Update: August 19, 2021
Riri Williams A.K.A. Ironheart to Make Her MCU Debut in BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
One of the biggest reveals to come out of Disney's Investors Day last December was the news that Dominique Thorne will play Riri Williams in Disney+'s
Ironheart show. Updates were few and far between since, but we now know when the
If Beal Street Could Talk star will make her MCU debut as the new Armored Avenger.
Confirming a rumor that did the rounds earlier this year, Kevin Feige has officially announced (via
ComicBook.com) that Williams will appear in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
"We're shooting Black Panther: Wakanda Forever right now, and the character of Riri Williams, you will meet in Black Panther 2 first," Feige revealed while doing press for
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. "She started shooting, I think, this week before her Ironheart series."
Williams making her debut in the
Black Panther sequel raises a few interesting questions. Will the character be retconned to be a Wakandan? Ironheart has travelled to Wakanda in the comics and became friendly with Shuri and Okoye, but only much later in her superhero career. However she ends up being introduced, it sounds like
Wakanda Forever is shaping up to be a much bigger event movie than we anticipated.
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