The ever enthusiastic Ain’t It Cool News is reporting that Hurt Locker and 28 Weeks Later star Jeremy Renner has signed up to play Hawkeye in the upcoming Avengers movie.
According to AICN, Harry Knowles:
Heard today from a first time source with a very interesting connection to all of this. One that was checked up on and seems to be solid. BUT according to this source Jeremy Renner has gone from the Bomb Squad in Iraq to possibly the AVENGERS as the character of HAWKEYE.
Personally, I would have thought that it’s too early in the development process to be making firm casting decisions (aside from characters already cast in the their respective solo outings of course), but AICN does go on to say that the early casting may be to allow for a cameo in a currently shooting Marvel film – so that would be Thor or, imminently, Captain America? – to be squeezed in.
I guess we’ll find out soon enough…
