IRONHEART: Riri Williams Takes Flight In New Look At Upcoming Disney+ Series

IRONHEART: Riri Williams Takes Flight In New Look At Upcoming Disney+ Series

Dominique Thorne is set to return as Riri Williams for her own solo Ironheart series, and we now have a new look at the young hero taking flight in her formidable armor...

By MarkCassidy - Mar 21, 2025 09:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Ironheart

We've seen a few snippets of footage from Ironheart in various Disney+ sneak peeks, but are still waiting on a full trailer. With the show set to premiere this June, we're sure we'll get a teaser at some point over the next few weeks, but for now, Marvel Television has released four new promo stills.

The images spotlight star Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams - who we first met in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - taking flight in a bulky suit of Iron-Man-inspired armor.

Riri is expected to don a few different costumes over the course of the series, but based on what we've seen so far, she'll be spending the majority of the show in this early prototype suit.

"There’s a full practical suit," Marvel Television's Brad Winderbaum confirmed during a recent interview. "It doesn’t obviously do all the crazy things that the suit does, but we used a lot of techniques that go all the way back to the first Iron Man film, where we actually had a practical suit on set."

"First of all, just even as a visual reference for the CG artists having the actual suit there, even if it had to do like CG things and open and close and stuff," he continued, "it had all the perfect lighting reference, so the emulation is just spot on. It’s awesome. I mean I’m sure it’s going to be in the Marvel lobby in a few months."

Winderbaum added that Riri has "Tony Stark-sized ego" and will be in "a bit of a quarter-life crisis." when we catch up with her.

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"She fought in Wakanda, she fought Namor, she had this great adventure. But the day-to-day struggle is still real. She’s Riri Williams. She’s gonna do what she needs to do to get by for her and her family and everyone else. And it does lead her down some roads."

Ironheart follows Riri Williams as she "returns to her hometown of Chicago. There, she discovers secrets that bring technology and magic into conflict, leading her on an exciting and dangerous adventure."

In the comics, Riri is encouraged to suit-up and fight crime by Tony Stark, who becomes a mentor of sorts to the young hero. Stark's death in Avengers: Endgame would obviously make that particular dynamic very difficult to replicate, but Ironheart is expected to carry on Iron Man's legacy (to some extent, at least).

Ironheart is set to premiere on June 24, 2025, and also stars Lyric Ross, Regan Aliyah, Alden Ehrenreich, Manny Montana, Matthew Elam, and Anji White. Sacha Baron Cohen is also rumored to make his MCU debut as Mephisto, though this has yet to be confirmed.

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Wahhvacado
Wahhvacado - 3/21/2025, 9:52 AM
Everything I get reminded about this project
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It being on the shelf for so long doesn't give me the best hopes when it comes to quality. Not to mention the quality of a majority of the other shows when this was greenlit
Kadara
Kadara - 3/21/2025, 9:55 AM
@Wahhvacado - Lol I honestly it was cancelled too.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 3/21/2025, 9:58 AM
@Wahhvacado - this show is of the same era as BNW so expectations are low too.
Wahhvacado
Wahhvacado - 3/21/2025, 10:10 AM
@Wahhvacado - Everytime* God I need to drink coffee before posting
ARegularCrab
ARegularCrab - 3/21/2025, 10:35 AM
@Wahhvacado - Actually forgot that this was happening, and tbh I forgot she was in BP2 😅
ZiggyStarman
ZiggyStarman - 3/21/2025, 9:53 AM
Couldnt care about RiRi when she debuted in the comics. Couldn’t bother remembering her after Wakanda Forever. How many people are hyped for this. Not trying to be a jerk, I’m genuinely curious.
Vigor
Vigor - 3/21/2025, 10:02 AM
@ZiggyStarman - I'm not hyped. But it's content for a service I pay for. And it's in the marvel universe

