'The Timing Didn't Work Out' — Marvel's Wonder Man Showrunner Gives Disappointing Hawkeye Season 2 Update

Marvel's Jeremy Renner and Hailey Steinfeld-starring Disney+ TV bid Hawkeye sounds similar it won't get a 2nd season, contempt the thought having been precocious explored.

Speaking to The Direct, Hawkeye's consulting shaper Andrew Guest — present showrunner connected caller superhero bid Wonder Man — acknowledged that "there was talk" connected bringing the amusement backmost for a 2nd run, but it didn't enactment retired owed to "timing."

Discussion of Hawkeye returning has gone connected for years, and antecedently deed the headlines erstwhile Renner said helium had initially been pitched an "insult offer" to instrumentality for little money. Subsequently, though, fans' hopes had been raised that Marvel was smoothing things over, arsenic Renner aboriginal commented that helium would beryllium "happy to bash Season 2" and "always creation with Marvel."

Most notable of all, Guest himself powerfully indicated that Hawkeye would get a 2nd play conscionable months ago. "We'll enactment it out," Guest said successful October past year. "It's gonna beryllium great." Now, however, the showrunner has taken a decidedly antithetic tone.

"There was speech astatine a definite constituent about... we did research creatively what Season 2 of Hawkeye mightiness beryllium if we were capable to bash it," Guest said this month, mentioning that it would person featured a Die Hard-esque Christmas vibe.

"Unfortunately, the timing didn't enactment retired successful presumption of Marvel and each the assorted pieces that request to travel together, but I loved moving connected Hawkeye," helium continued. "I deliberation Renner and Hailee Steinfeld are truthful terrific together, and I would emotion to spot much of those two."

It's unclear what precisely has happened to seemingly extremity the hopes of Hawkeye Season 2 happening, though the impending accomplishment of Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars means Marvel has a batch connected its sheet — and portion neither Renner oregon Steinfeld are announced arsenic appearing yet, fans expect them to marque appearances astatine immoderate point.

Could Renner and Steinfeld's reunion present beryllium moved to Avengers? Or has Marvel's plans for a Young Avengers/Champions team-up featuring Steinfeld's quality Kate Bishop present taken precedence? Whatever is the case, it's present possibly omniscient not to expect Hawkeye Season 2 soon, if ever.

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