A new generation of “Avengers” is on the way. With Tony Stark, Black Widow, Captain America, and most likely Spider-Man out of the picture, Marvel‘s not only going to be looking for an infusion of new blood in the next few years, but young blood. Possibly stepping into the fill the shoes of the teenaged Peter Parker, Ms. Marvel, aka Kamala Khan, is already one adolescent hero that will be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But there’s also another waiting in the wings to play Kate Bishop, Hawkeye‘s protégé.
Variety is reporting that “Transformers” and “Pitch Perfect” star Hailee Steinfeld is being eyed to play Bishop and Marvel has offered her this lead role. Bishop in the comics, takes over the Hawkeye mantel from Clint Barton and the Disney Plus series starring Jeremy Renner is expected to the same torch-passing narrative.
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Marvel is definitely in a kind of hand-off mode now. Renner’s Barton is expected to retire—the character actually attempted to do so in ‘Civil War,‘ before being called back to active duty— and then teach and train Bishop to become the new Hawkeye.
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She could be the first of many new iterations of characters that could come up and take over the hero role from older characters. Captain America, already passed on the shield to Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) in “Avengers: Endgame,” a “She-Hulk” series is brewing on Disney Plus and that character could easily take over for Bruce Banner, and the comics are filled with characters (like Iron Heart) that take over for deceased or retired heroes. The comics also has “The Young Avengers” team which Bishop has certainly been part of.
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“Young Avengers” may not ever become a film title, but all signs point to a new generation of heroes nonetheless. “Hawkeye” is expected to debut in the fall of 2021. It will follow Disney Plus/Marvel shows like “Falcon and The Winter Soldier,” “Loki” and “WandaVision.” Disney recently announced that Jonathan Igla was tapped to write and executive produce the ‘Hawkeye‘ spinoff series. He is best known as a writer and story editor on AMC’s “Mad Men.”
