Civil War Jeremy Renner confirmed for Civil War

[RedRose]

He is contracted to do a Hawkeye solo film- now of course that doesn't mean (obviously ) that they will do it but that does show that Marvel was considering it at one point.

 

[TalismanRing]

Marvel makes as inclusive a contract as possible that gives them as much leeway as possible while restricting an actor's ability to renegotiate and one that the actor's agent will accept. Hence, 9 film contracts (Stan) and contracts that allow them to use the actor on TV (Cobie) or multi film contracts for characters they kill off in the first move (Strucker). Even that kid actor in IM3 had a 3 film contract. They're just covering all the bases to their own benefit.

 

[TalismanRing]

Oh, I'd love a Hawkeye netflix series. I'd even take he being part of the Agents of SHIELD team.

I can't see Renner signing on to a TV series where he's not the lead character and right now a Marvel Neftlix series has more cache and pull for a film actor than network TV.

 

[RedRose]

Marvel makes as inclusive a contract as possible that gives them as much leeway as possible while restricting an actor's ability to renegotiate and one that the actor's agent will accept. Hence, 9 film contracts (Stan) and contracts that allow them to use the actor on TV (Cobie) or multi film contracts for characters they kill off in the first move (Strucker). Even that kid actor in IM3 had a 3 film contract. They're just covering all the bases to their own benefit.

Yes but they were also discussing it at one point. This is what Feige said:

“There’s no definitive plans, but we have started talking and talking with Scarlett about what a Widow movie could be. Internally we’ve also started thinking what a ‘Hawkeye’ movie could be, how we could continue to explore the organization [which Samuel Jackson‘s Nick Fury leads] S.H.I.E.L.D, which has a pretty big part in ‘Thor,’ smaller parts in the two ‘Iron Man’ films and has a giant part in ‘The Avengers.’ [So it’s like], what would a stand-alone “S.H.I.E.L.D.” be like? It all goes back to the comics. Sometimes the answer is—when looking at a certain run of issues— ‘no way’ and sometimes the answer is ‘maybe, let’s continue to explore it’ and certainly with Hawkeye and Black Widow those are two that we’re exploring.”

Now obviously they came to the conclusion that they don't want to do a movie with these two but I do like that Renner is up for it, and I do like the fact that he was as confused as anyone over the surprise family. I know most people don't care about Hawkeye and don't want to see more of him, and like that he is a minimal player but I'm not one of those people.

 

[AvengerPA]

 

[TheVileOne]

IMHO, this Hawkeye is not interesting enough to lead a TV series or his own film.

How are you going to deal with his family, and what's he going to do in a solo series?

 

[RedRose]

IMHO, this Hawkeye is not interesting enough to lead a TV series or his own film.

How are you going to deal with his family, and what's he going to do in a solo series?

I agree, this Hawkeye is pretty dull.

 

[yllum]

I agree too..mcu version is pretty dull

they should have went the matt fraction route of adapting Hawkeye.

 

[MbJ]

That would have been tough given that the Matt Fraction series wasn't written until after the movie was out.

 

[yllum]

That would have been tough given that the Matt Fraction series wasn't written until after the movie was out.

aye! well said. I totally forget that.

 

[BatsDC]

Yeah, but Hawkeye was essentially defined in AoU, given he was mind-controlled for a majority of Avengers. They could have easily written in the Fraction backstory... But Whedon chose the family backstory purely so people would think he was going to be killed off. Ugh

 

[yllum]

Yeah, but Hawkeye was essentially defined in AoU, given he was mind-controlled for a majority of Avengers. They could have easily written in the Fraction backstory... But Whedon chose the family backstory purely so people would think he was going to be killed off. Ugh

wow..good point too!

 

[MbJ]

Unless Whedon was actively reading the comics while writing the script, he probably wasn't even all that aware of the Fraction series. I have no idea which, if any comics the man is currently reading, and all the Fraction stuff was a very recent addition to the character.

