loki Season 2 barring any new delays. If you haven’t signed up for Disney+ yet, you can try it out here.

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever producer Nate Moore revealed what Ironheart added to that story and the MCU moving forward. The excellent Official Black Panther Podcast sat down to speak with the Marvel executive about the latest entry in Ryan Coogler’s franchise. During their chat, he talked about Dominique Thorne’s Young Avenger in waiting. Riri Williams was an MCU newcomer in the project and a definite source of humor and connection for a lot of Marvel fans out there. Moore points to her ability to adapt in adverse conditions and bridge the gap between all these different cultures. There will probably be some measure of that in the future MCU projects that are coming up.

“I think Riri is an interesting addition to the franchise, because, much like Talokan, it’s a study in contrast, right? It’s someone who, you could argue, is as smart as Shuri is, but educated in a completely different society with a completely different experience as a Black woman in America,” Moore explained. “And so to hold those two characters next to each other, there’s, again, there’s just narrative tension in that relationship.”

 He added, “And so, I’ll just go back to it, Ryan as a filmmaker and a storyteller is interested in building the tension of people and seeing how they pinball off each other. And so, when you have both Wakanda, and Talokan, and Shuri, and Riri, and Namor, who all have these points of view who are in contrast with each other, there’s magic in that if you can land on it correctly.”

What Will Ironheart Be Like In Her Own Series?

Thorne has her own Disney+ series coming up this year. She talked to Rolling Stone how being back on her home turf would influence the character. After all, she spent the majority of Wakanda Forever in a foreign land fighting in a conflict that really seemed to be about the African nation and the Talocan residents. Expect a little bit more room to stretch when Ironheart hits the streaming service.

“Oh yeah. Because we also have to remember that the Riri we see in Wakanda Forever is a Riri under duress. She is in this super heightened situation. And she’s…I wouldn’t say silencing herself, but acting however someone would act when they know that they are responsible for causing a war between nations,” Thorne said. “However someone would act when they’ve just been kidnapped in the middle of their day when they were planning to go to differential equations class in 15 minutes. So it’s a lot of heightened situations, which means we get to see Riri doing her best to perform respect for royalty, to know her role as the person who incited all this pain.”

Are you excited for Ironheart this year? Let us know down in the comments!

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Oh here we go again… the ComicBook Nation crew kicks off Season 5 by once again examining whether DC or Marvel will have the better franchise year in 2023. Plus, we review the new sci-fi-horror film M3GAN and HBO’s The Last of Us; we react to the Evil Dead Rise trailer, talk Vince McMahon’s shocking return to WWE – and break down the first comic books of the year!

In his review of M3GAN, ComicBook.com/Horror critic  Patrick Cavanaugh said the following about M3GAN: 

M3GAN remains an enigmatic experience, as it feels both like a killer doll movie and also a killer child movie, given the physical stature of the titular killer. Her physicality and body language are inherently creepy, so with this specific subgenre being relegated to the backburner or straight-to-streaming releases for years, it’s at least refreshing to see something this weird for the horror realm earning a major release. January is often known to be a dumping ground for horror, with M3GAN absolutely bucking that trend and offering audiences something that is genuinely entertaining, even if its horrors and humor are sure to land with mixed reactions.

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe is gearing up to launch Phase 5 with its titles in 2023, which include several movies and shows. The Phase Zero podcast started its third season with a preview of the 2023 slate coming from Marvel Studios and Sony’s Marvel films. With What If…? Season 2 and X-Men ’97 as possible animated titles from Marvel Studios, the new episode of Phase Zero focused on the live-action titles with the exception being the sequel to 2018’s masterpiece Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The slate, in the best-predicted order possible, is covered in the above video!

The titles discussed in the 2023 preview episode of Phase Zero included Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, Secret Invasion, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Loki Season 2, The Marvels, Ironheart, Kraven the Hunter, Echo, and Agatha: Coven of Chaos. Brandon Davis, Jenna Anderson, Aaron Perine, and Jamie Jirak hosted the new episode with special guest Ash Crossan of Entertainment Tonight joining the conversation. Crossan hosted Marvel’s Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con, sharing some memories of the experience on Phase Zero.

Phase Zero Season 3 Episode 1 is available now on all podcast platforms and the show’s official channel. Find links to download and subscribe to Phase Zero below!

