Marvel Was Developing HAWKEYE as a Solo Film Before It Became a Disney+ Series

Back in 2018, there were rumors that Marvel Studios was developing a Hawkeye solo film. When Marvel finally officially revealed they were developing a Hawkeye project, they announced it would actually be a series that would be coming to Disney+.

Well, it turns out that before Marvel announced the series, they were actually developing it as a solo film. The confirmation came from THR in an article about how studios are leaning into fan demand. In the article they say:

“Feige sees potential in using the service to build his movies, and vice versa, as characters will weave in and out of both. For example, the studio initially made a deal with Jeremy Renner to play his Avengers character Hawkeye in a solo movie before pivoting the project to a Disney+ series that is due this year.”

While a Hawkeye movie would have worked, I like Marvel is going to continue Hawkeye’s story as a series. Jeremy Renner is reprising his role, and he’ll be joined by Hailee Steinfeld, who is playing Kate Bishop. I like that Marvel is using the series to explore these characters in more depth.

There aren’t any concrete story details to share for the series, but it’s said to draw from Matt Fraction and David Aja's acclaimed Hawkeye comic run.

It was previously announced that the series would also star Florence Pugh, Vera Farmiga, Fra Fee, Tony Dalton, Alaqua Cox, and Zahn McClarnon.

Farmiga is playing Kate's mother Eleanor; Pugh will reprise her role as Yelena Belova; Fee is Kazi, short for Kazimierz Kazimierczak, a.k.a. Clown; Dalton is Duquesne, a.k.a. Swordsman; and Cox is Echo, with McClarnon playing her father William Lopez.

Troop Zero directors Bert and Bertie, a.k.a. Amber Finlayson (Bert) and Katie Ellwood (Bertie), and Saturday Night Live and Comrade Detective director Rhys Thomas have been hired to helm some episodes of the upcoming Disney+ Hawkeye series.