

According to Comicbook, Marvel Studios has released a first look at Ironheart, the upcoming Disney+ series executive produced by Ryan Coogler (Sinners, Black Panther), arriving June 24 with a three-episode premiere. The new sizzle reel details the series’ themes and highlights the adversary Riri Williams will face. View the video below.
The six-episode series stars Dominique Thorne (Judas and the Black Messiah, If Beale Street Could Talk) as tech prodigy Riri Williams, who returns home to Chicago in the wake of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Opposing her is Parker Robbins, a.k.a. The Hood, played by Anthony Ramos (In the Heights, Hamilton), a streetwise villain who blends magic with menace. “Anyone who’s ever accomplished anything iconic in life has had to do some questionable things to get it done,” says Robbins in the new sizzle reel.
“I want to build something undeniable. Something iconic,” Thorne’s Riri declares in the preview clip.
“Riri, I see you,” Robbins replies beneath his red hood. “Waiting to be acknowledged for your greatness.”
Riri’s journey in Ironheart sees her trying to forge a legacy beyond the shadow of Iron Man, not inherit it. “A lot of people think that [Riri] is a successor to the Iron Man legacy,” says Coogler in the featurette, “but in the comic book, Riri and Tony Stark had a friendship… she got her own identity as Ironheart.”
According to Comicbook, the show is set immediately after the events of Wakanda Forever and centers on Riri’s battle between ambition and identity as she navigates the collision of science and sorcery.
Robbins, according to Comicbook, was originally introduced in The Hood #1 (2002) by Brian K. Vaughn (Lost, Runaways) and Kyle Hotz (BANA: Heart of Darkness, Swerve), as a petty criminal who stole a cloak from a demonic corpse, unlocking dangerous magical powers. He later fought the New Avengers and rose to power as the Kingpin of Crime. During the Dark Reign run, he later joined the ranks of Norman Osborn’s villainous syndicate, Cabal, with the likes of mutants Emma Frost and Namor, Doctor Doom, and Loki.
As Robbins’ magical influence clashes with Riri’s technology, the series promises a grounded yet high-stakes conflict. “The story of Ironheart is not a story about the mantle of Iron Man getting passed. If anything, it’s the opposite,” says Brad Winderbaum (Satacracy 88, Eyes of Wakanda), Marvel Studios’ Head of Streaming, Television and Animation via the video.
Executive producer Zoie Nagelhout (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Hawkeye) adds, “Ironheart is really about her proving herself and achieving her own legacy.”
The series also stars Lyric Ross (This Is Us, Canal Street), Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story, Oppenheimer), Regan Aliyah (XO, Kitty, BF for Hire), Manny Montana (Good Girls, Mayans M.C.), Matthew Elam (Swagger, All American: Homecoming), and Anji White (The Chi, The Last Shift).
Following the premiere on June 24, the final three episodes will drop on July 1, completing the six-part season.
