In December 2020, Marvel Studios announced plans to release Ironheart based on the comic book series of the same name created by Brian Michael Bendis and artist Mike Deodato. Up-and-coming actor Dominique Thorne was announced to tackle the role of Riri Williams, who would go on to make her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Shortly after the premiere of the movie, production kicked off on the Ironheart series for DIsney+ with little news surfacing after.