IRONHEART Rumor Claims Riri Williams Will Indeed Square Off With The Hood In Upcoming Disney+ Series

Very little is known about the Ironheart TV series on its way to Disney+, though Hamilton and In The Heights star Anthony Ramos has been tapped to play the show's villain.

We've heard that he could be a relation of Iron Man's Obidiah Stane, and it would certainly make sense to pit Dominique Thorne's Riri Williams against someone like Ezekiel. However, a new rumour points to the show's big bad being a very unexpected character: The Hood. 

This news comes our way courtesy of scooper KC Walsh on Twitter, who told his followers recently, "So they really are putting The Hood in Ironheart...magic vs mechanics." 

The Hood may not look like much on the surface, but he's a credible threat. A petty thief, Parker Robbins broke into a warehouse and shot and killed a demon residing there. Stealing its cloak and boots, he gained extraordinary powers and ultimately assembled a massive criminal empire. 

Magic would get the better of him once he started toying with forces beyond his control, but The Hood has even taken aim at the Infinity Stones, so Ironheart won't find it easy to stop him. Given their lack of comic book history, we're intrigued by this decision, but there's definitely something fun about the idea of pitting science against magic. 

We'll meet Riri for the first time in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, with the anticipation being that she'll suit up for the first time there. Marvel Studios is likely banking on her being the MCU's new "Iron Man," so expect her to be a major player in this sequel, her own series, and most likely the upcoming Armor Wars show as well (that's expected to include Don Cheadle's War Machine).

Are you excited to see Ironheart potentially square off with The Hood? Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is set to be released on November 11, while Ironheart will likely premiere on Disney+ sometime in 2023 or 2024.