Ironheart MCU Disney+ Series Taps Chinaka Hodge as Head Writer 3c5a2t Report

Riri Williams will likely fill the Iron Man-shaped hole in the MCU following Tony Stark’s death. 1p663z

By Akhil Arora | Updated: 28 April 2021 17:59 IST

Ironheart MCU Disney+ Series Taps Chinaka Hodge as Head Writer: Report

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Ironheart in the comics

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Ironheart expected in 2022 on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar
Dominique Thorne is set to play Ironheart/ Riri Williams
A total of six episodes in Ironheart season 1, reportedly

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Ironheart, the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series, has reportedly hired Chinaka Hodge as the head writer. Ironheart focusses on genius inventor Riri Williams — she will be played by Dominique Thorne (If Beale Street Could Talk) — who designs the most advanced suit of armour since Iron Man. All signs point to Marvel setting up Thorne's Ironheart/ Riri Williams (Thorne) to take over from Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man / Tony Stark in the MCU, who died towards the end of Avengers: Endgame.

Amazing Stories. Hodge is also a poet and playwright, having published two poetry books.

Created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Mike Deodato, Riri Williams entered the Marvel comics universe in 2016 as a 15-year-old MIT student who reverse engineers Spider-Man: Far From Home.

At MIT then, Stark also unveiled a September Foundation grant that funded the projects of every MIT student gathered. Maybe Riri Williams will turn out to be one among them? Of course, this is just pure speculation on my part. Marvel doesn't always retain the origin stories from comic books as is, so there's no guarantee that Riri Williams will be a MIT student in the Ironheart MCU Disney+ series as well. We'll have to wait until next year at the least to find out.

Before Ironheart, on TV, we will see the Tom Hiddleston-led Echo.

Ironheart is expected in 2022 on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar. It will reportedly run for six episodes in total. A writers' room will be assembled starting in May, says The Hollywood Reporter.

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