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Launching on January 15, 2021, Phase Zero made its goal of building a fun and welcoming community of Marvel fans clear. In the time since, more than 2,000,000 listens across platforms and countless comments from listeners and viewers, the community has become one which celebrates the Marvel fandom and regularly engages in conversation about past and future titles. Having connected fans with some of their favorite actors, provided expert knowledge on upcoming titles, and analysis with comparisons to comics, Phase Zero is the one-stop podcast for all things Marvel Cinematic Universe. 

Throughout 2021 and 2022, Phase Zero has continued to innovate its content and provide a fun. Hosted by Brandon Davis, Jenna Anderson, Aaron Perine, and Jamie Jirak, the Phase Zero podcast has featured dozens of exciting guests from the Marvel family. WandaVision director Matt Shakman, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier director Kari Skogland, Loki director Kate Herron, What If…?‘s creative team of A.C. Bradley and Bryan Andrews, Black Widow writer Eric Pearson, Eternals producer Nate Moore, Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton and star Simu Liu, Moon Knight executive producer Grant Curtis, Marvel Studios prop master Russell Bobbitt, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness costume designer Graham Churchyard, cast members from the She-Hulk series, Venom director Ruben Fleischer, Venom 2 director Andy Serkis, and more have been featured in full-length interviews, along with a trivia episode, a dive into plot holes, and anticipation rankings! 

Phase Zero invites you to celebrate all things Marvel, hosting a weekly conversation of theories, speculation, and exclusive interviews and insights. It’s the number one spot for MCU fans, welcoming those new to it all and those who think they know it all! New episodes are recorded live on Youtube every Wednesday at 12pm ET before being made available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, and wherever podcasts can be found. For updates regarding the Phase Zero podcast, follow the official Phase Zero account on Twitter!

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Ironheart had her big MCU debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and now she’s ready for her solo adventure on Disney+. Riri Williams was a delightful part of that movie and fans are wondering what to expect form the show. Basically, Ironheart will see the young engineer back in school at MIT. But, due to the plot of the Black Panther sequel, she doesn’t have her armor or the hopped up version she got from the Wakandans in that project. So, how will she make her way in the world and how does it figure into Anthony Ramos’ MCU debut as The Hood? Could there be a spooky guest star that everyone’s waiting to see? Let’s find out!

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The Cast:

Of course, Thorne is back in the title role as Riri Williams, but she’s facing off against Ramos’ The Hood. For fans of This Is Us, Lyric Ross will be a sight for sore eyes as Ironheart’s best friend. However, there’s no word on if she’s playing Natalie from the comics yet. (That storyline could get very dicey as the girl dies and she becomes the A.I. in Riri’s suit…) Deadline also reported that Manny Montana has a role as a series regular.

Alden Ehrenreich is here for the part too along with Zoe Terakes and Shakira Barrera. (GLOW hive rise up!) Jim Rash is back to provide a face for MIT as he did in Civil War. But, the cast announcements that have had online spectators raising their eyebrows the highest have been Shea Couleé from Ru Paul’s Drag Race and Regan Aliyah. It’s not a production if Cree Summer isn’t involved somehow and Rashida Olayiwola, Sonia Denis, and Paul Calderón is also here for the fun.

Required Watching Heading In:

Ironheart’s debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever goes without saying. Other than that, you’re probably going to be good.

Required Reading:

Ironheart’s self titled book from 2018 might be great to look at in this spot. If you’re as restless for Young Avengers as the rest of us, We Are The Champions also stands out for a preview of the awesome group dynamic waiting for the MCU. Although we had elements of this in Wakanda Forever, Invincible Iron Man #9 from 2015 is her first true appearance in Marvel Comics. The same title in 2016 saw her step into the Ironheart mantle after the events of Civil War II.

Rumors:

Oh man, well… Let’s just do this. A number of trade reports have indicated that Sacha Baron Cohen is on track to appear as Mephisto in this project. Nothing has been confirmed by Marvel Studios just yet. But, it would be amazing to see the Borat actor in that role. Working with The Hood as a villain makes a ton of sense if magic and mysticism are going to be large parts of the Ironheart series. So, we’ll all have to wait and see what happens going forward.

