RUMOR: Marvel Studios Planning Female-Led IRON FIST Project; Danny Rand May Have A Supporting Role

RUMOR: Marvel Studios Planning Female-Led IRON FIST Project; Danny Rand May Have A Supporting Role

New details about Marvel Studios' plans for the MCU's Living Weapon have been revealed, and it sounds like the current idea is to sideline Finn Jones' Danny Rand in preference of a female Iron Fist...

By JoshWilding - Jan 28, 2024 09:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Iron Fist

Iron Fist struggled from the start, and despite a vastly better second season, the Netflix series never really managed to live up to fan expectations. As a result, news of its cancellation on the streaming service didn't come as too much of a blow, though Danny Rand actor Finn Jones remains keen to reprise the role.

In the show's season 2/series finale, Colleen Wing became the new Iron Fist and Danny left New York to find Orson Randall, the man from whom Davos acquired the Iron Fist's powers. Months later, we saw that Danny had stolen two guns from Randall with which he could form Iron Fists.

It was one heck of a cliffhanger to leave things on, and with Marvel Television's Netflix shows now considered "canon," it seems Jones might get a second chance. He just won't be the MCU's main Iron Fist! 

According to scooper Daniel Richtman, Marvel Studios is developing a new Iron Fist project. The plan is supposedly for it to put the spotlight on a female lead and there's been at least some talk of this being an animated adaptation. 

While Jones returning to the role hasn't been completely ruled out, it sounds like the current idea is for him to make a cameo appearance but not be the main Iron Fist in the MCU. 

There are likely many reasons for this, including the fact Jones' take on Danny received a largely tepid response from fans. Then, there's the consensus that it's no longer culturally appropriate for a white man to hold the Iron Fist mantle (the hero's early adventures are widely considered to be packed full of racist stereotypes). 

Throw in the fact that many have also deemed Danny as taking on a white saviour role on the page, and you can probably understand why recent comics have depicted him passing the mantle to a character of Asian descent called Lin Lie.

It would make all the sense in the world for this rumoured project to put the spotlight on Jessica Henwick's Colleen Wing but we may see a newly created character too. Remember, it was recently reported that the animated Eyes of Wakanda series will take us to K'un-Lun and introduce a female Iron Fist called Janora.

In the comics, Iron Fist is most often associated with the superhero teams Heroes for Hire and the Defenders. Created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane, the character first appeared in 1974 and the best-known iteration is Danny Rand, a martial artist who gains the power of the Iron Fist after defeating the dragon Shou-Lao the Undying.

Stay tuned for updates as we have them. 

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theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 1/28/2024, 9:36 AM
Spike101
Spike101 - 1/28/2024, 10:01 AM
@theFUZZ008 - spot on 👌
bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/28/2024, 11:18 AM
@theFUZZ008 -
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 1/28/2024, 12:42 PM
@theFUZZ008 - Yeah sounds like the Blade project again where Blade was the 4th lead after 3 woman
Batmangina
Batmangina - 1/28/2024, 1:32 PM
@bobevanz - Goddamn.

Anyone that can look at that with anything other than a mix of adult level disappointment and ragequit fanboy energy needs to go get their [frick]ing shinebox.

The Soyciety that acts as though nothing has changed are a [frick]ing blight and embarrassment to OG fandom.
Cleander
Cleander - 1/28/2024, 2:12 PM
@bobevanz - I hate you for making me like your post.
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/28/2024, 4:22 PM
@bobevanz -

Or this....

Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 1/29/2024, 10:49 AM
@theFUZZ008 - So you're mad that the MCU will pick up where the Netflix Iron Fist show left off?
Matchesz
Matchesz - 1/28/2024, 9:47 AM
All the behind the scenes interviews for these shows is nothing but middle age women and zesty sounding men anyway. Nothing surprises me anymore.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 1/28/2024, 10:05 AM
@Matchesz - "zesty sounding men" lol that's one way to put it
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/28/2024, 9:53 AM
I could see it being Colleen and then somewhat picking up from the end of IF S2 (Eyes of Wakanda seems to be set in different time periods so the female Iron Fist there may be a past one)…



I hope Finn Jones’s Danny has a role in the show and even MCU if he won’t be the main IF moving forward….

