Ironheart movie in development?

[Darkprime]

What do you all make of this? Apparently a script was commissioned but hasnt gone beyond that. At the very least it shows theres some interest in the character @ marvel studios.

http://****************.com/movies/ironheart-take-tony-stark-iron-man-mcu/

Synopsis from the script.

“When a young African American girl loses hope in humanity, she dedicates her life, with the help of Tony Stark, to becoming a superhero… not knowing she is her own worst enemy…”

 

[Abudefduf]

Uh, interesting. Have other MCU scripts ended up on the Black List?

EDIT: From The Hashtag Show:
http://thathashtagshow.com/2018/07/ironheart-script-appears-on-the-black-list/

We’ve been unable to get any comment on the project from Marvel Studios, so we’re left with more questions than answers at this time. We were told by another screenwriter that in order for Rodriguez to write the script, one of two things had to have happened: she had to own the IP or be commissioned to write the script.

 

[random_havoc]

I hope this is false. Having a teenage girl with no formal education just randomly be making armour up to Iron Man standards was really dumb in the comics, having that character try to replace RDJ? The worst idea ever.

 

[Brutikus]

I hope this is false. Having a teenage girl with no formal education just randomly be making armour up to Iron Man standards was really dumb in the comics, having that character try to replace RDJ? The worst idea ever.

Don't disagree with you at all.

Only would happen if Disney wanted to gamble their dollars with the girl power/diversity ticket and have the character as an aside to RDJ (or whomever maybe would play T Stark in future).

 

[Yowza]

Some writer's trying to catch a break put stuff up on the Black List and Marvel commissioned her script was all from what I gather. It doesn't appear they are actually going to use it in Phase 4 though just a backup card to play.

 

[MasterCat]

An Ironheart movie sounds like a threat.

 

[Yowza]

An Ironheart movie sounds like a threat.

That's an interesting and bit confounding way of putting it.

 

[Flash525]

An Ironheart film within the MCU makes about as much sense as Bucky becoming Captain America. It doesn't. Despite desire, nobody is going to be able to replace RDJ as Ironman, and we don't need legacy characters of any description.

There's enough original characters within the MCU who have a wide range of different abilities; we simply don't need more of the same. If the MCU wishes to change something, they should change it and make it different, not change it and make it the same.

 

[TheVileOne]

Sounds like someone wrote an unsolicited Ironheart script based on all that information.

 

[Silvermoth]

I would love an Ironheart movie! I just hope no one treats the actress who gets the gig as badly as more Kelly Marie Tran was treated over at Star Wars. If I was the eventual actress I would just delete all social media as soon as I get the gig. It’s a shame people have to do that though

 

[MasterCat]

That's an interesting and bit confounding way of putting it.

What I mean is that she's a garbage character created in 2016, when Marvel was having financial disputes with RDJ. "Look out, you're replaceable with someone more PC." She has to be as smart as Stark despite no mentoring, because anything less would be racist and misogynist, and she's a black girl in the first place for brownie points.
She's the sort of character who exposes the meta-fictional weakness of the whole genre. No one would question an 18-year-old black girl as a soldier in powered armor in a science fiction setting, but superheroes have their own genre conventions that require her to be a super-genius superior to the character she's a copy of. A unique individual super-genius just like Shuri, Moon Girl...

 

[Zarex]

What I mean is that she's a garbage character created in 2016, when Marvel was having financial disputes with RDJ. "Look out, you're replaceable with someone more PC." She has to be as smart as Stark despite no mentoring, because anything less would be racist and misogynist, and she's a black girl in the first place for brownie points.
She's the sort of character who exposes the meta-fictional weakness of the whole genre. No one would question an 18-year-old black girl as a soldier in powered armor in a science fiction setting, but superheroes have their own genre conventions that require her to be a super-genius superior to the character she's a copy of. A unique individual super-genius just like Shuri, Moon Girl...

This is not true. RDJ tweeted in support of Riri. He actually gets it.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I would be okay with it. But I would maybe make Riri look up to Stark, but be mentored by Shuri as part of the Wakandan outreach program she is doing. Stark mentoring her is too much like Homecoming. Shuri I think has more potential as a mentor in that regard. She'd be younger and connect with her differently.

 

[psylockolussus]

I don't think I want to see this. I think in terms of legacy heroes, Scott Lang is enough to headline a solo flick.

 

[NHawk19]

If they did it, I'd say they need to age her up from 15 to say 20-22 and alter her backstory slightly.

She applied to MIT at 17 got in but couldn't afford tuition, so she she enlisted in the military to get out of Chicago. Upon deployment she sees action and gets injured/shot. Takes an honorable discharge or shifts to reserves and uses the GI bill to pay for MIT. In fact she's there when Tony fully funded research programs in Civil War.

She's doing research to help soldiers and create a different Iron Man style suit / exoskeleton for regular infantry use. She gets word of some issue back home modifies her suit and flies back to Chicago to deal with it because the Avengers save the world not neighborhoods. She uses the Iron Man colors to try and scare the thugs into believing it's actually Iron Man. Rhodey intervenes after seeing the news showing a stand-off and someone in a suit and takes her to Tony.

