The “Hawkeye” series at Disney Plus may already be getting a twist.
A show focusing on Echo, a deaf Native American character played by Alaqua Cox in the series “Hawkeye”, is in the early stages of development for Disney Plus, Variety learned exclusively from sources. Etan Cohen and Emily Cohen are involved in the writing and executive production of the program, with a writers’ room recently compiled. Marvel Studios will manufacture.
Reps for Marvel Studios declined to comment. Reps for the Cohens did not immediately respond Variety‘s request for comment.
Echo, real name Maya Lopez, has the ability to perfectly copy another person’s moves or fighting style, making her a formidable opponent in battle. In the Marvel comics, Echo cross paths with characters such as Daredevil, Moon Knight and the Avengers. She was also the first person to hold the title of Ronin before passing it on to Clint Barton, or Hawkeye, in the comics. At the beginning of ‘Avengers: Endgame’, Barton (Jeremy Renner) briefly used the name Ronin and left the Avengers after losing his family in Thanos.
Variety reported in December exclusively that newcomer Cox and several other cast members are joining the “Hawkeye” series. The show will be Cox’s debut on screen. Whether the show will go to the series or not remains to be seen, but it will come as little surprise if Marvel expands its expanding television universe even further with characters from the current series of shows at Disney Plus.
Renner plays his “Avengers” archery role in “Hawkeye” alongside Hailee Steinfeld, who plays Kate Bishop, the patron of Hawkeye. The series takes place after the events of “Avengers: Endgame” and was written and executive produced by Jonathan Igla. Rhys Thomas and Bert & Bertie serve as directors.
Vera Farmiga, Florence Pugh, Fra Fee, Tony Dalton and Zahn McClarnon will also appear in “Hawkeye”. Farmiga plays Eleanor Bishop, the mother of Kate Bishop; Pugh repeats her ‘Black Widow’ role as the spy and assassin Yelena Belova; Fairy plays Kazi, probably the comic book character Kazimierz Kazimierczak, or the villain Clown; Dalton portrays Jack Duquesne, Hawkeye’s former mentor named Swordsman; and McClarnon plays William Lopez, the father of Echo.
So far, Marvel has had success with its Disney Plus shows. The first series, “WandaVision”, starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, was an instant hit and followed on March 5 with “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”, starring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan. and Tom Hiddleston’s “Loki” was introduced on June 11th. “Hawkeye” will debut in late 2021.
Other upcoming Marvel series on Disney Plus include “Ms. Marvel,” “She-Hulk,” “Moon Knight,” “What I ?,” Secret Invasion, “” Ironheart, “” Armor Wars, “” The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special “and an untitled Wakanda series.
Joe Otterson contributed to this report.