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'It changed our release plan': Ironheart producers explain why it's taken so long to come out on Disney+ – and what the deal is with the Marvel TV show's unusual release schedule
Marvel has finally answered some big questions about Ironheart's delayed launch and unusual release schedule.
- Two Ironheart producers have answered big questions about its impending launch
- Marvel fans have wondered why it's taken so long to be released on Disney+
- MCU devotees also want to know what's up with its unusual release structure
Ironheart's creative team has lifted the lid on the Marvel TV show's long-overdue release.
Speaking to TechRadar ahead of its Disney+ debut, producer Zoie Nagelhout admitted the 2023 Hollywood strikes were the primary reason behind its launch delay.
Initially conceived as a movie in mid-2018, Marvel announced that Ironheart had been reimagined as a TV Original in December 2020. However, despite principal photography wrapping in November 2022, it's taken two and a half years for the final Marvel Phase 5 TV series to see the light of day. Indeed, Marvel only confirmed Ironheart's official release dates (June 24 and 25, depending on where you live) last October when the comic giant announced its 2025 Disney+ TV show line-up.
Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) fans will point out, though, that the 2023 strikes mainly focused on labor disputes between actors and writers, and the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers. If these individuals had completed work on Ironheart prior to the industrial action, and the series' post-production phase was all that was left to finish, why wasn't it released sooner?
"As it did for so many shows and films, the strikes changed our release plan," Nagelhout told me when I put that question to her and fellow producer Sev Ohanian. "As you can imagine, we [Marvel Studios] have a plethora of content that's always coming out, and we want to make sure each piece gets its day. We don't want them to compete with each other.
"So, whether that's Thunderbolts* coming out in theaters [in early May] or Daredevil: Born Again coming out [on Disney+ in early March}, it's about making sure each project has its moment to shine and gets the attention of fans. This ended up being when Ironheart could have its window. It's been locked and ready to go for two years, and we're just so excited it's finally here."
The cast and filmmakers at the #Ironheart red carpet premiere
