Could Ty Simpkins Still Return To The MCU?

 Could Ty Simpkins Still Return To The MCU?

Keeping what we know about Ironheart in mind, there’s still a chance that Ty Simpkins could bring Harley Keener back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Now that Riri Williams’ antics with her own suit of armor are now public knowledge, her Disney+ sequel series will probably send some unsavory characters her way.

It tends to happen whenever someone with an Iron-mantle enters the field, and Harley has some experience working under such conditions. Giving him a chance to properly grieve on-screen, and maybe even become a part of the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe, a Harley Keener return is still a solid tip of the hat to the past.

There’s certainly interest from Simpkin’s end of the conversation, as a 2020 Inverse interview breached that very subject. In that conversation, Ty Simpkins shared the following feelings about returning for a new project:

I’d love to be in future films. Obviously I’d love to be inserted anywhere I could, but I haven’t been told anything.

“Anywhere” could be in a position of friendship where Harley and Riri team up to refine her designs, fend off some bad guys and continue the legacy that Tony Stark left behind. His return doesn’t need to supercede Riri’s adventures, as the MCU loves to connect previous characters we thought would never return into future excursions. Just look at the Captain America: Brave New World cast, and you’ll see that’s still very much the truth.

For all we know, there’s a plan to bring Harley Keener back into Marvel’s interconnected world of wonder afoot, and it’s just not public knowledge yet. Though there was clearly a fumbled opportunity in the past, there’s plenty of time to fix things in the latest phase; and before one of two new Avengers movies potentially drafts Ty Simpkins into its roster of heroes. It's the least the universe could do after failing to return him to the Jurassic World sequels he was amped to take part in, but never did.