A new Marvel Studios Disney+ series will introduce the teenage armored hero Ironheart to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige made the announcement at the Walt Disney Investor Day video conference call. Actor Dominique Thorne will portray Riri Williams, the young genius who builds her own suit of armor to become Ironheart.
Reports that Disney+ was developing an Ironheart MCU series first surfaced in May. Created by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato, Riri Williams first appeared in 2016's Invincible Iron Man #7 as a 15-year old engineering student attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Using her genius-level intellect, Riri assembled her own suit of armor using scavenged pieces of Iron Man's armor. Riri replaced Tony Stark as Iron Man after he went into a coma in Civil War II, and later took up the mantle of Ironheart upon Stark's return.
Ironheart is a member of the Champions, a superhero team comprised of other young heroes from the Marvel Universe. The team functions as a younger version of the Avengers, with the roster consisting of Ms. Marvel (who is also receiving a Disney+ series), Miles Morales Spider-Man, Nova and Vision's daughter, Viv Vision.
The first Marvel Cinematic Universe series to premiere on Disney+ is WandaVision, starring Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch, Paul Bettany as Vision, Randall Park as Agent Jimmy Woo, Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis, Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau and Kathryn Hahn as Agnes. WandaVision will premiere on Jan. 15, 2021.
Other confirmed MCU Disney+ series include The Falcon and the Winter Soldier starring Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter, Wyatt Russell as John Walker/US Agent, Daniel Brühl as Baron Helmut Zemo, Noah Mills, Carl Lumbly and Danny Ramirez; Loki starring Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson, Sophia Di Martino, Sasha Lane, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Richard E. Grant; What If?, the first Marvel Studios animated series featuring MCU actors reprising their superhero roles; Hawkeye starring Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton, Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop, Jolt as Pizza Dog/Lucky, Vera Farmiga as Eleanor Bishop, Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Fra Fee as Kazi, Tony Dalton as Jack Duquesne/Swordsman, Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez/Echo and Zahn McClarnon as William Lopez; She-Hulk starring Tatiana Maslany; Ms. Marvel starring Iman Vellani; and Moon Knight reportedly starring Oscar Isaac.
Source: Twitter