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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterShea Couleé is in a superhero show, baby.The star of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars,” and finalist on “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars All Winners,” has joined the Marvel Studios TV series “Ironheart” in an undisclosed role.“Ironheart,” set to debut on Disney+ in the fall of 2023, stars Dominique Thorne (“If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Judas and the Black Messiah”) as engineering genius Riri Williams, who, in the comics, develops a supersuit similar to Tony Stark’s Iron Man.
The show is set to costar Anthony Ramos (“In the Heights”), Alden Ehrenreich (“Solo: A Star Wars Story”), Lyric Ross (“This Is Us”) and Manny Montana (“Good Girls”). Thorne’s character is set to be introduced this fall in the Marvel feature film “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Chinaka Hodge (“Amazing Stories,” “Snowpiercer”) is serving as head writer on “Ironheart,” with Sam Bailey (“Dear White People”) and Angela Barnes (“Blindspotting”) dividing directing duties.
Proximity — the production company co-founded by “Black Panther” filmmaker Ryan Coogler — is producing with Marvel Studios.Couleé has been a “Drag Race” fan favorite from the start of her run on Season 9 of the main series. She returned to win Season 5 of “All Stars” and then again this summer on the recently concluded seventh season of “All Stars,” which featured only previous winners.
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Ru Paul's Drag Race winner Shea Couleé recently announced that she would be joining the cast of Marvel’s newest series Ironheart. The news first broke on Wednesday after Deadline reported Couleé is set to star in a “secret role” for the show.The All-Star winner tweeted how excited she was to be joining the superhero franchise.“BEYOND excited to be strutting out of the Werkroom right into the Marvel Cinematic Universe,” Couleé tweeted. “Words cannot express how excited I am to be a part of this amazing project! Acting was my first love, and I’m thrilled to be doing it again in such a big way!”BEYOND excited to be strutting out of the Werkroom right into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Werq the World, in which, as the press release puts it, “an experiment gone wrong sends audiences spiraling through time with no way of returning to 2022!The queens will whisk fans on a magical journey through iconic periods of history in hopes of returning them safely home.”If not a safe return, would it be too much to ask for a happy ending from the queens participating in this Official RuPaul’s Drag Race World Tour? We’re talking repeat offenders Kameron Michaels, Rosé, Vanjie, Jaida Essence Hall, plus perennial host Asia O’Hara, and fresh blood from Season 14 finalists Angeria Paris Van Micheals, Daya Betty, and Jorgeous.All told, the coterie of queens will be entertaining fans in over 50 cities across North America this summer on behalf of Voss Events, World of Wonder, and VH1.“This is the biggest, most spectacular drag show on earth,” says Brandon Voss, the show’s lead producer, in a press release. “Audiences will be in awe as their favorite queens from past seasons and the newest stars of Season 14 come together on some incredible numbers. The music, sets, fashion, choreography, and lighting in the 2022 production are the largest to date and like nothing fans of drag have ever seen before.”The tour stops in D.C.
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is joining the MCU! season 5 winner Shea Couleé confirmed on Wednesday that she'll be featured in the upcoming Marvel series, on Disney+.created by writer Chinaka Hodge -- is set to star standout Dominique Thorne as the titular Marvel hero, aka Riri Williams, the genius inventor of the most high-tech super-suit since Iron Man. In the comic canon, Riri is a proud resident of Chicago, so it makes sense that one of the city's most popular drag queens will be part of the show — though information on Shea's character is being kept tightly under wraps.«BEYOND excited to be strutting out of the Werkroom right into the Marvel Cinematic Universe,» Shea shared on social media. «Words cannot express how excited I am to be a part of this amazing project! Acting was my first love, and I’m thrilled to be doing it again in such a big way!»BEYOND excited to be strutting out of the Werkroom right into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Twitter. “Words cannot express how excited I am to be a part of this amazing project! Acting was my first love, and I’m thrilled to be doing it again in such a big way!
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EXCLUSIVE: RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Shea Couleé is headed to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as sources tell Deadline she has landed a secret role in its upcoming series Ironheart. The series will star Dominique Thorne as Marvel character Riri Williams, a genius inventor and creator of the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man. Anthony Ramos Alden Ehrenreich is also on board as well as
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Werq the World, in which, as the press release puts it, “an experiment gone wrong sends audiences spiraling through time with no way of returning to 2022!The queens will whisk fans on a magical journey through iconic periods of history in hopes of returning them safely home.”If not a safe return, would it be too much to ask for a happy ending from the queens participating in this Official RuPaul’s Drag Race World Tour? We’re talking repeat offenders Kameron Michaels, Rosé, Vanjie, Jaida Essence Hall, plus perennial host Asia O’Hara, and fresh blood from Season 14 finalists Angeria Paris Van Micheals, Daya Betty, and Jorgeous.All told, the coterie of queens will be entertaining fans in over 50 cities across North America this summer on behalf of Voss Events, World of Wonder, and VH1.“This is the biggest, most spectacular drag show on earth,” says Brandon Voss, the show’s lead producer, in a press release. “Audiences will be in awe as their favorite queens from past seasons and the newest stars of Season 14 come together on some incredible numbers. The music, sets, fashion, choreography, and lighting in the 2022 production are the largest to date and like nothing fans of drag have ever seen before.”The tour stops in D.C.