Black Panther 2 Director on Replacing Iron Man Mantle With Ironheart

Ahead of Riri Williams' solo series Ironheart, Dominque Thorne will first debut her new Iron Man-inspired character in Ryan Coolger's MCU sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. 

Many fans have been wondering if the Ironheart character will be overly derivative of Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man, who just exited the MCU in 2019's Avengers: Endgame and has at least one more project focused on his legacy in the upcoming Armor Wars movie. 

Early set photos suggested that Riri would build a suit made of scrapped parts from old Iron Man and War Machine suits of armor, leading some fans to believe Ironheart would be another love letter to Tony Stark. 

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