Marvel Taps Multiple Directors for “Hawkeye” Series Coming to Disney+

Marvel has a lot of exciting projects coming to Disney+ in the near future. One of those project focuses on everyone’s favorite archer – Hawkeye – and Marvel has tapped multiple directors for the series coming to the streaming service, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

  • Amber Finlayson and Katie Ellwood have signed on to helm a block of episodes in the upcoming new series, while Rhys Thomas will handle his own block.
  • Finlayson and Ellwood are known for directing Amazon’s comedy Troop Zero.
  • Thomas is known for his work on Saturday Night Live, Staten Island Summer, Comrade Detective and John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch.
  • Jeremy Renner is set to reprise his role as Clint Barton AKA, the non-superpowered superhero who has fought alongside the Avengers over the course of four movies.
  • He weill be joined by Kate Bishop, another young archer and the second Hawkeye in the comics.
  • Bishop could reportedly be played by Hailee Steinfeld, who was reportedly offered the role back in September.
  • Marvel also tapped writer Jonathan Igla, known for his work on AMC’s Mad Men, to pen the series.

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