So yeah I'm gonna check it out. And she may or may not be in the next two avengers movies so why not see what her story is?
Goldboink
Goldboink - 3/21/2025, 10:09 AM
@ZiggyStarman -
Nobody is hyped. That's the problem. This is one of the Pandemic Projects that never really had an audience but they were trying to shoehorn the "next generation" of the same characters. There is no groundswell or even much of an audience generated by the comics. At least Ms Marvel had an audience from the comics.
YouIknowiamsexy
YouIknowiamsexy - 3/21/2025, 11:01 AM
@Vigor - Nah I'm good. No interest in this ish whatsoever.
Shivermetimbers
Shivermetimbers - 3/21/2025, 12:30 PM
@ZiggyStarman - Yeah, no interest. I dont think I am the target market. Used to be that "comic book lover" was the only target, now that Marvel has expanded, there are projects I skip and this will be one of them.
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 3/21/2025, 12:44 PM
@Vigor - im fine with just reading a synopsis like I did with secret wars. This show doesnt interest me at all but I also don't expect everything marvel does to cater to me personally. They have a goal to make every demographic in the world a fan of something marvel and that makes sense to me. they want everyone in the family, in every family want to go see avengers movie so business wise it makes sense. If you are a die hard got to see everything great, but I have just got to the point that I realize they have so much content that is all over the place at this point im just gonna pick and choose
DarthAlgar
DarthAlgar - 3/21/2025, 9:55 AM
I keep forgetting about this.
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 3/21/2025, 9:55 AM
shes a better iron man then tony ever was and shes also better
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thedrudo
thedrudo - 3/21/2025, 11:57 AM
@harryba11zack - wow
xfan320
xfan320 - 3/21/2025, 9:59 AM
I like the armor design WAAAAAAAY more here then I did in Wakanda Forever.

Let's just hope they actually have a worthwhile show for us to watch
foreverintheway
foreverintheway - 3/21/2025, 9:59 AM
When was this filmed?
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 3/21/2025, 10:03 AM
@foreverintheway - the main actress is already in her forties
ARegularCrab
ARegularCrab - 3/21/2025, 10:36 AM
@foreverintheway - 3-ish years ago, probably closer to 2
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/21/2025, 9:59 AM
I think that armor looks cool…

I wouldn’t be surprised given how involved Coogler is in this that he wanted the practical suit personally.

Anyway , the premise seems intriguing and the little glimpses we have seen look fun!!.

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Vigor
Vigor - 3/21/2025, 10:03 AM
@TheVisionary25 - that's movie quality scene right there. I'll give them that. Too bad we won't see what armor wars was gonna be about

Seeing these large armors in action is so cool
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/21/2025, 10:04 AM
@Vigor - yep

I’m still miffed about Armor Wars not apparently happening since I liked the idea behind it.

Should have been one of the first things post EG imo
Vigor
Vigor - 3/21/2025, 10:00 AM
Reminder guys ~
She's not replacing Tony staRk. He's dead. And he died a heroic death. Her modeling her suit after a worldwide hero is flattery

The fact she is as smart as the smartest brains and is a black girl. If that bothers you, then it's a personal problem. All humans are the same on an intellectual basis. Remember we are all code. What makes us up comes down to atoms and dna.
I can send you 5 articles of young black geniuses with higher IQ than you can fathom who are attending MIT on full ride scholarships. And I can send you the same for young white scholars. We are all humans with different skin types. So get off it that she's a black girl. If it bothers you, then check your biases. If it see the word woke, I'm going to come through your screen and slap you.
Educate yourself on homosapien history and the migration of peoples. And do better

Also - it's a COMIC BOOK
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 3/21/2025, 10:05 AM
@Vigor - "All humans are the same on an intellectual basis."
Hmmm...ok point me to the black nobel prizes on science or the black USA presidents
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/21/2025, 10:06 AM
@Vigor - well said!!.

I thought Wakanda Forever was an alright introduction to the character but I’m looking forward to learning more about her.

