Ironheart News, Rumours, Cast And Release Date

The reign of Iron Man may be over, but that doesn’t mean we’ve seen the last of the iconic mech suits from the Marvel franchise.

Disney is producing a series after the comic book arc ‘Ironheart’, following the young genius, Riri Williams. She was first introduced to the MCU in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Ironheart will join the ever-growing list of Marvel Disney originals, which includes Agatha All Along and Daredevil: Born Again. Keep on reading to find out more.

Ironheart release date

Marvel has confirmed that Ironheart will arrive in 2025, though we don’t yet have an exact release date. However, a filing for the US copyright office (via Wikipedia) lists a date of 3 September 2025.

Ironheart was originally scheduled for Fall 2023, making it part or Marvel’s Phase 5 line-up. However, the series was delayed due to a reshuffle in projects.

The series is estimated to have six episodes in total. 

Cast and crew of Ironheart

We have our Riri Williams – Dominique Thorne. Before Black Panther 2, Thorne had two acclaimed acting credits to her name: If Beale Street Could Talk and Judas And The Black Messiah.

In the Heights and Hamilton star Anthony Ramos will be playing Parker Robbins/The Hood, a supervillain from the comics. The trailer shown at D23 seems to indicate that he’ll be having a bad influence on Riri.

This Is Us star Lyric Ross is joining Ironheart. Whilst her role hasn’t been confirmed, it is speculated that she’ll be playing the best friend of Riri Williams. 

Deadline has reported that Sacha Baron Cohen has been tapped for the show, playing a mysterious characters. Fans seem to suspect that he is none other than Mephisto – a character that was highly suspected to originally make his debut in WandaVision.

Marvel has not confirmed anything, but Cohen has allegedly been spotted in Pinewood Studios for filming.

If you’re not familiar, Mephisto is Marvel’s version of the devil, who has numerous abilities such as projecting illusions, super strength, altering time and manipulating people’s thoughts.

Alden Ehrenreich has also joined the cast in an unnamed role. He is best known for playing Han in Solo: A Star Wars Story. He confirmed this in a TikTok interview with Discussing Film. Regan Aliyah is also part of the show – she is best known for XO, Kitty.

Chinaka Hodge has been tapped to serve as the head writer (Variety). Hodge has previously worked on Amazing Stories and Snowpiercer. Director of the Black Panther series, Ryan Coogler, is an executive producer.

What will Ironheart be about?

Ironheart will introduce a newer figure in the Marvel comics, Riri Williams. Riri is a young genius who makes her own suit of amour that is reminiscent of what is seen on Tony Stark.

In the comics, she becomes a sort of mentee to him after her suit grabs his attention. Obviously, after the events of Avengers: Endgame, the MCU’s version of Riri Williams is a little different.

Riri was introduced to the world of superheroes through Shuri and Okoye in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever… if slightly reluctantly at first.

She was brought onto Wakanda’s side to fight against Naymor and the Talokan, and built a suit made from vibranium in Shuri’s lab. However, she was not allowed to keep the suit as Wakanda was worried about it falling into government or enemy hands.

Therefore, going into Ironheart, Riri will have the knowledge and connections from her time in Wakanda, but will still have to work on building a brand new suit.

In an interview with the The Direct, Thorne stated that Wakanda Forever showed more of a stressed side of Riri, so we can expect to see her personality in full bloom: “I really hope that folks remember, when they consider who they met and what they saw, that this was a girl under duress first and foremost.

When you think about anything that you enjoyed, anything that you liked, or even didn’t like, remember that this was all a person who was stressed, she was fighting for her life. She’d never seen blue people before.”

The first trailer was exclusive for D23 attendees, so we can’t share it here. Reports show that we see Riri feeling stuck on her internship abroad, and that she has been expelled from MIT. She joins up with Parker Robbins/The Hood, and starts taking on some morally dubious activities, such as crashing in front of a truck in her suit.

It’s likely that she is a strong candidate for the Young Avengers, alongside the likes of Ms. Marvel.

Simply because it is dealing with superhero suits, we could see the upcoming Armor Wars film somehow tying into Ironheart – which could mean a cameo from Don Cheadle.

How to watch Ironheart

Ironheart will be a Disney+ exclusive, so you’ll only be able to watch it via this streaming platform. Disney+ includes a whole host of Marvel content, Star Wars shows and films, The Simpsons and Hulu shows via Star.

You can sign up for an account on the Disney+ website. Subscriptions start from $7.99/£7.99 per month or $109.99/£79.90 per year.