Another question that stems from Ironheart would be how it connects to Armor Wars. With Tony Stark’s legacy being at the heart of that movie, it makes sense that Riri would play some kind of role along with Rhodey. Considering her very quick admission about Iron Man in Wakanda Forever, fans should be expecting some other shoe to drop before the show ends. (Also, there’s always room for an Incursion or two on the road to Kang Dynasty.)

How excited are you for Ironheart’s big show? Let us know what you think down in the comments!

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Ever since WandaVision debuted on Disney+ in January 2021, it has been rare that there were more than a few weeks without new Marvel content. It appears that won’t be the case next year, when Disney+ will have just three new Marvel shows dropping. That’s according to a blog post from Disney+ Japan, who name Secret Invasion, Loki, and Ironheart as the three Marvel shows hitting the platform in 2023. There will likely be plenty of new announcements throughout the year — after all, there’s going to be a Disney+ Day! — but for now, it looks like no new projects are coming in the next 365 days, and even What If…? isn’t getting its second season just yet.

Now, it’s entirely possible that this is either exclusive to Japan, or incomplete. There are some shows that certainly feel like they should be coming up sooner than 2024. But this is the closest thing we have to an official statement from Disney as it pertains to release dates. Update: 12/30/2022 at 1:45 p.m. ET – A since-deleted video from Marvel UK appears to suggest that both Agatha: Coven of Chaos and Echo are still expected to land on the platform in 2023. It isn’t clear whether the video was deleted because it is incorrect, or just because they weren’t supposed to deploy it yet.

On its website, Disney describes the series as follows: “Secret Invasion is a newly announced series heading to Disney+ that stars Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Ben Mendelsohn as the Skrull Talos—characters who first met in Captain Marvel. The crossover event series showcases a faction of shape-shifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years.” 

The synopsis for Ironheart, a character who made her screen debut in the recent Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, is a lot less informative, saying, “Ironheart stars Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams, a genius inventor who creates the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man.”

Last but not least is Loki. The website still features the synopsis for the first season: “Marvel Studios’ Loki features the God of Mischief as he steps out of his brother’s shadow in a new Disney+ series that takes place after the events of “Avengers: Endgame.” Tom Hiddleston returns as the title character, joined by Owen Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sophia Di Martino, Wunmi Mosaku and Richard E. Grant. Kate Herron directs “Loki,” and Michael Waldron is head writer.”

What’s next for Loki? Well, we’re going to see some new characters, the return of some variants, and a new story for Ravonna.

“In Loki, Ravonna is a powerful presence,” Gugu Mbatha-Raw said in a recent interview about the second season “selfishly, Renslayer makes it out of the TVA, which I’m really excited about.”

h/t The Direct

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Marvel’s newest volume of Invincible Iron Man turns Tony Stark into a mentor for an up-and-coming Marvel Cinematic Universe hero. Iron Man, played by Robert Downey Jr., may be dead in the MCU, but that doesn’t mean his presence isn’t still being felt. Armor Wars, a classic Iron Man story arc from the comics, is being adapted into a feature film starring Don Cheadle’s War Machine, and Riri Williams / Ironheart made her MCU debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. A new Invincible Iron Man series calls for a new status quo, and that involves mentoring his MCU replacement.

WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Invincible Iron Man #1. Continue reading at your own risk!

Invincible Iron Man #1 is by the creative team of Gerry Duggan, Juan Frigeri, Bryan Valenza, and VC’s Joe Caramagna. “The Autobiography of Tony Stark” storyline begins with Tony taking a trip down memory lane, where we see his early origins of becoming Iron Man, trouble with alcoholism, life as an Avenger, and more. During these images, we see Tony Stark and Riri Williams looking over schematics for the Mandarin rings. “These days, nothing brings me greater joy than listening to Riri Williams and her galaxy brain,” Tony’s internal monologue says. Instead of living in a luxurious penthouse, Tony is now residing in a public brownstone.

While tinkering around in his brownstone basement, one of his arc reactors explodes, taking down the entire brownstone and killing one of its residents. As for Tony Stark, his body is in the rubble and taken to a hospital, where his close friends Captain America, War Machine, and Ironheart check in on him. Tony claims the reactor explosion wasn’t an accident. Riri even backs this up by saying her findings came back inconclusive as well. Once he’s back on his feet, Tony takes his newest Iron Man armor for a test drive, where he’s confronted by a mysterious armored adversary who goads him with improper relations involving Riri.

