Marvel’s Ironheart Trailer Proves The MCU Is Fixing A 10-Year-Old Iron Man Problem
The MCU’s Ironheart show will finally break a frustrating Iron Man trend that has been present in the franchise for a decade. Ironheart’s MCU story is expected in 2025 and will build on the character’s introduction to the franchise. Riri Williams first appeared in 2022 and was last seen in the ending of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever after building her first Ironheart suit using Wakandan technology. Now, the upcoming MCU TV show will outline Riri forging her own legacy in Marvel’s sprawling universe, alongside another new suit of Tony Stark-like armor.
Ironheart has a lot of exciting elements overall, from the continuation of Riri’s storyline to the implementation of magic in a technology-based story via the inclusion of the Marvel Comics villain known as The Hood. More so than these aspects, though, many are looking forward to seeing how Ironheart addresses the legacy of Iron Man. Whether indeed the show will do this or separate Riri from Tony Stark completely remains to be seen, but one confirmed element from Ironheart will at least fix a problem that has plagued Iron Man in the MCU for almost a decade.
The element in question is how CGI-heavy the titular Ironheart armor will be. Given that Ironheart is a hero who will fly around in metal armor just as Tony Stark did in the Infinity Saga of the MCU, CGI will naturally be implemented into the show to a heavy extent. That said, a recent comment from Marvel Studios' Head of Streaming, TV, and Animation, Brad Winderbaum, has brought to light an interesting aspect of Ironheart’s CGI usage where Riri’s suit of armor is concerned.
In an interview with Brandon Davis, Winderbaum was asked about Ironheart’s armor, specifically whether it will be completely CGI or have practical elements. Winderbaum replied:
There’s a full practical suit. It doesn’t obviously do all the crazy things that the suit does but we used a lot of techniques that go all the way back to the first Iron Man film, where we actually had a practical suit on set
