Ironheart series set to air on Disney+ officially has a head writer. Variety reports that Chinaka Hodge (
Amazing Stories, Snowpiercer) has been tapped to lead the writing of the upcoming show, which will star Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams.
Ironheart will follow Williams as she invents an Iron Man-like suit of armor. It is based on the character as created by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato in the comics in 2016, though the incarnation will have to go through some changes as the comics version was mentored by Tony Stark who is of course dead in the MCU.
No release date is currently known for the series, which obviously has yet to officially enter production with its head writer just found. The series was confirmed in December at Disney’s Investor Day presentation.
The upcoming series will see Dominique Thorne playing Riri Williams, who is a young genius that invents an impressive suit of armor that is similar to Iron Man. Her character is a newer one in the Marvel canon as she was created in 2016 by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodat. In the comics, she’s a 15-year-old MIT student that gets noticed by Tony Stark. With Stark’s death in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the show will have to take a different route.
“For me, at this point, it’s really about the story,” Thorne said of accepting the role. “That’s what many of us who enter into this profession think. What draws you in is the ability to tell stories that mean something to people. In high school, the motto was to empathize, to empower, or to educate and so that is what I still abide by today. So hopefully, I’m involved in a story that is doing that. There are real people with real stories and real emotions at the center of it. Even if it’s not my experience or you