The Invincible Iron Man vs. Ironheart

Future solicits for Invincible Iron Man #2 tease a knockout fight between the Armored Avenger and Ironheart. A cover by Kael Ngu also shows Ironheart striking Iron Man across the chest. The description of January’s Invincible Iron Man #2 reads, “IRON MAN VS. IRONHEART! The assassination attempts on Tony’s life continue as a familiar foe returns to take him down. It’ll be up to Iron Man and Ironheart to stop him? But what secret is Riri Williams harboring from Tony? And will this change their relationship forever?”

Ironheart doesn’t have an ongoing comic at the moment, but at least she appears to be a major supporting character in Invincible Iron Man. Marvel previously published an Ironheart series in 2018-2019 from Eve L. Ewing, Luciano Vecchio, Geoffo, and Kevin Libranda. Dominique Thorne will play Ironheart in a Disney+ series, tentatively scheduled for 2023.

Invincible Iron Man #1 is on sale now from Marvel Comics. Let us know your thoughts on the issue in the comments.

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Marvel Studios recently released their last installment in Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Wakanda Forever introduced fans to the live-action versions of Namor the Submariner (Tenoch Huerta) and Riri Williams / Ironheart. The latter of which has their own Disney+ series on the way. Ironheart is an Iron Man legacy character and even wears a suit similar to Tony Stark. In the film, the Ironheart design gives the character armored shoulders in the shape of a heart, and is the color red, but as it turns out it almost looked very different. Marvel artist Adi Granov took to Instagram to reveal an unused Ironheart concept that obviously didn’t make the cut. In the concept, the character ditches the red for orange and appears to lose her heart-shaped shoulders. You can check out the concept below!

“I only did one take on Iron Heart suit for Wakanda Forever which didn’t go further than this,” the artist wrote on Instagram. “@philjdsaunders did the amazing finished one in the movie.”

The studio unveiled their plans for the next three years, with two new Avengers movies being announced. Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars will both make their way into theaters in 2025. One thing that wasn’t announced on the slate was a third Black Panther movie. Even though it’s all but guaranteed that fans will receive a third Black Panther movie, Marvel producer Nate Moore revealed during a recent interview that the studio and Ryan Coogler both want to see the fan response to the highly-anticipated sequel before agreeing to do a third film in the franchise. 

“That’s a great question. To be honest, this is not me trying to not answer the question,” Moore said. “We really want to see how audiences receive the film, and I think Ryan’s really interested to see how the film plays before we decide. There are certainly ideas we’ve floated around of what a third film could be if we get to make it. But until the movie comes out, we’re a bit superstitious in that way. We don’t want to count our chickens, because you never know what’s going to happen.”

The most recent Marvel Studios film to hit theaters was Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. In the sequel, Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba), fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda.  

Introducing Tenoch Huerta as Namor, king of a hidden undersea nation, the film also stars Dominque Thorne, Michaela Coel, Mabel Cadena and Alex Livanalli. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is exclusively in theaters now!

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Newly revealed concept art from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever shows off a different armor design for Ironheart. Riri Williams, played by Dominique Thorne, made her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in the Black Panther sequel, and will next be seen headlining her own Disney+ series. The Ironheart from the comics is inspired by Tony Stark and uses discarded Iron Man armor to create her own suit, and Wakanda Forever‘s Ironheart shows off that same genius intellect. While fans can expect some shiny new suits in the upcoming Ironheart streaming series, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever concept art gives a look at what could have been for the new Marvel hero.

Feature film concept designer Phil Saunders shared concept art of Ironheart armor designed for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. When Shuri and Okoye meet Riri Williams in the movie, she’s already created her first suit of armor. Riri later modifies the Ironheart armor to fight alongside Wakanda in its war against Namor and Talokan. The armor Saunders revealed is her MK2 suit that’s intended to be worn under the armor she wears in the film’s climactic battle.

