Jeremy Renner would be down for ‘Hawkeye’ Netflix Series
File under things probably never happening (especially due to the Cold War between Marvel Studios’ TV and Cinematic factions), but fuck would I love it: Jeremy Renner would be down for a Hawkeye Netflix series.
At a panel at Silicon Valley Comic Con, Jeremy Renner said he’d definitely love to do a Netflix series for Hawkeye–you know, like the ones other Marvel characters have been getting lately:
“I think that’s actually a really great model, if there’s ever a way to explore the character, maybe it’s in that world. These are things that are really not in my control, but I’d be open to it. I’ve really enjoyed getting to explore the character more recently. The Netflix model is where all the character drama goes to now, you’re doing a superhero movie or a Netflix or HBO kind of model. So I’d be open to it. Not up to me, though.”
The idea of a Hawkeye Netflix show intrigues me, but I’d certainly be more inclined to want it if they made it more of a standalone show, giving Clint Barton his own storyline apart from any of the other Avengers (although I wouldn’t necessarily say no to cameos). One thing that would be great would be a Netflix show adapted from the Hawkeye comic arc by Matt Fraction and David Aja–one that I just read and would be a great story for Netflix to adapt into a series. The visuals alone in that comic would be a fun challenge to bring to life in a TV medium. (And each episode could start with a Hawkeye voiceover: “Okay, this looks bad.”)