Summary
- Marvel shares new Ironheart footage at D23 2024: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event
- Marvel's Ironheart footage shows Riri Williams preparing herself to craft a new suit of armor.
- Riri Williams has been expelled from MIT, and she will work with The Hood for resources.
New Phase 5's Ironheart series, which will also introduce the mystical villain The Hood.
At D23 2024: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, where Screen Rant is in attendance, Marvel Studios shares a first glimpse at the MCU's Ironheart series. This footage reveals that Riri Williams has been expelled from MIT, and that she has become so focused on her next project that she's willing to work with The Hood to gather the necessary resources to accomplish it. Of course, Riri Williams' next project involves a new suit of armor, which resembles Tony Stark's early Iron Man designs like the Iron Man Mark I and II armors.
Ironheart's Criminal Turn Realizes Iron Man's Legacy In The Worst Way
Riri Williams Seems To Make The Same Mistakes As Young Tony Stark
As revealed by Marvel's D23 2024 Ironheart footage, Riri Williams will no longer have access to Wakanda's state-of-the-art technological resources, nor will she be able to continue her MIT studies to further her academic research. As a result, Riri will resort to working with questionable people, finding easy success at first but later realizing the true price she has to pay for it. Riri Williams' collaboration with shady individuals creates a parallel between her and Tony Stark, who had a thriving career as a weapons manufacturer until his own creations turned his life around.
Iron Man's MCU Replacement Breaks The Oldest Origin Tradition
Iron Man's legacy hero in the MCU has one distinct difference from the MCU's original armored hero, which could be great news for Phase 5 and beyond.
At one point in Marvel's first Ironheart footage, The Hood tells Riri Williams that sometimes she needs to behave unethically to accomplish what she wants. This temptation followed Iron Man throughout his entire MCU arc, from his beginnings as a warmonger through Ultron's creation to the possibility of ignoring the Avengers' call for help after Thanos' Snap. Tony Stark always ended up making the right decision, and now it's time for Riri Williams to learn to do the same. However, Riri doesn't have Tony Stark or the Avengers to guide her.
In the comics, Riri Williams is mentored by an AI recreation of Tony Stark.
Whereas Tony Stark fought enemies like Obadiah Stane and Justin Hammer in his early days, Riri Williams will fight a much more dangerous threat in Ironheart. The Hood is a powerful criminal with magical abilities, a magical cloak, and magical boots. Without Tony Stark's wealth and facing a mystical supervillain, Riri Williams' first solo adventure will likely be a bigger challenge than anything Iron Man had to experience at the beginning of his superhero career.
