James R | On 13, Sep 2021

“I’ll be home for Christmas – I promise.” That’s the sound of Hawkeye returning to our screens – and a new trailer gives us a proper look at his Disney+ series.

The unexpectedly festive series is set in post-blip New York City. Former Avenger Clint Barton has a seemingly simple mission: get back to his family for the holidays. Possible? Maybe with the help of Kate Bishop, a 22-year-old archer with dreams of becoming a superhero. The two are forced to work together when a presence from Barton’s past threatens to derail far more than the festive spirit.

Starring Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye and Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop, Hawkeye also features Vera Farmiga, Fra Fee, Tony Dalton, Zahn McClarnon, Brian d’Arcy James and newcomer Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez. Helmed by Rhys Thomas and directing duo Bert and Bertie, the series premieres on Disney+ on 24th November.

Here’s the trailer – and the poster, which features a genuinely inspired tagline.

 

 

Hawkeye is available on Disney+ UK, as part of a £7.99 monthly subscription or a £79.99 yearly subscription.

 

First look: Hawkeye set for November Disney+ debut

4th August 2021

Marvel’s Hawkeye series now officially has a release date, and a new image gives us a first glimpse of Jeremy Renner’s sharp-shooter back in action.

Renner reprises his long-time role as Clint Barton/Hawkeye for the series, and is joined by Hailee Steinfeld stepping into the role as another well-known archer from the Marvel comics, Kate Bishop. Rounding out the cast are Vera Farmiga, Fra Fee, Tony Dalton, Zahn McClarnon and Brian d’Arcy James – and newcomer Alaqua Cox who will star as Maya Lopez. Florence Pugh is also expected to reprise her role as Yelena Belova, the sister of Black Widow.

Hawkeye is helmed by Rhys Thomas and directing duo Bert and Bertie and arrives on Disney+ on 24th November.

 

Florence Pugh, Vera Farmiga, Tony Dalton join Disney+ Hawkeye series

3rd December 2020

Florence Pugh, Vera Farmiga and Tony Dalton have all joined the Disney+ Hawkeye series.

The show, which was officially announced last year, is one of many Marvel TV shows in the works for Disney’s subscription streaming service. Renner will reprise his role from the MCU, with the show following not only the sharp-shooting Clint but also Kate Bishop, who ended up in the comics taking up the Hawkeye mantle as one of the Young Avengers.

Hailee Steinfeld will co-star with Renner in the series, with Bert and Bertie, the directing duo behind Amazon’s coming-of-age comedy Troop Zero, at the helm. Now, the show is beginning to assemble the rest of its cast, with Variety reporting that sources have confirmed a wave of new additions to the ensemble.

Florence Pugh and Vera Farmiga are leading the additions, with Farmiga set to play Eleanor Bishop, Kate’s mother, and Pugh set to reprise her role as Yelena Belova, the sister of Black Widow. Tony Dalton, best known for playing Lalo Salamanca in Better Call Saul, will play Jack Duquesne, who is expected to be a version of Marvel’s Swordsman, who was a mentor to Hawkeye. Fra Fee (Les Miserables) will play Kazi, thought to be a version of Marvel’s mercenary villain Clown. Alaqua Cox will play Maya Lopez, aka. Echo, who has the power of perfectly mimicking other people’s movements. And Zahn McClarnon (Westworld) will play William Lopez, thought to be a take on Maya’s father, Willie Lincoln.

Jonathan Igla will write and exec-produce the series, with production now underway in Atlanta and New York. The casting news comes just after Jeremy Renner posted an image from the set of the show on Instagram.

 

Troop Zero directors to helm Hawkeye Disney+ series

21st July 2020

Bert and Bertie, the directing duo behind Amazon’s coming-of-age comedy Troop Zero and Hulu’s The Great, will be part of the team at the helm of Disney’s upcoming Hawkeye series.

The show, which was officially announced last year, is one of many Marvel TV shows in the works for Disney’s new subscription streaming service – alongside The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, WandaVision and Loki. Renner will reprise his role from the MCU, with the show following not only the sharp-shooting Clint but also Kate Bishop, a character well-known from the comics – a character, who, in fact, ended up taking up the Hawkeye mantle as one of the Young Avengers. Hailee Steinfeld was once in talks for the part of Bishop, but there has been no confirmation of whether pen was put to paper, with Steinfeld since starring in Apple TV+ series Dickinson.

