Marvel’sHawkeyeseries has just made some additions to its cast. Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel), Tony Dalton (Better Call Saul), Florence Pugh (Black Widow), Fra Fee (Les Misérables), Alaqua Cox, and Zahn McClarnon (Longmire) have all joined the upcoming Disney+ series.
It was rumored earlier this week thatFlorence Pughwas reprising herYelena Belovacharacter for the series, which appears to be true now, even though Marvel Studios is still keeping their lips sealed.
Production is currently underway in Atlanta, where Jeremy Renner confirmed that they were back in action. It had been rumored for over a year thatHailee Steinfeld was going to play Kate BishopinHawkeye, but she denied all speculation. As it turns out, the young actress is playing Bishop, as evidenced by some leaked images from the set.Vera Farmigais set to play Eleanor Bishop, the mother of Kate Bishop, while Tony Dalton will portray Jack Duquesne, who could be playing Swordsman too.
Fra Fee will play Kazi in theHawkeyeseries, aka Kazimierz Kazimierczak, who is best known to Marvel fans as the villain Clown. Alaqua Cox will play Maya Lopez, which is the real name of the Marvel Comics character Echo. Zahn McClarnon will portray William Lopez. For now, Marvel Studios is still keeping things under wraps in terms of the storyline. With that being said, it is believed that the series will show Jeremy Renner’s Clint Barton passing the torch to a young Kate Bishop, who will take on the Hawkeye moniker for the Young Avengers. These details are pure speculation at this point, as they have not been confirmed by anyone at Marvel Studios.
It’s beginning to look like theHawkeyeseries will tap into some lesser-known Marvel Comics characters to prepare them for possible larger roles within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Disney+is shaping up to be a pretty big home for all of these MCU characters, especially since there isn’t much happening on the big screen. The studio had to takeBlack Widowand theEternalsmovie and delay them until next year, so it will be interesting to see how everything works across the two formats in 2021.
Marvel Studios has theWandaVisionseries set to premiere on January 15th, exclusively on Disney+.The Falcon and Winter Soldier,Loki, andHawkeyeare all on deck for releases next year, even though no premiere dates have been announced as of this writing. In addition to the aforementioned shows, Marvel Studios is also developing aShe-Hulkseries, which may or may not star Tatiana Maslany. Then there’s theMs. Marvelseries, which stars newcomer Iman Vellani. That particular series is already filming in Atlanta. If all that wasn’t enough, there’s theMoon Knightseries with Oscar Isaacs and a possible return of Samuel L. Jackson for aNick Furyseries.Varietywas the first to announce the new cast additions forHawkeye.
