Marvel put on a show last year when they revealed their slate of films running into 2020. The announcement was made in grand fashion at the El Capitan in Hollywood and blew away fan’s expectations for the future of the Marvel cinematic universe. The slate of movies actually provided a vague blueprint for observant and knowledgeable fans of the comics. However that same approach also has been criticized for taking away some of the potential drama within each given movie. For example, we know that Thor is safe in Avengers: Age of Ultron, because he is scheduled to headline Thor: Ragnarok two years later.
The potential outcome of Age of Ultron was slightly compromised yesterday, when THR reported that Jeremy Renner is scheduled to be suiting up to play Hawkeye again in Civil War. While there are no confirmed details on his ultimate fate in the upcoming Avengers sequel, many have speculated that he might not make it through the film intact. Mostly due to him along with Black Widow, not having their own solo franchises.
The inclusion of Hawkeye in the politically charged sequel does make narrative sense, as the lines will be further divided. It also should be mentioned that last year the Russo Bros admitted that they had written a scene featuring a chase scene with Hawkeye and Captain America in The Winter Soldier, but Renner couldn’t make the time to shoot the sequence. Renner explained to ScreenRant last year what could have been:
What it was going to be, we were trying to complicate the relationship between Cap and his S.H.I.E.L.D agent friends. If Hawkeye got a call from S.H.I.E.L.D saying Captain America is a fugitive, would he listen to that call or not listen to that call? That sequence actually was heartbreaking for us to cut it. I think it ultimately might have been a conflict with Renner’s schedule. But there was a great sequence where Hawkeye was chasing Cap through Washington D.C. there was an awesome sequence where they confronted each other in a ravine on the outskirts of D.C. and Hawkeye was shooting a series of arrows closing in on Cap, Cap closing in on him. And then Cap took him down and he realized for the first time that Hawkeye was trying to trick S.H.I.E.L.D, where he whispered something into Cap’s ear that Cap had a tracker on his suit and to punch Hawkeye to make it look real, because there was a Quinjet hovering above where they were watching the feedback back at S.H.I.E.L.D.
It appears that the Russo Bros will get their chance to either team up the two Avengers or to put them at odds. It would make sense for the very mortal Hawkeye, who has always operated within a structured organization (S.H.I.E.L.D.), to embrace regulations for the super-powered threats and heroes. It’s safe to assume that at some point he will be supporting Tony Stark’s cause, but we will see…
Official Synopsis:
Marvel Studios presents Avengers: Age of Ultron, the epic follow-up to the biggest Super Hero movie of all time. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to the Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure. Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron stars Robert Downey Jr., who returns as Iron Man, along with Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk. Together with Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, and with the additional support of Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill, the team must reassemble to defeat James Spader as Ultron, a terrifying technological villain hell-bent on human extinction. Along the way, they confront two mysterious and powerful newcomers, Wanda Maximoff, played by Elizabeth Olsen, and Pietro Maximoff, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and meet an old friend in a new form when Paul Bettany becomes Vision. Written and directed by Joss Whedon and produced by Kevin Feige, Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” published in 1963.
Avengers: Age of Ultron opens on May 1st, 2015.
In any case, between the Age of Ultron and Civil War, Marvel fans will be getting a lifetime’s worth of Avengers action over the course of the next year. Do you think that Captain America: Civil War is getting too bloated? Let us know on the comment boards, , , and !
Source: THR, ScreenRant, Joblo