Now, though, after a long period of silence – and with production delayed on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier due to the coronavirus pandemic – Disney+ has set its sights on the directors for its series. Bert and Bertie, aka Amber Finlayson and Katie Ellwood, will helm a block of episodes, with SNL and Comrade Detective veteran Rhys Thomas also on board to direct a string of episodes.

The series is written by Mad Men’s Jonathan Igla, and was originally planned to debut after the other live-action Marvel shows, which puts its arrival in 2021 at the earliest. For now, though, the comedy-heavy roster of filmmakers suggest that you can expect a more light-hearted tone to Cliff’s adventures than when we last saw him in Avengers: Endgame.

 

Hawkeye Disney+ series finds showrunner – and star?

14th September 2019

Disney+ has reportedly found the showrunner and possibly the star for its new Hawkeye series.

The show, which first emerged earlier this year, is one of many Marvel TV shows in the works for Disney’s new subscription streaming service. At Comic-Con, Disney confirmed its slate of MCU spin-offs would include The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, WandaVision and Loki, as well as an animated What If…? series.

Hawkeye was also confirmed, with Jeremy Renner returning to reprise his role from the MCU. Renner and Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige confirmed that the series will follow not only the sharp-shooting Clint but also Kate Bishop, a character well-known from the comics – a character, who, in fact, ended up taking up the Hawkeye mantle as one of the Young Avengers.

Variety reports that sources say Hailee Steinfeld has been offered the lead role of Kate Bishop for the limited series. The role would mark Steinfeld’s second TV part, after taking the lead in Apple TV+’s upcoming Dickinson biopic about the 19th century poet Emily Dickinson. Should she take the part, it would perhaps pave the way for her own standalone Disney+ series, or even a role in the future of the MCU on the big screen.

The reports break at the same time as Disney+ has lined up another key player behind the series: Jonathan Igla as showrunner.

Igla is a Mad Men veteran, who was both writer and executive story editor on the AMC drama, which brings a prestige TV note to Disney+’s ambitions. He is no stranger to streaming, meanwhile, with a writer and supervising producer credit on Facebook Watch drama Sorry for Your Loss, starring Elizabeth Olsen.

Igla’s signing on completes the creative set-up for Disney’s new Marvel series, with Malcolm Spellman (Empire) writing Winter Soldier and Kari Scogland (The Handmaid’s Tale) directing, Jac Schaeffer (Captain Marvel) showrunner for WandaVision and Michael Waldron (Rick & Morty) writing and exec-producing Loki and Sex Education’s Kate Herron directing.

The Hawkeye series is expected to premiere in autumn 2021.

 

Disney+ sets sights on Hawkeye series

10th April 2019

Disney+ has its sights set on a new Hawkeye series, as it continues to expand its line-up of Marvel projects.

The House of Mouse’s new subscription streaming service will be looking to take on Netflix when it launches, and it’s using the full weight of its franchises and brands to do so. Today, it announced a new Monsters, Inc. spin-off series, with both John Goodman and Billy Crystal reprising their vocal performances for the show. That series will join a Loki TV show, with Tom Hiddleston yet another big name jumping to the small screen for Disney. Other Marvel series in the works include The Vision and Scarlet Witch, plus a Falcon series, as Disney looks to give solo outings to some of Marvel’s supporting characters.

It’s a big move for Marvel, which has previously kept its small screen outings separate, under the purview of Marvel TV head Jeph Loeb – including the Netflix Hell’s Kitchen series, which have since been cancelled, save for Jessica Jones. Marvel’s Disney+ series will be overseen by Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige, coordinating the crossover between the new limited programmes and the heroes’ big screen outings.

Variety reports that Jeremy Renner is the latest member of the Avengers to have a limited series lined up, with sharp-shooting archer Clint Barton said to pass the torch to Kate Bishop in the programme, a character from the comics who took up the Hawkeye mantle after Barton and is a member of the Young Avengers.

Disney and Marvel declined to comment, but the project is in line with the previous MCU series Disney+ has commissioned, with each show expected to be between six and eight episodes. Marvel will also release a string of animated series on Hulu, led by Howard the Duck.

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