SPOILERS for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, What If…? Season 3, and any MCU TV/Film released up to June 2025.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was first released in late 2022.
The series Ironheart, featuring Riri Williams who first debuted in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, releases on June 24, 2025.
With the exception of What If…? S03E05 “What If… the Emergence Destroyed the Earth?”, we haven’t seen Riri Williams in ~2.5 years.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is also just a great film.
Riri is the obvious Marvel Studios-mandated appearance imo. Maybe Coogler was the one who wanted to include her - but it very much feels like Marvel was like “hey you need to have her in this movie in order to set up her series”.
Haha I remember the Coogler! Undergrads was a great show.