In her long-awaited series, the actor is ready to show the world what makes Riri Williams different from the hero who kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Marvel Studios' television series "Ironheart" finally took off in Hollywood on Monday (June 23) after a lengthy trip to the small screen. Originally shot in 2022 for a 2023 release, the series follows young technological genius Riri Williams, who was introduced in 2022's "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever".

Though Ironheart executive producer Ryan Coogler wasn’t initially thinking of a spinoff series for Dominique Thorne’s Riri Williams - first introduced in 2022’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as a young Chicagoan tech wiz - once Marvel’s team approached him about it,