 

[RedRose]

The Fraction stuff is very good but so are other versions of Hawkeye. Whedon literally chose the most boring Hawkeye- maybe he thought the other characters had enough flavor? Renner is such a great actor that he could do a lot more. And for the first time it seems like he is interested in doing a lot more.

 

[RedRose]

Unless Whedon was actively reading the comics while writing the script, he probably wasn't even all that aware of the Fraction series. I have no idea which, if any comics the man is currently reading, and all the Fraction stuff was a very recent addition to the character.

He had been focused on Ultimates Hawkeye from the beginning I think. I wonder what fascinated him so much about that version because I feel like the Ultimates were the most "alternative reality" comics.

 

[MbJ]

He had been focused on Ultimates Hawkeye from the beginning I think. I wonder what fascinated him so much about that version because I feel like the Ultimates were the most "alternative reality" comics.

The Ultimates provided a very easy framework for how to do a live-action take on the Marvel Universe. That's part of what it was there for.

 

[RedRose]

Well I'm all for killing off the family and starting anew, let's get to that part of the Ultimates :P

 

[chamber-music]

IMHO, this Hawkeye is not interesting enough to lead a TV series or his own film.

Agreed.

This version of Hawkeye is not particularly compelling.

 

[MbJ]

Well I'm all for killing off the family and starting anew, let's get to that part of the Ultimates :P

Once again, I doubt it. I know Hawkwidow shippers really want that to happen but it's probably not, and definitely not in Civil War.

Black Widow's romance subplot went over like a lead balloon, so there's not gonna be any hurry to hook her up with another guy. And Hawkeye isn't getting a solo narrative anytime soon so there's no point in killing the family.

 

[RedRose]

Once again, I doubt it. I know Hawkwidow shippers really want that to happen but it's probably not, and definitely not in Civil War.

Black Widow's romance subplot went over like a lead balloon, so there's not gonna be any hurry to hook her up with another guy. And Hawkeye isn't getting a solo narrative anytime soon so there's no point in killing the family.

Oh I doubt it too. I doubt they will ever care about Hawkeyes character outside of marketing purposes at this point.

 

[Jeight]

The Fraction stuff is very good but so are other versions of Hawkeye. Whedon literally chose the most boring Hawkeye- maybe he thought the other characters had enough flavor? Renner is such a great actor that he could do a lot more. And for the first time it seems like he is interested in doing a lot more.

Hawkeye was mostly boring Ultimate or not before Fraction. Fraction started his run in late 2012 and the Avengers was long released by that state. Whedon couldn't possibly have known about the reinvention of the character.

 

[RedRose]

I don't know, I feel like he had more spunk in most of the comics and certainly in the cartoon.

 

[BoredGuy]

He was always a fairly humorous character
Fraction's run mainly just modernized him with more snark and pop cultural stuff

 

[Sneakronicity]

Fraction's run is no the be all end all version of Clint. Even if someone didn't read the comics, there were other awesome versions to choose from. The Earth's Mightiest Heroes cartoon aired before the avengers film, and even featured Clint and Natasha being SHIELD agents in the beginning before the Avengers were formed. This version of Clint was funny, cocky, and everything Clint should be. Ultimates/MCU Clint is like the anti-Clint.

Saddling Clint with a family was a horrible decision for Clint's development. It didn't develop his character at all, and actually stunted his development when it comes to him being an Avenger. There has been nothing to show that he cares about anyone on the team except for Natasha, nothing that ties him emotionally to the team. He literally shows up, fights, then goes home to his family. There's no connection there. The Avengers should be his family, he should be right there training the new ones, and really conflicted when it comes to choosing a side in Civil War.

Brainwashing him in the first movie already disconnected him from the team because he missed out on the initial squabbling and team building, but giving him a family completely made him an outcast, and the two prime opportunities for true character development that he had (dealing with Loki's mind control, the fall of SHIELD) were handled off screen, like his magic secret family heals all wounds. As a major Hawkeye fan I could not be more disappointed or saddened by how he's turned out in the MCU. The only thing that could save him for me at this point is for him to show up divorced and ready to devote himself completely to the Avengers.

 

[sherrymarton]

he is confirmed and a member of captain's team what I have read