Black Panther Director Says TV Spin-Off Ironheart Is a 'Great Sample of Things to Come' in Avengers: Doomsday, Even Though It Was Filmed Before Marvel Made the Switch to Doctor Doom

Black Panther manager Ryan Coogler has linked the stories of upcoming Disney+ spin-off bid Ironheart and Marvel's adjacent mega blockbuster Avengers: Doomsday, arsenic the show's archetypal 3 episodes motorboat today.

Speaking to Deadline, Coogler admitted that Ironheart was conceived earlier Marvel dramatically changed people connected its plans for the adjacent Avengers movie, and ditched Jonathan Majors' Kang the Conqueror to alternatively bring backmost Robert Downey Jr., present playing Dr. Doom.

Still, Coogler evoked Dr. Doom to suggest that Ironheart had a akin absorption — a premix of exertion and magic that was symbolic of Marvel's iconic masked villain.

"It's truthful brainsick to beryllium putting this [show] retired now, astatine the clip wherever AI is connected the beforehand of everybody's mind, technological morals are connected the beforehand of everybody's mind," said Coogler, who holds an enforcement shaper recognition connected the series.

"But besides erstwhile the MCU is gearing up — we didn't cognize it was going to beryllium Dr. Doom successful the Avengers erstwhile we archetypal started, but he's a feline successful publishing who's astir celebrated for fusing exertion and magic, truthful it's a large illustration of things that are to travel successful astir apt what's going to beryllium the biggest movie successful Marvel history."

The archetypal fractional of Ironheart launches today, June 24, 2025 connected Disney+, aft an unusually agelong hold betwixt filming and release. Filming initially lasted betwixt June and November 2022, earlier reshoots reportedly took spot betwixt February to April 2024.

It's absorbing to comparison this accumulation docket to what other was going connected down the scenes astatine Marvel astir this time. Reports suggesting Disney was reconsidering its plans for Kang circulated passim 2023, aft Majors' apprehension successful March of that year. Majors was formally fired successful December 2023, instantly aft helium was recovered blameworthy of harassment and assault. By February 2024, what was Avengers: The Kang Dynasty was reportedly being rewritten. Finally, successful July 2024, Marvel announced that its 5th Avengers movie was present titled Avengers: Doomsday, with its absorption shifted to Dr. Doom.

So, was determination clip amid each these changes for Ironheart to get retooled arsenic an Avengers: Doomsday lead-in? Is that wherefore the bid took truthful agelong to arrive? If immoderate wide motion of Doom does appear, it would suggest Marvel was already settled connected its plans for the adjacent Avengers movie arsenic aboriginal arsenic the commencement of 2024, erstwhile Ironheart reshoots took place, months earlier the Russos and Robert Downey Jr. were formally announced to the world.

Or, perhaps, Coogler is conscionable savvy capable to cognize that portion this belated Black Panther: Wakanda Forever spin-off mightiness beryllium launching now, Marvel fans are already focused connected December 18, 2026 — erstwhile Avengers: Doomsday yet arrives.

While Ironheart prima Riri Williams is simply a technological genius, caller weeks person seen Marvel absorption its selling connected the series' magical side, evoking fashionable Disney+ shows similar Wandavision and Agatha: All Along. Indeed, Marvel fans judge Ironheart is hiding a large magical concealed — the debut of a quality whose MCU accomplishment has been expected for immoderate time.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social