Streaming release date (United Kingdom)
Ironheart will be available to watch on Disney Plus in September. An exact release date is not available yet.
Ironheart
(2024)1 Seasons
Coming soon
September
Synopsis
After returning from Wakanda, Riri is confronted with a new challenge
Riri Williams is a genius student at MIT who not only invented a machine that detects vibranium, but is also capable of creating a super suit to rival that of Iron Man. After surviving the events in Wakanda, she returns to Massachusetts, USA with even more ideas — and even more enemies.
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What to know
What is Ironheart about?
Ironheart is an upcoming superhero TV series produced by Marvel Studios for Disney. The series is based on the comic book character created by Brian Michael Bendis in 2016. The character was first introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as a brilliant student at MIT, Riri Williams, who is taken to Wakanda after she invents a vibranium detector. There she develops her first supersuit, becoming Ironheart. The character then gets her own series, created by Chinaka Hodge, who also acts as showrunner. The series is part of the MCU’s Phase Five and sets the stage for the young Riri to take over Tony Stark (aka Iron Man)’s role in the MCU.
Who stars in Ironheart?
Riri Williams (aka Ironheart) is played by Dominique Thorne (If Beale Street Could Talk). Anthony Ramos plays Parker Robbins (aka The Hood), a Marvel villain who becomes a demon with terrible power when he pulls up his hood. Sasha Baron Cohen (Borat) appears as Mephisto, and the rest of the cast is rounded out by Alden Ehrenreich, Lyric Ross, and Manny Montana.
When will Ironheart be released?
Ironheart will be released on Disney+ in 2024.
Production News
- December 10, 2020
- At Disney’s Investor Day, Marvel president Kevin Feige announces that an Ironheart series is in development for Disney+, and that the main character will be played by Dominique Thorne. (Source: Marvel)
- April 27, 2021
- Chinaka Hodge signs on as head writer for Ironheart. (Source: Variety)
- February 9, 2022
- Actor Anthony Ramos joins the series in an unknown role. (Source: Deadline)
- April 11, 2022
- Sam Bailey and Angela Barnes sign on to direct the first season. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
- July 24, 2022
- In the first teaser trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, viewers get a first look at Dominique Thorne’s Riri Williams (aka Ironheart). In the scene, Riri greets Shuri while building a suit. (Source: YouTube)
- August 8, 2022
- Photos from the set of Ironheart are released, teasing that Ironheart will be Iron Man’s successor. (Source: ScreenRant)
- September 2, 2023
- Due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, Marvel/Disney push back Ironheart's release date indefinitely. (Source: ScreenRant)
Genres
Action & Adventure, Drama, Science-Fiction, Fantasy
Production country
United States
