In keeping with Deadline, up-and-coming actress Regan Aliyah has been tapped to affix Dominique Thorne in Marvel Studios’ subsequent Disney+ sequence, Ironheart. Additional particulars about her character are nonetheless being saved beneath wraps.
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In addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe sequence, Aliyah can even subsequent be seen as a sequence common in Netflix’s coming-of-age dramedy XO, Kitty, which is the streamer’s first spin-off to its widespread To All The Boys I’ve Liked Earlier than movie trilogy.
Ironheart can be led by Dominique Thorne (If Beale Road May Discuss), who can be taking up the position of Riri Williams. Becoming a member of Thorne are Anthony Ramos (Within the Heights), Manny Montana (Good Ladies), Lyric Ross (That is Us), Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story), Zoe Terakes (9 Good Strangers), and Shea Couleé (RuPaul’s Drag Race).
Riri Williams is described as “a superb teenager who, within the comics, constructed her personal model of the Iron Man swimsuit in an MIT dorm.” Within the comics, she typically takes over for Tony Stark as Iron Man. The character the sequence relies on was created by author Brian Michael Bendis and artist Mike Deodato, and first debuted in Invincible Iron Man Vol. 2 #7 in 2016.
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Ironheart hails from head author Chinaka Hodge (Snowpiercer). It’s being directed by Sam Bailey and Angela Barnes, with Ryan Coogler govt producing by his Proximity banner.
The genius titular hero is about to make her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut within the long-awaited Black Panther: Wakanda Ceaselessly, which is able to arrive in theaters later this 12 months.