I atleast hope we get a Heroes for Hire show with him & Luke since imo he was at his best then , especially that LC S2 team-up episode.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 1/28/2024, 10:03 AM
@TheVisionary25 - you're right about that being his best in LC s2
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/28/2024, 10:10 AM
@Slotherin - yep , that was the peak of that version of the character imo

Wish we got more of that.

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Slotherin
Slotherin - 1/28/2024, 10:22 AM
@TheVisionary25 - I loved that episode. I'd kill for Heroes for Hire.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 1/28/2024, 9:55 AM
I don't see Finn coming back because no one would be clamoring for it, but I did think season 2 was an improvement over the first
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/28/2024, 9:59 AM
@MyCoolYoung - true but no one was clamoring for a Anson Mount Black about cameo too and we got that.

MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 1/28/2024, 10:05 AM
@TheVisionary25 - great great point.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/28/2024, 10:01 AM
Actually , at the end of the show they revealed that Colleen is a descendant of Wu Ao Shi who was the first female Iron Fist as Danny revealed in that continuity so she could be the female one we see in Eyes of Wakanda that’s rumored to be in it.



It could help setup us to get re-familiar with Colleen again aswell.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 1/28/2024, 10:04 AM
I had forgotten how weird the end of that show was.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/28/2024, 10:06 AM
@Slotherin - it worked for me and honestly was probably the ending of all the Netflix shows that had me the most hyped for the future…sigh.

Especially Danny & Ward trying to find Orson Randall since I liked their dynamic.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 1/28/2024, 10:13 AM
@TheVisionary25 - fair enough. I'm not really familiar with it as the show didn't really dig into it and I'm not a deep Iron Fist fan to begin with (though I like what I've seen of the character)
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/28/2024, 10:17 AM
@Slotherin - that’s fine

I liked their dynamic in the show and having them go on an adventure to find a past Iron Fist (presumably) and taking influence from the Immortal Iron Fist run sounded too cool imo!!.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 1/28/2024, 10:23 AM
@TheVisionary25 - oh wait, did you mean Ward and Danny's dynamic?
I may have mistaken that for meaning Danny and Orson's dynamic.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/28/2024, 10:25 AM
@Slotherin - yes , I meant Danny & Wards


Sorry I didn’t clarify haha
Slotherin
Slotherin - 1/28/2024, 10:44 AM
@TheVisionary25 - s'all good. That makes more sense now.
noahthegrand
noahthegrand - 1/28/2024, 10:06 AM
Colleen is cool
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 1/28/2024, 10:39 AM
@noahthegrand - In the show preferred her to Danny TBH, certainly by the end of season two she came across as a better fit as Iron Fist and Danny looked better with the guns than he had using the typical powers etc.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/28/2024, 10:49 AM
@Apophis71 - her & Ward were the best main characters imo

Soecial shoutout to Davos to who I liked personally.


Apophis71
Apophis71 - 1/28/2024, 10:54 AM
@TheVisionary25 - Strong agree on all of that, only time I liked Jones in the shows realy was his appearance on Luke Cage's series although was starting to grow into the role by the time the mantle passed.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/28/2024, 10:57 AM
@Apophis71 - if I had to rank the appearances from favorite to least imo , it would be…

1.LC S2
2.IF S2
3.Defenders
4.IF S1
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/28/2024, 1:43 PM
@noahthegrand - Agreed. Especially Jessica Henwick's version.

A Daughters of the Dragon show would be a much better idea, imo.
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 1/28/2024, 10:12 AM
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 1/28/2024, 10:12 AM
Doesn’t matter. If people didn’t care about Iron Fist before, the Netflix series ensured that they don’t care now.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 1/28/2024, 10:14 AM
@DudeGuy - it's definitely best to use in a supporting role and see how that goes before doing much else.
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