 

[Melpardus]

I would be okay with it. But I would maybe make Riri look up to Stark, but be mentored by Shuri as part of the Wakandan outreach program she is doing. Stark mentoring her is too much like Homecoming. Shuri I think has more potential as a mentor in that regard. She'd be younger and connect with her differently.

If they did it, I'd say they need to age her up from 15 to say 20-22 and alter her backstory slightly.

She applied to MIT at 17 got in but couldn't afford tuition, so she she enlisted in the military to get out of Chicago. Upon deployment she sees action and gets injured/shot. Takes an honorable discharge or shifts to reserves and uses the GI bill to pay for MIT. In fact she's there when Tony fully funded research programs in Civil War.

She's doing research to help soldiers and create a different Iron Man style suit / exoskeleton for regular infantry use. She gets word of some issue back home modifies her suit and flies back to Chicago to deal with it because the Avengers save the world not neighborhoods. She uses the Iron Man colors to try and scare the thugs into believing it's actually Iron Man. Rhodey intervenes after seeing the news showing a stand-off and someone in a suit and takes her to Tony.

I like some combination of these two ideas -- showing a tangible ground-level effect of Wakanda's outreach programs is a great idea that I'm sure will be somewhat glossed over in the rest of the franchise anyway -- though I somehow doubt this'll get a full movie unless Marvel starts doing more one-off films. I don't mind legacy characters depending on the story and "mantle", but I don't want a whole trilogy-type franchise built on said characters. That said, I wouldn't mind giving this a look if it ever does get made; Riri is a character I've wanted to see in the MCU since she was first created, she just needs enough of a spin to be more than "just a black girl Iron Man".

(Plus it would be nice to see Shuri in a mentoring role; despite what I've seen on other comment sections and forums, you can in fact have two or more black girls onscreen at a time and have them talk science and such.)

 

[MasterCat]

If they did it, I'd say they need to age her up from 15 to say 20-22 and alter her backstory slightly.

She applied to MIT at 17 got in but couldn't afford tuition, so she she enlisted in the military to get out of Chicago. Upon deployment she sees action and gets injured/shot. Takes an honorable discharge or shifts to reserves and uses the GI bill to pay for MIT. In fact she's there when Tony fully funded research programs in Civil War.

She's doing research to help soldiers and create a different Iron Man style suit / exoskeleton for regular infantry use. She gets word of some issue back home modifies her suit and flies back to Chicago to deal with it because the Avengers save the world not neighborhoods. She uses the Iron Man colors to try and scare the thugs into believing it's actually Iron Man. Rhodey intervenes after seeing the news showing a stand-off and someone in a suit and takes her to Tony.

This is a really good setup!

 

[Havok83]

I was afraid they were going to turn Shuri into Ironheart

 

[Dark Raven]

I was afraid they were going to turn Shuri into Ironheart

It makes more sense for her to be than some random girl with no training whatsoever.

 

[wampa1]

Why does she need 'training'? Can she not just be a skilled engineer? It's not as though there was a Superhero Robot Suit course that Stark had completed before he made the Mk.1.

 

[Havok83]

It makes more sense for her to be than some random girl with no training whatsoever.

I wouldnt be opposed to it as the first BP already set her up as the smartest person we know in the MCU and placed her in the US. The MCU Shuri seems more like RiRi than the comic Shuri

 

[Flash525]

I was afraid they were going to turn Shuri into Ironheart

If they were ever going to go there, I'd be more than happy for Shuri to play the part, though I know audiences are very split on this.

 

[Silvermoth]

I would definitely watch Shuri as IronHeart but it does feel weird that a great character like that would just follow in Tony’s footsteps

 

[Flash525]

I would definitely watch Shuri as IronHeart but it does feel weird that a great character like that would just follow in Tony’s footsteps

If we've learned one thing from the MCU, it's that they like to please the fans. We also know that they don't directly follow the comics, and that they work with what they have, or they enable things to work thus contributing more to the plot (such as Vision with the Mind Stone).

If Shuri does become [a version of] Ironheart, I'd imagine Kevin Feige would have the character her own thing; maybe an Ironman inspired suit, but of Wakandan design and feature; maybe something of a mix between boosters and shields, but more agile (as the BP suit is).

Think a purple ironman suit that's more flexible.

 

[Neptune]

what i mean is that she's a garbage character created in 2016, when marvel was having financial disputes with rdj. "look out, you're replaceable with someone more pc." she has to be as smart as stark despite no mentoring, because anything less would be racist and misogynist, and she's a black girl in the first place for brownie points.
She's the sort of character who exposes the meta-fictional weakness of the whole genre. No one would question an 18-year-old black girl as a soldier in powered armor in a science fiction setting, but superheroes have their own genre conventions that require her to be a super-genius superior to the character she's a copy of. A unique individual super-genius just like shuri, moon girl...

agreed!!!