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We’re a little over a month away from the premiere of “Ironheart” on Disney+ and finally we have our first full trailer for the series, packed with action and laughs. You can watch the trailer below.
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The trailer kicks off with Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) being tasked with using her genius to escape from a classic death trap in an elevator. The death trap’s creator is Parker Robbins, aka The Hood (Anthony Ramos), who is looking to recruit Williams and wants to test her.
Among others we get to see Jim Rash as MIT Dean, a role he first played briefly in 2016’s “Captain America: Civil War”. We also get to see a number of actors playing Riri Williams’s friends, including “Solo: A Star Wars Story” alum Alden Ehrenreich.
Dominique Thorne first played Riri Williams/Ironheart in 2022’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”. As an MIT student who had figured out a way to search for vibranium in the ocean, Williams became an important figure in the brewing conflict between Wakanda and the underground kingdom of Talokan. “Ironheart” takes place after the events of the 2022 sequel.
While she made her first appearance in a “Black Panther” film, Ironheart is a spinoff of Iron Man, and Williams recently told Empire about how she got to talk to Robert Downey Jr., who personally endorsed her taking up the mantle. “Robert Downey Jr and I spoke just after we wrapped [‘Ironheart’], and he shared some very lovely words about my journey,” Thorne said. “He told me how excited he was and that he’s rooting for it, too. I literally got two thumbs up. It’s really reassuring to know you’re not embarrassing Iron Man.”
Of course there are some significant differences between Ironheart and Iron Man. For one, Riri Williams has to work her genius without the massive financial resources Tony Stark had at his command. For another, in “Ironheart” the titular hero is going to be facing a threat Stark never had to tackle: magic. The Hood is a mystical villain, and somehow Williams will need to figure out how high tech wizardry can combat outright magic.
“Ironheart” will premiere its first three episodes on June 24. One episode per week will release after that, with six episodes in total making up the series.
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