Marvel has recruited multiple directors to helm episodes of the Disney+ Hawkeye TV series starring Jeremy Renner’s Clint Barton.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has tapped Amber Finlayson, Katie Ellwood, and Rhys Thomas to direct a “block of episodes” for the upcoming six-episode season, written and executive produced by former Mad Men scribe Jonathan Igla.
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Finlayson and Ellwood, better known by their pen names Bert and Bertie, are a filmmaking duo who burst onto the scene with Amazon’s coming-of-age comedy Troop Zero, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last year. They also recently helmed episodes of Hulu’s acclaimed comedy-drama series The Great, starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult.
Meanwhile, Thomas has worked on various Saturday Night Live sketches over the course of his career. He made his feature film debut with Staten Island Summer, which was released for digital download in 2015. He then went on to direct Amazon’s action-comedy series Comrade Detective, as well as John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch for Netflix.
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Hawkeye is set to tackle a story that will see the titular hero train up a new bow-wielding protégé, the popular Kate Bishop, who is also a key character in the Matt Fraction and David Aja Hawkeye comics run from which this Disney+ series has taken its logo design.
Hawkeye was supposed to be part of the first wave of Marvel shows hitting Disney’s streaming service later this year. However, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the first series in the proposed line-up, appears to have been quietly pushed back from its August release date.
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
Source: IGN.com Marvel's Hawkeye: Disney Plus' Jeremy Renner Series Adds Three Directors