We've known for a while that one of the flagship offerings from the new Disney+ streaming service will be series based on Marvel characters who haven't had their own origin films and are often more on the sidelines. While Jeremy Renner's Clint "Hawkeye" Barton is part of the key original Avengers ensemble, he's now getting more of his own focus via a new show.
According to Variety Marvel and Disney are developing the series with Renner attached to star, and while there is a lot to explore in his character (his SHIELD past, his family's story), part of the show will be an adventure element that sees him passing the archer torch to young hero Kate Bishop, a storyline right out of the comics.
As with the other series in the works – featuring Loki, Winter Soldier and Falcon and Vision and Scarlet Witch – the idea is for the shows to run around six to eight episodes, with the MCU actors aboard and a lower budget (obviously) than the movies. But all produced by Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios as opposed to the Marvel TV division.
Hawkeye was on house arrest during the events of Avengers: Infinity War, but as the trailers for Endgame have shown, he'll be back on duty, taking on the Ronin identity following what we're sure was at least some loss in his family post-snap. The film will be out here on 25 April.
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