Marvel’s ‘Hawkeye’ Series Finds Its Writer With ‘Mad Men’ Scribe (Exclusive)
The Marvel series 'Hawkeye' has tapped Jonathan Igla to act as writer and showrunner.
Hawkeye has found his writing bull’s-eye.
The Marvel series, being developed for the upcoming streaming serviceDisney+, has tapped Jonathan Igla to act as writer and executive producer. Igla cut his teeth, or sharpened his arrowhead, as it were, as a writer and executive story editor onMad Men, the award-winning drama that helped establish AMC as a go-to place for critically acclaimed TV.
Jeremy Renner is due to reprise his titular role as the bow-and-arrow wielding Avengers superhero. The story is due to focus on Clint Barton, a non-superpowered hero, trying to teach another hero with an affinity for the bow, Kate Bishop, how to be a hero with no super powers.
The series is tentatively set for a fall 2021 debut and is part of Marvel’s Phase Four round of releases. Phase Four includes the debut of Marvel shows on Disney+, the first one beingThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier, set for a fall 2020 unveiling. That is to be followed byWandaVision (spring 2021),Loki (also spring 2021), thenHawkeye. At D23, Marvel chief Kevin Feige announced that shows featuring She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel andMoon Knightwere also in the works.
Igla’s boarding completes most of the key creative hiring for the Phase Four shows. Malcolm Spellman (Empire) is penningWinter Soldier, with Kari Scogland (The Handmaid’s Tale) directing;WandaVision has Jac Schaeffer (Captain Marvel) as showrunner; andLoki has Michael Waldron (Rick & Morty) writing and exec producing.
In addition to working onMad Men, Igla was a writer-co-producer on Fox’s short-lived sports dramaPitch and writer-supervising producer onSorry for Your Loss, Facebook’s drama that starred Elizabeth Olsen.
He is repped by Anonymous Content.
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