HomeABC Entertainment‘Black Panther’ director Ryan Coogler will executive produce ‘Ironheart’ for Disney+‘Black Panther’ director Ryan Coogler will executive produce ‘Ironheart’ for Disney+Mon, April 11, 2022 by ABC NewsSHARE NOW Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney -- Dia Dipasupil/Getty ImagesRyan Coogler has been tapped as the executive producer of Ironheart, the upcoming Marvel Studios series bound for Disney+, according to The Hollywood Reporter.As previously reported, the show will center on Riri Williams, a brilliant student who creates her own Iron Man suit in her MIT dorm.Coogler’s involvement is a logical bit of synergy, as Dominique Thorne will reportedly make her debut as the character in his upcoming sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which takes place after the death of Robert Downey Jr.‘s Tony Stark/Iron Man in Avengers: Endgame.Ironheart does not yet have an official premiere date, but could debut later this year. Black Panther: Wakanda Foreveris set to hit theaters on July 8, 2022.Marvel is owned by Disney, parent company of ABC News. Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