“Okay here’s the bombshell: THIS is, in fact, the #ironheart mk2 suit in #blackpanther #wakandaforever. At least, this is what Riri is wearing under the add-on armor you see in the movie that should properly be called the Mk 2.5. SWIPE to see how she fits in it. You can actually see this design in the suit-building montage, as the schematic that Riri is working on in Wakanda,” Saunders said.

He added, “Unfortunately we never got to see it in all its glory. There was originally a scene where Namora disables the combat upgrades and Riri has to eject the armor add-ons underwater, leaving her to escape in just the base suit with repulsors, but sadly it got cut. Expect a keyframe of that scene shortly! Turntables coming in the next post.”

How Iron Man Influenced Ironheart in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

“It’s not as sleek and clean as Tony’s suit,” Black Panther: Wakanda Forever producer Nate Moore told ComicBook.com in an exclusive interview. “The trails of the suit are a little bit more gas-powered. You get the feeling that it’s like a muscle car as a suit which we thought was interesting. And, also, contrasts really well with Dominique’s size because she’s such a small person, but such a powerful personality that the suit is kind of big and clunkier than Tony’s suit ’cause that’s how she would’ve built it.”

“Riri Williams, I think, probably steps less directly in Tony’s footsteps as she does in publishing, but there’s certainly an admiration for all the stuff he built,” Moore explained. “And, even as we were crafting shots and sequences, thinking about what you’d seen in other Iron Man movies, and sort of doing our riff on it was really fun.” There are several nods to Tony Stark’s journey and iconic images of him in the Iron Man suit packed into Wakanda Forever. 

“The notion was, and Ryan [Coogler] is such a grounded filmmaker, if someone was actually trying to build an Iron Man suit, but didn’t have Ironman resources, where would she go?” Moore said of Ironheart’s suit design. “So, it is a little bit more ad hoc and he also loved the idea that, you know, Riri used to build cars with her dad, so there’s sort of a, kind of a Detroit, Motor City feel to it.”

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘s Dominique Thorne teased how Riri Williams is going to be different in Ironheart. Her turn in the MCU sequel was received exceedingly well by fans. But, she told Rolling Stone that Riri will be a little different on Disney+ next year. In her comments, she pointed out that the young hero was in a pretty extraordinary situation as it related to her everyday life. When Ironheart gets rolling, being a student at MIT probably won’t have the kind of geopolitical stakes that the battle between Talokan and Wakanda does. That isn’t to say that the Disney+ show won’t have its own conflicts and struggles, but the weight of an entire nation probably won’t be on Thorne’s shoulders in her first time out as a solo hero. Check out what else she had to say!

“Oh yeah. Because we also have to remember that the Riri we see in Wakanda Forever is a Riri under duress. She is in this super heightened situation. And she’s…I wouldn’t say silencing herself, but acting however someone would act when they know that they are responsible for causing a war between nations,” Thorne explained. “However someone would act when they’ve just been kidnapped in the middle of their day when they were planning to go to differential equations class in 15 minutes. So it’s a lot of heightened situations, which means we get to see Riri doing her best to perform respect for royalty, to know her role as the person who incited all this pain.”

What Will Riri Be Like Back In America?

“We’re not seeing Riri in her everyday life. Just by nature of getting to spend more time with her in the series, we’re getting to see her at neutral rather than, like, on 10 all the time,” she added. “And also we’re getting to see her in her element, which is quite literally the opposite of what we saw of her in Wakanda Forever. We’ll get more time to see what the other colors are and to see how she leads her life, rather than how she is when life is leading her.”

Wakanda Forever is still crushing the box office three weeks on: “In Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – one of the most highly anticipated film events of the year – Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba) fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda. Introducing Tenoch Huerta Mejía as Namor, king of a hidden undersea nation, the film also stars Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Mabel Cadena and Alex Livinalli.”

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Tony Revolori is a frequent collaborator with Wes Anderson who is known for an array of films, but Marvel fans will know him best for playing Flash Thompson in the Tom Holland-led Spider-Man trilogy. In Spider-Man: No Way Home, it’s revealed that Flash got into MIT, and he’s not the only Marvel character attending the Cambridge university. Not only did his classmates Ned (Jacob Batalon) and MJ (Zendaya) get accepted, but Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) AKA Ironheart is also attending the school. This month, Riri was introduced in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and her first scene took place at the school. ComicBook.com had the chance to catch up with Revolori at the Willow premiere, and we asked about the MIT connection. Sadly, the actor says he won’t be appearing in the upcoming Ironheart series. 