Plus I like the idea of Tony’s successor essentially being someone who is the complete opposite of him in almost every way
Vigor
Vigor - 3/21/2025, 10:06 AM
@Malatrova15 - youre my favorite troll. Never change
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 3/21/2025, 11:00 AM
@Vigor - I just see it all as lazy tokenization. I've been wanting new original characters for years; of any color or gender. My issue with Riri is that she came from the Marvel era that was like "We need diversity, so let's just make lazy tokens of all the legacy characters and pretend it's originality. The way I saw that era was; "It's a genius black girl(which is fine), BUT she's pretty much Iron Man. It's a genius Korean boy(also fine), BUT he's pretty much Hulk. It's a woman, but she's pretty much Thor. It's girl, but she's pretty much Wolverine. It's a Muslim girl, but she's pretty much Captain Marvel (and kinda Monkey D. Luffy.) It's a black/latino boy, but he's pretty much Spiderman. And they kept repeating that pattern. Yeah, some of these characters have broken through and become legitimately good characters that I enjoy. But at the onset, I just saw it as patronizing and the easiest way to check boxes. I know it's tough to be original these days, but they could have done way better. Like, look at this trash...
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Vigor
Vigor - 3/21/2025, 11:20 AM
@TheFinestSmack - do you feel the same way about token white guy goes on to save people. If it's token then boycott all of it

Nothing is ever truly truly original nowadays. I imagine you dislike the avatar movies because the plot mirrors other "save the planet movies"

Just my thoughts
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 3/21/2025, 11:21 AM
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TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 3/21/2025, 11:33 AM
@Vigor - If it was a white guy that was basically tokenized as the new Black Panther or the new Blade, or the new Jax from MK, or the new Barret from FF7, bet I'd be pissed and boycott all of that. If we break down any hero of any race or color, sure they can be a token of the classic hero of the "hero's journey" or any basic, timeless, thematic archetype. I'm talking about specific characters/mantles being blatantly reused for lazy reasons.

I hated the Avatar movies because Cameron directly based Pandora off the 70's paintings of Roger Dean haha. Well I guess technically I only saw the first one. No idea what the second one was about. But Roger Dean even sued Cameron and lost, likely because Cameron has endless cash.
ComicBookManBoy
ComicBookManBoy - 3/21/2025, 12:05 PM
@Malatrova15 - the absence of black and brown people from those honors is not an indicator of inferior intelligence. In case you haven’t noticed, the Western world has never been very quick to recognize the genius of non-whites. Your argument is both ignorant and stupid.
dragon316
dragon316 - 3/21/2025, 12:40 PM
@TheFinestSmack - that’s pretty much what marvel theme is very sad moon girl is original I find it hard believe she smarter than doom , reed, in marvel comics you do make good point kaye bishop female copy hawkeye , same with cho who have hulk powers and son of hulk and draken , x-23, and wolverine other daughter fans forgot about marvel hope we forgot about that was one and done thing in book ?si=cpMCl6mESn97saAv
ToldYaSo
ToldYaSo - 3/21/2025, 12:40 PM
@TheFinestSmack - Thank you. sir. The YES artwork was insanely original, and Cameron was ery naughty. He should have just shared the wealth instead of pirating...
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 3/21/2025, 1:20 PM
@ToldYaSo - You have good taste. Most people now have no idea who YES was but I'll bring up the side by side comparisons of album art and Avatar and its...I mean it's all right there.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 3/21/2025, 1:22 PM
@dragon316 - More great examples. They're NEW characters but they are barely original at all. All these children and clones are ridiculous.
MuadDib
MuadDib - 3/21/2025, 2:40 PM
@TheFinestSmack - Agree
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 3/21/2025, 6:13 PM
@ComicBookManBoy - lol ..wikipedia? Wake me up when you got a real source like Elon Musk or Alexander Dugin
GodHercules20
GodHercules20 - 3/21/2025, 10:07 AM
She was annoying in BP2 and in What If

dragon316
dragon316 - 3/21/2025, 12:41 PM
@GodHercules20 - she was little bit in black planther two what if I don’t watch can’t comment on what if series
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/21/2025, 10:09 AM
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Honestly , I’m interested in all these projects though obviously some more then others…

I like them doing 3 movies ,3 live action shows and 3 animated.
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