Marvel Studios’ “Iron Heart” has found its two directors.
Sam Bailey (“Dear White People”) and Angela Barnes (“Blindspotting”) will split directing duties for the Disney Plus series — which will be produced by Proximity, the production company co-founded by “Black Panther” filmmaker Ryan Coogler.
The series follows Riri Williams (Dominic Thorne), who invents a suit of armor resembling the Iron Man Tony Stark’s suit. Not much is known about the series’ storyline, but Thorne is set to appear as Williams for the first time in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which is set to premiere in November.
Williams will be joined by Anthony Ramos (“In the Heights”) and Lyric Ross (“This Is Us”) in the series created by lead writer Chinaka Hodge (“Snowpiercer”).
Proximity founders Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian serve as executive producers on the series, along with Hodge and Marvel Studios from Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, and Zoie Nagelhout. Proximity is co-founded with Ludwig Göransson, Archie Davis and Peter Nicks, for event-focused movies, TV series, soundtracks and podcasts that highlight unproductive themes and stories.
“Ironheart” is part of Proximity’s exclusive television deal with Walt Disney, which was announced in February 2021.
Chicago-based Bailey, who will direct the first three episodes of “Ironheart,” made her debut as the star, writer, and director of the web series You’re So Talented, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. She directed episodes of “Dear White People”, “Grown-ish”, “The Chi” and “Alone Together”, and co-created the web series “Brown Girls”.
Barnes has directed episodes of “Mythic Quest”, “Blindspotting” and the fourth season of “Atlanta”, and also worked on the viral “Get Your Booty to the Poll” voting campaign. She will direct the last three episodes of “Ironheart”.
Bailey is represented by Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment, CAA and Amy Nickin of Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz.
Barnes represents Brant Rose: Brant Rose & Toochis Morin Rose, M88: Gabriel Mena and Natalia Williams.
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