“Ironheart‘s coming out. She goes to MIT. Flash goes to MIT. Are we going to see you?” we asked. Revolori seemed genuinely surprised by the question and replied, “Oh yeah!” When asked if that reaction meant we wouldn’t be seeing him in the series, he added, “No, you’re not.” He then joked, “Maybe I’m that good of an actor.” While many Marvel actors have lied in the past, it was pretty clear Revolori did not remember his character was attending the same school as Riri. However, if he does end up in Ironheart, he deserves an Oscar for “Best Red Carpet Lie.” 

Will Tony Revolori Play Flash Thompson Again?

While we shouldn’t expect to see Revolori in Ironheart, the actor did recently tell ComicBook.com that he hopes to return to the role. 

“Not entirely sure. That’s a question for the powers that be,” Revolori told ComicBook.com‘s Chris Killian about his MCU future. “I hope to be a part of it. I would love to reprise the role in whatever way, so I’ll put that out there to them, that I would be willing. I’m down to keep going.”

Who Does Tony Revolori Play in Willow?

Willow premiered on Disney+ today and features Revolori as Graydon, an intelligent but timid prince who isn’t quite prepared for the quest again. “He’s an off-balance, awkward guy who needs to go on this mission just to prove himself as worthy of greater responsibility in the realm,” Revolori told D23. You can check out the official synopsis for Willow below.

“An epic period fantasy series with a modern sensibility set in an enchanted land of breathtaking beauty, ‘Willow’ features a diverse international cast with Jonathan Kasdan, Ron Howard, Wendy Mericle, Kathleen Kennedy, and Michelle Rejwan serving as executive producers. The story began with an aspiring magician from a Nelwyn village and an infant girl destined to unite the realms, who together helped destroy an evil queen and banish the forces of darkness. Now, in a magical world where brownies, sorcerers, trolls, and other mystical creatures flourish, the adventure continues, as an unlikely group of heroes set off on a dangerous quest to places far beyond their home, where they must face their inner demons and come together to save their world.”

The first two episodes of Willow are now streaming on Disney+. Ironheart is set to debut in 2023.

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Dominique Thorne’s Riri Williams has officially joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, all thanks to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Before long at all, she’ll get her own series on Disney+ in Ironheart, a show that will examine Williams’ ascension to superhero status. Effectively taking over for Iron Man, Thorne has now revealed she got advice from Tony Stark himself before filming her series. According to the Marvel newcomer, Downey FaceTimed her when Wakanda Forever was nearly completed with principal photography.

“I wasn’t able to speak with RDJ before we got into filming or anything, but right toward the conclusion of the film, I actually had the chance to speak with him through FaceTime,” Thorne said in a recent stop with ScreenRant. “A cast mate over on Ironheart had actually done a show with him and connected us, and he had some beautiful words to say about how much he believes that Riri Williams is and should always be her own person, her own thing. That this legacy is headed in the right direction and all the beautiful encouraging things that you hope to hear from the Iron Man himself.”

Will Ironheart from an Iron Man cameo?

It has yet to be seen if Downey will return as the AI version of Tony Stark, comparable to the comics storyline involving the two characters. Thorne did say, however, that the show is diverting a bit for the story of the source material.

“They definitely are similar, but definitely two independent expressions of this beautiful mind,” the actor told us earlier this month. “I think the answer to that is best left to the series next year, so that’s where you’ll have to come for the truthful answer to that question.”

“I do think in Riri’s creation of this suit, or pursuing a build like that, I think that there’s an inherent acknowledgment of what Tony Stark did by creating this suit of armor,” Thorne added. “I think for someone as ambitious as Riri Williams, it’s without a doubt something that draws you in and begs your attention. As you can tell from the movie, that ambition will lead where it will lead and this time it’s led to her being in line with him by creating her very own suit of armor.”

When will Ironheart be released?

Thorne’s Riri Williams can first be seen in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, now in theaters. Ironheart is expected to debut on Disney+ sometime next year after Secret Invasion, Echo, and potentially Loki Season 2 barring any new delays. If you haven’t signed up for Disney+ yet, you can try it out here.

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