Hawkeye TV Show: 6 Things It Must Include
How Disney can make sure their MCU streaming series hits the bullseye.
The bubbling rumours of a Hawkeye TV show will come as some relief to Marvel TV fans. While Daredevil’s third season has just released, it comes off the back of the rapid fire cancellation of Luke Cage and Iron Fist. Daredevil himself could soon be dropped, as could fellow defender Jessica Jones.
All that worrying is for another time though. A Hawkeye TV show is a cause for celebration for the fans, especially as he was conspicuously absent from Infinity War. It’s been suggested that not featuring in the third Avengers could be because of a larger role in Avengers 4, but considering the pressurised circumstances of stopping Thanos, Hawkeye fans might not see as much in the way of characterisation as they’d like.
There are some new faces in the MCU cast which might help with that though. While nothing has been officially confirmed, things are looking like one of Hawkeye’s most iconic and important partners may be featuring on his big screen return.
If that’s true, it could be one of the vital ingredients needed to make the Hawkeye show a smash hit.
6. Small Scale Adventures
A big issue with superhero programs is they can make the stakes unreasonably large. There’s a sizeable chunk of unexplored events in Hawkeye’s backstory that show the value of the small-scale adventure, and the show could bring these to life.
Either through flashback or through building on his days as a SHIELD operative, the show doesn’t need the fate of the world to be in danger every episode. He’s previously mentioned a mission in Budapest, while his right-hand woman Black Widow was involved in a mission in a football stadium in Bogota. It doesn’t need to always be exotic locales that see Hawkeye channelling Carmen Sandiego. But using his sizeable skillset to take down more gritty, everyday foes to save everyday people certainly feels like it would engage audiences.
Marvel knows how to market too, and Hawkeye will be more than a show; it will be part of a universe. With the Black Widow solo movie rumoured to be a flashback, the success of a Hawkeye TV show focussed on similar style adventures would surely be a ticket seller for Romanoff too.